PreviousSkype to encourage software plug-ins
News The Internet telephony trailblazer is planning a certification scheme for coders who develop applications that enhance its service [02 Sep 2005]
Intel tools on the way for Mac coders
News The chipmaker is going to let coders play with test Mac versions of its compiler and performance libraries by the end of the year [24 Aug 2005]
Apache encourages female coders
News A 'welcoming environment' is being created to spur more women into get involved in Apache projects [22 Aug 2005]
Microsoft reaffirms SQL and Visual Studio deadlines
News Builder: The software levitathan has promised that it will have the next versions of SQL Server and Visual Studio out by the time the current deadline comes around [22 Aug 2005]
Sun sets up open source office
News The company's first department dedicated to open source software has been created in anticipation of more code being released [19 Aug 2005]
Microsoft refuses to delay Visual Studio further
News Builder: Developers have failed to persuade Microsoft to hold back the latest version of its software development toolkit and do extra bug-fixing [16 Aug 2005]
Why Grokster isn't the end of the world
Comment The decision went against innovation in the short term, but it might just have left the technologists with the upper hand in the long run [10 Aug 2005]
Coders worried by DRM chip in Apple's Intel box
News Builder: A chip needed to install Mac OS X on x86-based machines could be used for more than just allowing the operating system to be installed [05 Aug 2005]
Yahoo launches Developer Network with widget buy
News Builder: The Internet firm's purchase of Pixoria, maker of JavaScript runtime engine Konfabulator, should kick-start its developer programme [26 Jul 2005]
IBM singing Harmony's tune
News Builder: Currently IBM is just helping with design, but significant donations of code to the open source Java project are expected down the line [22 Jul 2005]
BBC opens up its code
News Builder: Software developed by the broadcaster's researchers has been collated in a new section of the BBC's web site [13 Jul 2005]
SourceLabs launches collaboration site
News Builder: Swik will act as a listing of open source projects and a source for documentation [07 Jul 2005]
Java under the microscope
Q&A Builder: James Gosling has had a unique view of Java's development, and a unique perspective on the language's future. We took some time to talk to him about both [04 Jul 2005]
IBM launches free Java toolkits
News Builder: Four sets of tools that are meant to make it easier to write Java-based Web applications are now available for download [04 Jul 2005]
Microsoft opens desktop search to developers
News Taking a lead from Apple and Google, Microsoft has released a set of APIs for Windows Desktop Search [01 Jul 2005]
Sun unveils first real-time Java implementation
News The first version of Java for delay-sensitive applications is now available, but one of its chief engineers admits that it's not the 'silver bullet' for real-time systems [30 Jun 2005]
Java developers indifferent to open source Java
News Many Java developers don't care whether Sun makes Java open source, in contradiction to the passionate views of the free software community [30 Jun 2005]
Sun: It's all about participation
Video Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's COO, used JavaOne to ram home the message that Sun shares [30 Jun 2005]
Sun takes the covers off Mustang
Feature Builder: At JavaOne, Sun gave developers a peek at what's coming in the next two major releases of Java, and we've rounded them up for you [29 Jun 2005]
Sun and IBM bury the hatchet
News The two rivals have announced deals involving Java cooperation and promotion of Solaris [28 Jun 2005]
