Sneak Peeks reveals some of Adobe's thinking
News Adobe developers show what they've been working on in a MAX conference session, and their projects could indicate the trends that will define the company over the next couple of years [08 Oct 2009]
RIM pushes boat out for BlackBerry developers
News Saying BlackBerry software is 'no longer an island', the handset company at its developer conference unveiled new tools and APIs for building mobile apps [10 Nov 2009]
Microsoft fires up free tools for developers
News The new WebsiteSpark programme gives small web design companies access to Microsoft tools and marketing support [24 Sep 2009]
Microsoft open-sources .NET for embedded devices
News The software giant has released most of its .NET Micro Framework product, used in devices ranging from sat-nav units to remote controls, under the Apache 2.0 licence [17 Nov 2009]
Adobe puts LiveCycle into the cloud
News The new version of Adobe's web application development tool includes developer productivity improvements, accessibility from mobile devices and integration with Flash Builder [05 Oct 2009]
Intel invites developers to write apps for Atom
News The chipmaker has set up a developer programme in a bid to have more applications written for small-screened systems running on its low-power processor [23 Sep 2009]
Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers
News Wolfram Alpha has opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the system and incorporate its data, calculations and rich media results [16 Oct 2009]
Apple drops ZFS project
News Apple has cancelled its plans to port Sun's high-volume storage file system to the Snow Leopard release of Mac OS X [26 Oct 2009]
Skype closes door to third-party developers
News The company has closed its Extras programme, which helped coders create add-ons such as emoticons for its VoIP service [14 Sep 2009]
FluidHTML seeks to bridge web-programming divide
News A start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily [15 Sep 2009]
Qt gets support for Symbian, multitouch
News Version 4.6 of the Nokia-owned graphical toolkit lets developers write apps within a single framework for a variety of desktop and smartphone platforms [01 Dec 2009]
Palm opens doors to WebOS applications
News A new developer programme will allow mobile apps to be sold and installed without review by Palm, waiving fees for open-source developers [06 Oct 2009]
Google releasing JavaScript programming tools
News In a step to make the web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code [06 Nov 2009]
Developers invited into LinkedIn
News The networking site for professionals has opened its platform to developers so they can integrate it into business applications and web sites [24 Nov 2009]
Sun updates Java, GlassFish and NetBeans
News The new tools support features such as the Web Profile, designed to slim down the process of creating web applications [14 Dec 2009]
Google updates web app toolkit for speed
News Version 2.0 of Google's web application development tool adds performance-improving features designed for the latest browsers [11 Dec 2009]
- Good to hear - Neilk
