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]
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]
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]
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]
RIM launches BlackBerry developer blog
News The blog is intended to get developers more engaged with the BlackBerry at a time of increased competition between smartphone platforms [12 Aug 2009]
VMware service links public and private clouds
News The company has launched vCloud Express, a pay-as-you-go service that lets developers write applications for internal virtualised environments and external clouds [02 Sep 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]
Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
News Introduced at last autumns's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live [24 Aug 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]
Java gets new maths know-how
News A major update to Apache Commons Math adds new features, but is not backward-compatible, developers said [10 Aug 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]
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]
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]
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]
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API [04 Sep 2009]
