Microsoft offers free developer tools to students
News The company is trying to win over the next generation of software programmers by giving its core developer tools away for free to university students [19 Feb 2008]
- The last thing students need - pround
- Fundamental Competence - Andrew Meredith
- Exactly my point - pround
- Not necessarily.. - harpless
Debian: We're not looking for commercial fortune
Q&A Steve McIntyre, newly elected project leader for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, talks about why the project is not planning to ape the commercial approach taken by Red Hat and Novell/Suse [28 Apr 2008]
Ten traits to look for when hiring a programmer
Comment However different they are in terms of background or skill set, certain qualities can mean the difference between a great programmer and, at worst, a liability [14 Mar 2008]
- Not bad but one sided - lars
- Observations on your interview techniques - wiffledot
Debian suffers from community growing pains
News Developers attempting to join the Debian community have criticised the management of the Linux operating system [22 Apr 2008]
Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'
News The founder of Mozilla Europe claims Adobe and Microsoft's rich-media tech threatens the open nature of the web but concedes they are currently necessary for multimedia content [30 Apr 2008]
Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation
News Companies providing alternatives to Exchange have expressed concern over missing information in the recently published APIs for Microsoft volume server products [10 Mar 2008]
Samba: EC ruling made Microsoft talk again 
Video Andrew Tridgell, the author of Samba, has expressed his satisfaction over once more being able to communicate with Microsoft engineers [12 Mar 2008]
Torvalds releases Linux 2.6.25
News The Linux creator has released the latest version of the kernel, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems [21 Apr 2008]
Microsoft platform tops Web 2.0 developer survey
News The company's Web 2.0 development platform has beaten offerings from Google and Facebook to lead in a users' choice survey that some believe is flawed [07 May 2008]
Intel gives C++ a parallel life
News The company's Ct programming model may help C and C++ developers take advantage of a parallel computing without changing any code [09 Apr 2008]
Adobe opens parts of Flash in mobile push
News The company is aiming for greater use of Flash within mobile and other non-PC devices with the launch of the Open Screen Project [01 May 2008]
Sony Ericsson to bridge Flash and Java
News The phone manufacturer wants mobile developers to be able to pick and choose their favourite elements from the rival platforms [01 May 2008]
Google Australia wants techies home from UK
News Due to a shortage of senior engineers with 'world-class experience' in Australia, the search giant is directing recruitment efforts to London to tempt ex-pats home [06 Feb 2008]
Java fully open-sourced 'by end of year'
News Once every component of Java is GPL-compliant, the software will be able to be fully integrated into Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora [25 Apr 2008]
Cobra takes a bite at open source
News The Cobra programming language's author has announced a number of developments, including the news it has been made available via open source [05 Mar 2008]
Open-source global IT health programme launched
News An open-source organisation has launched a global programme to develop interoperable platforms for electronic healthcare [08 Apr 2008]
Borland updates tools for global development
News The company has updated its software change and configuration management toolset for greater use within globally distributed programming environments [01 Apr 2008]
OpenCloud launches telecoms developer portal
News OpenCloud has launched a new portal for telecoms software programmers in the hope of creating new applications for saturated markets [11 Mar 2008]
YouTube minds the developer gap
News The company has released APIs allowing its content to be embedded into other websites, desktop applications, video games and mobile devices [13 Mar 2008]
Enterprise Java: Coming together at the Seam
Q&A Gavin King, founder of Hibernate and JBoss Seam, discusses Java 2 Enterprise Edition, open source and other Java-related issues [18 Feb 2008]
Lastminute development 'guru' joins Huddle
News Online collaboration website Huddle.net has snapped up Lastminute.com's director of software development Jonathan Howell to head up its technology practice as CTO [03 Apr 2008]
