Toggl - webapp or proprietary software?
Blog I've been using Toggl, a webapp, browser-based time-tracking software. And very nice it is too. But now it comes with a non-free desktop application, which uses a browser wrapper to... [19 Dec 2009]
Sun Shines On Cloud Security
Blog While it’s still early days for the billowing mists of cloud computing as they struggle to find some solid form and defined function, the vendors who strive to perform the requisite ‘cloudbusting’... [18 Dec 2009]
Open Source Business Intelligence in the real world
Blog I came admittedly very late to the TV show 24 this holiday season, but it’s always fun to see how Hollywood interprets fundamental software practices to fit an entire afternoon’s work into 15... [15 Dec 2009]
A bad workman blames his (open source) tools
Blog A car mechanic, generally speaking, knows that Snap-on brand tools are some of the best in the industry and that it takes a proper monkey not to be able to use one of the company’s wrenches... [14 Dec 2009]
Does Facebook Connect help enable broadcast 3.0?
Blog I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’ve never been a big fan of Facebook. I was a member once, but the ‘informality’ and (for me) childish elements of the pings and zaps being exchanged... [10 Dec 2009]
The Sun Java EE Also Rises
Blog As we wait with baited breath for Oracle to finally get the green light on the Sun acquisition, those of us that speculated whether we would see an increased push into the Java EE enriched... [08 Dec 2009]
Have OSS-inspired developer self-study techniques come of ag...
Blog I was fortunate enough to sit in on a Java training course at Sun Microsystems’ UK headquarters not so long ago and good though it was, I had a discussion this weekend with a journo pal of mine in... [07 Dec 2009]
Content management interoperability steps up a gear
Blog Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is a standards proposal designed to help developers working with content across multiple repositories by bringing a much-needed level of... [30 Nov 2009]
Global stock exchanges enter ‘technology arms race’
Blog I tend to shy away from customer stories with all the revulsion I normally reserve for a Celine Dion album, so it is begrudgingly that I will mention that fact that IBM Software is announcing a... [27 Nov 2009]
Does 10x faster development dumb down programming?
Blog If you’re in the business of reviewing software application development news, which coincidentally I am, then tenfold programming productivity claims tend to either raise my eyebrows or raise my... [25 Nov 2009]
BlackBerry developer chief demos new services & prototype ap...
Blog Late last week I got to share milk and cookies with Mike Kirkup who is RIM’s director of developer relations. Mike was passing through London on the European leg of his 'press the flesh with press'... [23 Nov 2009]
Microsoft PDC continues web developer momentum
Blog Lamentably, it’s only the once that I’ve been to Microsoft’s PDC developer conference and that was back in 2004. I’ve never seen a keynote like it I promise you, the audience applauded every slide... [19 Nov 2009]
The search for the true ‘Open PC’
Blog I was fortunate enough this week to help conduct an interview with Frank Karlitschek who founded KDE-Look.org back in 2001, which has grown to become one of the biggest online communities for... [17 Nov 2009]
Novell’s Mono Tools tunes up for stereophonic Linux, UNIX &...
Blog Amidst news of job cuts, support for Moblin 2.1 and its enterprise collaboration platform called Pulse, Novell’s new Mono Tools add-in module for Microsoft Visual Studio seems to have slipped... [12 Nov 2009]
Debugging triage for developer warfare
Blog I’m no military man, but I could only think of battlefield warfare strategy when I read over a couple of testing and debugging stories this week. Approaching bugs and fixes with military precision... [11 Nov 2009]
Did Microsoft violate the GPL?
Blog Over on ZDNet.com, Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft has pulled a Windows migration tool from its site after evidence was found that it used code released under the GNU General Public... [11 Nov 2009]
Taking Out the Skype Garbage
Blog I don't write much about Skype any more, mostly because I find the entire company, its product and the situations surrounding it totally disgusting. However, a couple of things have come up which... [11 Nov 2009]
Is SCM a prerequisite for follow-the-sun development teams?
Blog I love a good case study don’t you? You don’t? Well, ok, neither do I to tell you the truth. It takes a half decent yarn to capture my attention. So what would I rank as a half decent technology... [09 Nov 2009]
Apache Software Foundation takes Subversion in
Blog Subversion, the open source version control system, is now an Apache Software Foundation incubator project. Subversion was previously sponsored by software lifecycle tools vendor CollabNet, and... [06 Nov 2009]
Moblin v2.1 – new polish or just box ticking the building bl...
Blog Moblin’s strategy for mobile Linux on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) built around the Intel Atom processor has, according to the project’s steering committee, reached the Moblin v2.1 project... [06 Nov 2009]
Is Windows Easy Transfer in Windows 7 a bit difficult?
Blog In my capacity as man with finger in more than one editorial pie (or freelance journalist I suppose), I have been getting some feedback from Windows 7 users that the data movement wizard Windows... [03 Nov 2009]
If software companies were movie stars…
Blog In the spirit of balanced tech blogging I had two choices to make before writing my blog today: a) an analysis of the latest Business Process Management tools or b) a fanciful blog that asks the... [30 Oct 2009]
Microsoft rolls Windows 7, Azure into Eclipse
Blog Microsoft has announced the integration of Windows 7, Azure and Silverlight tools into the open source Eclipse development platform. The joint project with Canadian company Tasktop Technologies and... [28 Oct 2009]
Symbian SEE & the salmiak salted liquorice
Blog It’s tough to add much to the already very extensive ZDNetUK report on the Symbian Exchange and Exhibition (SEE), but for the record I was there too and I had some interesting meetings with Symbian... [28 Oct 2009]
Citizen developers to shake up IT advances?
Blog Analyst house Gartner has predicted that 'citizen developers' are set to play an increasingly important role in creating business apps. Gartner defines citizen developers as users, working outside... [26 Oct 2009]
Now where did I leave my Computertastaturreinigungsmittel?
Blog Having been involved with a German publishing project at various times this year I have been fascinated with the use of the German language when it comes to IT. As most readers will know, if the... [26 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry developer relations: the state of the nation
Blog After recently taking a technological quantum leap forward and getting myself down to Staples to buy my first white board, I was pleased this morning to mark in a meeting for next month with Mike... [22 Oct 2009]
Mind mapping software as a lifecycle management tool
Blog Mind mapping is the kind of term that would normally make me switch off immediately. It’s right up there with ‘blue sky thinking’ and ‘call to action’ as some of the most unnecessary... [21 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 2 hits MSDN
Blog Hushed mutterings around the MSDN’s many chambered portals this afternoon confirm that today is in fact the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to MSDN subscribers. General... [19 Oct 2009]
UK trailing USA in adoption of open source defence technolog...
Blog I am due to meet up soon with an open source enterprise content management (ECM) company called Alfresco whose success in the US may have lessons for us in the UK defence sector. The company’s... [19 Oct 2009]
