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Virus Writers Use 'open Source' Methods
News It contained the documented source code of MyDoom, like a Lego kit with instructions," said McAfee UK security consultant Greg Day. Like any powerful tool, open source can also be used for malicious purposes, particularly in security," McAfee said...
[July 17, 2006, 12:50]
Adobe Plans To Open-source Flex
News The company said it will open-source the Flex software development kit, which includes a compiler and libraries designed to speed up development. Adobe already offers the Flex software development kit for free and provides the source code.
[April 26, 2007, 10:12]
IBM And Sun Unveil Web Services Tools
News The tool kit, aimed at Linux and Windows developers, complements IBM's existing software and tools, including the WebSphere family of e-business software and WebSphere Studio Java development tool, Hebner said.
[June 25, 2002, 17:10]
Adobe's Apollo Platform Goes Beta
News A free AIR software development kit to be released on Monday is aimed at developers building those applications. The introduction of the Flex 3 beta is the beginning of a process to open source the company's flagship development tool.
[June 11, 2007, 8:13]
McNealy: Don't Let Microsoft Steal The Net
News Sun also will provide compatibility-kit software to ensure the open-source work complies with Java standards and will pay via scholarships for some support to perform the compatibility testing. They should test their Web sites with several Web...
[March 27, 2002, 9:53]
IBM Promotes New Search Standard
News It probably will take some time for the various commercial products to put this software developers' kit to use and allow for their products to take part in the interoperability process," Gardner added.
[August 8, 2005, 14:25]
IPhone Gets Wireless Outlook Synchronisation
News Ohly added that the current lack of an iPhone software development kit (SDK) — it is expected early next year — had made it difficult for users to access their contact lists. The main developer of the plug-in was Funambol community member Patrick...
[November 9, 2007, 10:10]
Intel Puts Weight Behind Desktop Linux
News The kit includes driver software; scripts to quickly install software that has been validated to work with various versions of Linux; and a program called the Application Version Compliance Tool that checks to make sure programs are compatible...
[November 24, 2004, 8:05]
Eclipse Java Tools Will Swallow Tiger
News The enhancements the Eclipse group is preparing will culminate in a software development kit called Eclipse 3.0, due in the second quarter of next year. For example, Using Eclipse-compliant products, a programmer could use a source-code control...
[May 29, 2003, 12:20]
Future Net: Six Technologies To Make A Bulletproof Web
News The RSA tool kit, Bsafe, gave application developers a means of implementing RSA public key encryption in their systems. Among the users of the tool kit were Microsoft and Netscape Communications, which built a certificate recognition capability...
[September 7, 1999, 16:09]
Adobe Open Sources BlazeDS
News Several Adobe developer tools are already set to be open sourced, such as the Flex 3 software development kit (SDK). Adobe said on Thursday it would open source a tool for connecting data sources to flash-based rich internet applications.
[December 17, 2007, 9:34]
Motorola Picks Lineo For Set-top Box
News The tool, available in September, will be a $3,000 add-on to the company's software development kit, said Dan Montierth, general manager of the tools product line. Lineo's version of Linux will be an option for upcoming set-top boxes from Motorola...
[August 29, 2001, 10:44]
STP Upgrade Simplifies Testing Of Linux Applications
News If I had to do that at home, I would need more than £100,000 worth of kit and four weeks to set it all up. This is a brilliant tool," said Riggs. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has made various changes in STP version 3.0 so that it can now...
[August 23, 2004, 16:30]
Java Update Warms To Scripting Languages
News Sun has released a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. Sun on Monday also said its open-source development tool NetBeans 5.5 supports Java SE 6 and the related development toolkit.
[December 12, 2006, 16:22]
Sun To Drop Free StarOffice Downloads
News Sun said it will stop free downloads of StarOffice 5.2 at midnight on Wednesday night, but will continue selling two packaged versions of the product: $39.95 (£27.97) for StarOffice 5.2 Deluxe and $9.95 for StarOffice 5.2 Slim Kit.
[May 27, 2002, 13:33]
Borland Retools JBuilder 8
News The core Java software developers kit and text editor available from Sun Microsystems is ranked third with 14.2 percent. Borland ranks first among Java tool makers with 18.1 percent of the market, according to researcher Evans Data.
[November 5, 2002, 8:09]
BEA Aims To Win Over Java Developers
News With its portal server, BEA will add a mobile-development kit to its portal server around midyear, and tools to simplify administration of many portals, according to company executives. With the associated programming tool, WebLogic Workshop, BEA...
[March 6, 2003, 11:26]
Adobe Releases Flash And Flex Upgrades
News In tandem with the Flash Player 9 release, Adobe is making its Flex 2 product line available, including a free, entry-level Flex 2 Software Development Kit meant to encourage development of more Flash applications.
[June 28, 2006, 10:00]
Google Gives Glimpse Of Android Software Tools
News The Android software development kit (SDK) includes an interface to the Google Maps service. This shot shows what programming looks like in the open-source Eclipse programming tool project, including an emulator that lets coders get started even if...
[November 13, 2007, 12:12]
IBM Open-source Project To Release Tools
News Version 2 is also faster, easier to use and maintain, and supports the Java Development Kit version 1.4, Fron said. The development-tool project is creating a common structure, or software framework, that connects programming, debugging and testing...
[September 9, 2002, 14:11]
