CIO.com - Development

Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8. But will the immense promotional efforts the software giant is putting behind the latest Windows OS pay off? CIO.com's Rob Enderle handicaps the high-stakes game Redmond is playing.

Want to Build an App? Consider These 7 Points First

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Whether you want to build an app for internal use or to connect your company with the public, take a closer look at what's involved.

HP Moves Load Testing Software to the Cloud

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement.

HP to Let Partners Host LoadRunner

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Instead of buying LoadRunner up front, businesses will be able to pay for the application-performance-testing software as they use it

Microsoft Opens C++ Extension for Other Compilers

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's C++ AMP specification allows mainstream programmers to harness GPUs for number crunching

Appeals Court Denies Google Bid to Keep Email Out of Oracle Trial

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The email by Google engineer Tim Lindholm could prove damaging to Google's defense, experts believe

Programmer Personality Types: 13 Profiles in Code

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

To the world at large, computers are scary machines that are impossible to understand, and programmers are the mysterious geniuses who know how to manipulate them even if they are never able to fix yours for whatever reason.

More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.

RIM Offers Free PlayBook to Attract Android Developers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Developers have until Feb. 13 to port their Android application to get in on the offer

Rethinking Software Development, Testing and Inspection

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Michael Fagan first found software inspections yielded a massive productivity improvement when working for IBM in the early 1970s. Now, 35 years later, we need to ask certain key questions: Are the dynamics of software development the same, are Fagan's findings still relevant in today's world of agile development and "extreme programming"? And, if so, what should your organization do about it?

Programming Opa: Web Development, Reimagined

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls

IBM Buys Worklight for Mobile Software Platform

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

IBM also announced a new software system for mobile device management

Git Gets Enterprise Equipped

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

AccuRev will release a connector that can enable many of its own enterprise features to work with Git

Google Helps Translate JavaScript to Its Dart Alternative

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Promoting its own alternative language to JavaScript, Google is working to bridge JavaScript to Google Dart, with the release Monday of a mapping application that the company is calling its JavaScript to Dart Synonym app.

Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn't been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks it also has potential, if HP willing to invest properly.