Mozilla rolls back development clock on Thunderbird 3.0Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 60 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: development | Tags Mozilla, development clock, Thunderbird 3.0, Search All Tags
"Mozilla Messaging has taken the unusual step of turning back the development clock, and will rename an impending beta of Thunderbird 3.0 as a third alpha build, according to one of its developers.Rather than dub the forthcoming version of Thunderbird 3.0 as Beta 1, which was the plan, Mozilla Messaging will instead call it Alpha 3, said Dan Mosedale, a former Firefox programmer who joined the e-mail offshoot in January." read more »
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Microsoft Quietly Closes Software Licensing and Protection ServiceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 55 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: development | Tags microsoft, software licensing, protection service, Search All Tags
"It seems that Microsoft's SLPS, a programming suite for adding licensing and demo functionality to your .NET based software, is closed, adding a whiff of mystery to the down-turn. Could they have taken it out back and shot it? The service is currently not accepting new orders - at least as of last night - so either there is an upgrade afoot or Microsoft is paring back some of their less popular business units. Companies like Nalperion and CryptKey are obviously ready to step into the vacuum left by Redmond." read more »
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5 Legal Tips To Save Startups Money & HeadachesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 56 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: development | Tags gene landy, legal tips, digital entrepeneur, it, Search All Tags
Gene Landy shares "5 Vital Legal Tips for the Digital Entrepreneur." Mr. Landy is Chair of the Technology Business Group at the law firm of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, in Boston, Mass. He has writte read more »
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DivX Connected gets vital upgrade: FlashOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 62 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: development | Tags divx, upgrades, platform, developers, Search All Tags
"The DivX Connected platform has received a couple of crucial upgrades, making the hardware-software hybrid system more attractive to open source developers and consumers alike." read more »
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Video tour: Bluefish editorOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 62 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: development | Tags video, tour, bluefish, editor, gui, posix, Search All Tags
"Bluefish is a GUI-based text and code editor that runs on...POSIX compatible operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X, OpenBSD, and Solaris." read more »
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'Developer delight' on tap with next VS revOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 62 days ago (http://www.theserverside.net)
Category: development | Tags microsoft, development, visual studio, .net, Search All Tags, ,
"Microsoft provided the first look at the next version of its developer tools and platform, which will be named Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0." read more »
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Microsoft makes 'big' Rosario tools promiseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 63 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Gavin Clarke writes, "Microsoft claims it will have "nailed" the application lifecycle management (ALM) companion to Visual Studio with the third iteration - Visual Studio Team System 2010, codena read more »
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Developing software in the global villageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 63 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: development | Tags globalization, development, outsourcing, Search All Tags, , ,
Jon Collins discusses the globalization of software development. read more »
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