Large-scale open source software projects are increasingly adopting distributed version control systems such as Git, Bazaar, and Mercurial. Ars takes a look at the challenges and rewards of making th read more » DiscussBury
Along with improved overall call quality, Skype 2.8 also lets Mac users make calls on Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots on a per-minute basis.
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"Ever since Apple finally lifted the NDA covering the iPhone SDK, a small number of developers have started to open source their native iPhone apps. Today, Freshbooks, a popular online time-tracking read more » DiscussBury
"Here's the deal. Microsoft botched the code in the firmware for its Zune 30GB handheld players. Like a ticking time bomb, the problem started exploding for Zune owners once 2008 started transition read more » DiscussBury
Self described reformed crack dealer/New York Times columnist David Carr continues the fine tradition of bad video creation by New York Times writers in a post in today's Carpetbagger (The paper's Os read more » DiscussBury
Want to work an IT Product Manager? Maybe an MySQL Database Administrator, or Senior Client Server Engineer?Jobs are available in Toronto, New York, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, or Seattle. read more » DiscussBury
Borland Software's CEO has resigned, taking a position at VMware, and Borland also is reporting a workforce reduction of about 15 percent.Tod Nielsen, who had served as Borland president and CEO sinc read more » DiscussBury