java developers in news
Does open source pose a security risk?
News The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice before using open-source software, according to a new study. Independent software vendors (ISVs) selling proprietary software have claimed the open-source... [22 Jul 2008]
Google Android facing a fragmented future?
News The advantage is for developers to build cool applications for it, so creating an implementation that fragments to the point where applications don't work doesn't make sense. Gonzalez said: "Part of the work we have done for Java is reusable, and... [13 Jun 2008]
Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps
News Our JavaFX platform now builds on the power of Java to enable content authors, designers and developers to collaboratively deliver RIAs. Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with a series of keynote... [08 May 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News The process of clearing encumbrances is complex, and has involved close collaboration between Sun engineers and members of the Free Java community including developers working on GNU Classpath and the IcedTea project. [28 Apr 2008]
Happy 10th birthday Mozilla - there's a bug in your cake
News Mozilla has assigned a "low" severity rating to the flaw, and the vulnerability is being investigated by Firefox developers. Following the notification of the flaw by vulnerability researcher Gerry Eisenhaur, Snyder confirmed the flaw would affect... [25 Jan 2008]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News Betfair opened the 50-person facility earlier this year with just eight developers. It makes no sense to stick another 200 developers in London. Some of the skills Betfair is tapping into in Romania include Microsoft .Net and SQL, Java and... [28 Jun 2007]
RIM plugging into your business' PBX
News This follows a recent announcement about new BlackBerry programming interfaces for developers geared towards the Java environment. Also at WES, RIM announced a plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, letting developers use the .NET programming... [10 May 2007]
RIM co-CEO: Mobile apps are the future
News The range of applications available for BlackBerry devices looks set to expand, after RIM announced new application programming interfaces for developers. The developer tools are for the BlackBerry Java Development Environment and should enable or... [29 Mar 2007]
Web 2.0 sends web developer pay skyrocketing
News Web developers with Java skills can demand £35,000 per annum, while those with Enterprise Java Beans knowledge can ask as much as £50,000, the report claims. A surge in demand for web skills on the back of web 2.0 successes including MySpace and... [15 Dec 2006]
Sun to offer Java under Linux-friendly licence
News Green said that open sourcing Java under the GPL will appeal to developers, particularly those familiar with Linux and its legal underpinnings. After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is set to release Java source code under a Linux... [13 Nov 2006]
Motorola cooking up Apache-flavoured Java
News Motorola declared in a statement that it's trying to "reduce Java fragmentation" - a possible open source affliction in which developers split the same project into incompatible versions. Motorola plans to build an open source version of Java for... [02 Nov 2006]
SAP outlines its SOA strategy
News Shai Agassi, president of SAP's product and technology group, outlined the software maker's plans to technical executives and developers at its TechEd conference in Las Vegas. It includes the NetWeaver infrastructure software, Java-based tools for... [13 Sep 2006]
Salesforce shops for Google AdWords add-on
News They weighed the alternative of downloading Java-based tooling but found it was slower, he said. Benioff said that the acquisition validates the company's AppExchange strategy of providing open application programming interfaces (APIs) and hosting... [22 Aug 2006]
OpenOffice patches trio of holes
News Maliciously crafted Java applets can break out of the sandbox - the security mechanism that runs untrusted code - in OpenOffice.org versions 1.1.x, and 2.0.x, the company said in a bulletin. Users can protect themselves from the first vulnerability... [05 Jul 2006]
Green is the colour at JavaOne
Sun Microsystems' annual Java developer conference is coming round again soon, and it's being held in San Francisco, as usual. Read the rest of this story on Builder UK, ZDNet UK's site for developers. [09 May 2006]
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