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Mathematical computing software company MathWorks has kicked off its 2010 online programming contest challenging MATLAB users borrow from the code written by fellow competitors.

IBM's data streaming analytics technologies help with ruptured brain aneurysm detection

Kevin Bowkett from IBM's CICS TS Development talks about the harsh realities of software development and how we should look to proven methodologies for support and process where it is available.

A new book uses the Samurai theme to explain Agile software application development

IBM opens new cloud computing lab in the UK at IBM Hursley

IBM talks up big data stats at its Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas - and suggests that Cognos BI is the solution

IBM Information on Demand conference kicks off with opening keynotes focused on data analytics

Developer cook book for geeks about real food

Open Kernel Labs embedded virtualisation software for mobile phones OKL4 Microvisor enables mobile OEMs, to build secure wireless communications devices from commercial off-the-shelf hardware and ...

New security survey aims to dig into real software application development issues and examine what it takes to bring an app online in a fully secure deployed capacity

Sennheiser Communications has just announced that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as in the Unified Communications technology category.

Mat Diss continues his series of blogs discussing the advantages of HTML 5

Ignoring the cloud will render software applications redundant in around three years from now says vendor

Are vendors starting to integrate and partner to deliver extended complex cloud computing workload management tasks

New ALM cheat sheet for developers new to the discipline.

Qt Developer Days 2010 kicks off in full with keynotes featuring Rich Green, Nokia's own CTO making his first appearance at a Qt event

Qt Developer Days conference kicks off in the German city of Munich, cross platform application development for three days with a strong emphasis on training

Skobler has released ForeverMap Europe for the iPhone and iPad using data from the open source OpenStreetMap project.

Dictionary.com allows programmers to use its API to build word defininition power into their software applications

With the combination of both the canvas and CSS3 advances, an HTML developer has a lot more sophisticated animation and drawing power at their fingertips.

Putting user- and business-centric needs at the heart of how a business builds its interconnectivity layers is key to making enterprise software systems really work.

An explanation of intelligent workload management in simple terms

AVG's new Internet security 2011 suite has been launched, but what has been done to re-engineer the product at the back end to really improve it?

A key benefit of native applications (desktop or mobile) is the ability to interact with the application whilst you are offline. The HTML5 offline support allows web applications to achieve this. ...

In his "partner keynote" speech Michael Dell speaks at Oracle Open World to discuss his company's strategy

Larry Ellison uses his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne to lauch a new "cloud in a box" product and define his company's position with relation to the cloud.

Oracle Solaris 11 Express release announced for end of 2010, full version to follow

A developer-centric explanation of the advantages of the Geolocation API

HTML5 shows every likelihood of shaking up the web video delivery space - how will the technologies working at this level in their current state of flux eventually play out?

IBM SPSS predictive analysis software is being used by Marwell Wildlife part to look after the welfare of zebra's in Kenya

Intel talks roadmaps and new processors at its 2010 Developer Forum conferences in Beijing and San Francisco this year.

New book details career advice for "geek" software application development programmers

A new cloud calculator service claims to give IT teams a good estimate of which cloud service they might best migrate to for optimal ROI

Google's new Instant autocomplete function saves user's search time

IBM is using its proximity to business software application development to champion the Start initiative for sustainable living under the Prince of Wales' charities

Software Configuration Management (SCM) vendor Perforce has just added "subscription pricing" to its licensing options.

Major update of FastTrack Scripting Host claims to put programming power in IT administrators' hands

New method for creating Flash-based applications inside Visual Studio.

As of September 16, the final version of Windows Phone developer tools will be available for download - we speak to the development team for an insight.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched a new Web Performance Working Group to provide methods to measure aspects of application performance.

Bemoko offers a solution aimed at the fragmentation of different browsers and devices in the mobile web marketplace.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Beta and the new HTML 5 specification is also due soon. What will the wider effects be upon web development?

Adobe Test&Target, Powered by Omniture, Receives Highest Score for Strategy and Quality of Customer References within Report and is Recognised for its Market Presence

Embarcadero's new RAD Studio XE application development suite is launching it's sneak peak programme now

Microsoft's Will Coleman responds to Windows Phone 7 criticism by extolling the virtues of its developer marketplace and environment

Healthcare data storage expert and CEO of BridgeHead Software Tony Cotterill has called secure data management the "missing link" to improving patient care in the 21st century.

Cloud computing may benefit from Rapid Application Development tools in the future once core technology hurdles have been overcome.

Microsoft says it has listened closely to developers during the fourth 'platform preview' release of Internet Explorer 9 to increase markup interoperability and increase performance speed.

Bristol-based UNIT4 Business Software's ERP system is being used by over 90 local government clients to provide so-called 'data transparency'.

Cambridge based RealVNC's now supports Terminal Mode, the proposed industry standard for in car remote access telematics systems.

Windows Phone 7 has some great developer tools, but porting apps to iPhone is something of a pipe dream.

IBM opens new university campus based cloud computing centre - positions cloud computing to Polish customer base as "mainstream"

Systems management company Vision Solutions has an interesting view on achieving a single real time consistent view of data across disparate disconnected databases.

All applications logically migrate to mobile platforms, software developers should think about the cross-device and cross-platform compatibility issues of their apps before they build them.

Application service automation vendor Nolio claims moving code through development, to QA, then pre-production before finally going live, makes up 50% of the software delivery effort.

Mobile content delivery company Volantis latest Framework 6.0. offering developers an easier route to using standard web technologies including HTML5 and CSS3.

Computer Weekly launches new Computer Weekly Developer Network blog channel