InfoWorld.com articles from June 2009

InfoWorld.com archives from June 2009

<![CDATA[Microsoft's Ozzie airs cloud views, backs Windows-based netbooks]]>; <![CDATA[Microsoft chief software architect also compliments, criticizes Google Wave effort and pledges Microsoft will do the 'right thing' regarding HTML 5]]>.
June 5, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[The InfoWorld Hardware Hall of Fame]]>; <![CDATA[There's a special place reserved for the stalwart hardware that many of us have depended on day after day, year after year. Or at least, we believe there should be a special place -- which is why we present you with the InfoWorld Hardware Hall of Fame. ]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: Eric Knorr

<![CDATA[What business can expect from Mac OS X Snow Leopard]]>; <![CDATA[Tighter integration with Exchange and the end of AppleTalk are main changes for the enterprise]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[Despite Ellison assurances, Sun customers remain uncertain]]>; <![CDATA[Lack of information from Oracle leaves room for doubts about key Sun technologies' fates]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[JavaFX squares off against AJAX ]]>; <![CDATA[Prominent AJAX developers Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer each take a side in a mock debate over the merits of the two technologies at the JavaOne conference]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Appcelerator enables iPhone, Android app dev]]>; <![CDATA[Mobile capabilities added to the open source Titanium platform, which also offers desktop and Web functionality]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[iPhone OS 3.0 adopts some BlackBerry-like security]]>; <![CDATA[Apple's latest release adds remote wipe and kill, but not for all e-mail platforms]]>.
June 8, 2009... Byline: InfoWorld staff

<![CDATA[iPhone vs. BlackBerry: Readers strike back]]>; <![CDATA[BlackBerry users take great exception to the assertion that the corporate mobile standard has outlived its usefulness]]>.
June 9, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[Mono for Visual Studio announces first release]]>; <![CDATA[Novell is sponsoring the Mono Project to develop an open source Unix version of the .Net platform]]>.
June 9, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Firefox 3.5 moves to preview phase]]>; <![CDATA[Mozilla has fixed bugs and the JavaScript engine in Firefox 3.5 and has deemed the browser stable enough for daily use]]>.
June 9, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Apache Shale Web framework project retired ]]>; <![CDATA[Inactivity noted in closure; founder cites migration of project concepts to other Java effort]]>.
June 11, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Ample SDK gets set for cross-browser apps development]]>; <![CDATA[The JavaScript-based toolkit offers a 'natural and efficient' experience]]>.
June 11, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[First look: Microsoft Silverlight 3 challenges Adobe AIR]]>; <![CDATA[Redmond's much-enhanced rich Internet application platform also runs on Windows or Mac desktops, online or offline]]>.
June 12, 2009... Byline: Martin Heller

<![CDATA[Turning the tables: A 'Users for Dummies' guide for IT]]>; <![CDATA[Tired of being told that techies are the problem when it comes to working with the business? Follow InfoWorld's eight-step program for getting users to do what you want]]>.
June 15, 2009... Byline: Lisa Schmeiser

<![CDATA[First look: Adobe Flash and Flex ignite with Flash Catalyst]]>; <![CDATA[Adobe Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4, and Flash Catalyst betas close the gap between great UI design and rich Internet application development]]>.
June 15, 2009... Byline: James R. Borck

<![CDATA[HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?]]>; <![CDATA[The budding Web spec just might remove the need for proprietary rich Internet app add-ins]]>.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Software companies jump on agile programming bandwagon]]>; <![CDATA[Compuware, Rally Software, and Daptiv are among the companies launching tools to assist with agile software development processes]]>.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[MyEclipse IDE gets a speed boost]]>; <![CDATA[Genuitec's platform for Java and AJAX development also gets UML 2.0 capabilities]]>.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Semantic Web set for critical mass]]>; <![CDATA[Officials at the Semantic Technology Conference talked up the commercialization of semantic concepts, saying they will help usher in Web 3.0]]>.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Microsoft's looming Windows 7 licensing 'disaster' for XP shops]]>; <![CDATA[IT has to ask a lot of questions to figure out the best way to migrate to Windows 7 -- and deal with the IE6 apps they may have forgotten about]]>.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[Exclusive review: HP BladeSystem Matrix]]>; <![CDATA[HP's state-of-the-art blade server system and array of automation tools haven't squeezed all manual labor out of service provisioning, but they show the automated and adaptive datacenter is within reach]]>.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Paul Venezia

<![CDATA[Microsoft pares Expression Studio suite]]>; <![CDATA[The Expression Media digital asset management software will no longer ship with the Expression Studio tools package, which is focused on Windows desktop and Web development]]>.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[OASIS making it easier to use standards without fee worries]]>; <![CDATA[The Non-Assertion Covenant for technical committees will hold that participants writing a standard cannot demand royalties or exercise license rights against users or implementers of that standard ]]>.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[First look: iPhone OS 3.0 is better for business, but IT won't be satisfied]]>; <![CDATA[My iPod Touch slowed to a crawl, making the many useful new iPhone update features hard to use -- at first]]>.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[Business netbooks: IT revolution or contradiction in terms?]]>; <![CDATA[InfoWorld sifts the wheat from the chaff in the current crop of enterprise-oriented netbooks]]>.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[Microsoft halting .Net link to Oracle databases]]>; <![CDATA[Users are directed to third parties for ADO.Net provider technology]]>.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[The Palm Pre is out. So where's the SDK?]]>; <![CDATA[Access to app dev kit for Palm's iPhone rival still is limited, leaving apps developers out in the cold]]>.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz]]>; <![CDATA[June 19, 2009: Iranian protests hit microblogs, animal cloners go to the dogs ]]>.
June 19, 2009... Byline: Dan Tynan

<![CDATA[Busting the nine myths of cloud computing]]>; <![CDATA[Vendor hype and IT self-delusion can quickly lead to disappointment. If you're considering a cloud strategy, don't get fooled by these false premises]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Robert L. Scheier

<![CDATA[First look: iPhone 3G S is evolution in action]]>; <![CDATA[The iPhone 3G S is less revolutionary than its predecessors, but is still moving in the right direction]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Paul Venezia

<![CDATA[Mozilla offers Firefox 3.5 release candidate]]>; <![CDATA[Browser upgrade features speed, other improvements]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Kapow focuses on Web data services]]>; <![CDATA[Kapow Web Data Server 7.0 enables mashups, as well as business intelligence, SOA, and content migration apps]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: InfoWorld staff

<![CDATA[Palm anticipates wide availability of SDK for Pre this summer ]]>; <![CDATA[Software and developer services for the latest Palm smartphone aren't ready yet, official says]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Sun tools upgrade geared for multicore apps]]>; <![CDATA[But as with other Sun products, a pending merger with Oracle leaves questions about the fate of Sun Studio 12 Update 1]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[The Open Group offers enterprise architecture tool]]>; <![CDATA[Companies can use Eclipse-based tool to help implement TOGAF 9]]>.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Can you manage an iPhone like a BlackBerry?]]>; <![CDATA[Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 extend the iPhone's enterprise-class management and security features. The InfoWorld Test Center sees how far they really go]]>.
June 23, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[Ruby use grows in developer survey]]>; <![CDATA[According to an Evans Data survey, use of Ruby has jumped 40 percent since last year]]>.
June 23, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Sun tools upgrade geared for multicore apps]]>; <![CDATA[But as with other Sun products, a pending merger with Oracle leaves questions about the fate of Sun Studio 12 Update 1]]>.
June 23, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Bending the back office: Open source CRM and ERP]]>; <![CDATA[SugarCRM, Openbravo, and Compiere tap the power of open source development to make customization easy, but the line between community and commercial is quickly crossed]]>.
June 25, 2009... Byline: Peter Wayner

<![CDATA[Windows 7 upgrade campaign savings limited for enterprises]]>; <![CDATA[Program stipulates only 25 PCs per company can qualify for the low- to no-cost upgrade]]>.
June 25, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Zend tool beta backs PHP language upgrade]]>; <![CDATA[Zend Studio 7.0 will support PHP 5.3 and integrate with other company technologies like Zend Framework and Zend Server to provide everything needed to build a Web application]]>.
June 25, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Firefox 3.5 eyed for Tuesday release]]>; <![CDATA[Browser upgrade features speed improvements and HTML 5 capabilities]]>.
June 26, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[Google's Android gets native development capabilities]]>; <![CDATA[Mobile platform complements Java with C, C++ coding]]>.
June 26, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz]]>; <![CDATA[Jobs goes back on the job, Microsoft faces Twitter mob ]]>.
June 26, 2009... Byline: Dan Tynan

<![CDATA[Are sealed-in laptop batteries a good idea?]]>; <![CDATA[In what may become commonplace, Apple and Dell have begun shipping notebooks with sealed-in batteries, promising longer battery life but preventing battery swapping]]>.
June 29, 2009... Byline: Paul Venezia

<![CDATA[JetBrains adds to Java IDE]]>; <![CDATA[OSGi and PHP support, among other capabilities, are highlighted in the IntelliJ Idea 9 milestone release]]>.
June 29, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting]]>; <![CDATA[However, it remains to be seen if Oracle will back the technology once the Sun merger is complete]]>.
June 29, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[A year after Windows XP's death, users keep it alive and kicking]]>; <![CDATA[Despite Microsoft's insinuations, the numbers show that Vista's adoption has been poor. But is it time to look forward to Windows 7?]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Galen Gruman

<![CDATA[First look: Microsoft Office 2010]]>; <![CDATA[An early Community Technology Preview reveals the obligatory Windows 7 flash, a more smoothly integrated Outlook, easy macro-like automation, and the blissful end to nested-menu tedium]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[The better Office alternative: SoftMaker Office bests OpenOffice.org]]>; <![CDATA[SoftMaker Office 2008 shows superior compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, while OpenOffice.org 3.1 falls flat]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[The many faces of OpenOffice]]>; <![CDATA[Variants from IBM, Novell, Sun, and elsewhere tout a variety of advantages over the OpenOffice.org core]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[Why is Microsoft Office so hard to kill?]]>; <![CDATA[Apart from the popularity of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Office happens to be the world's most successful rapid application development platform]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[Office-compatibility torture test]]>; <![CDATA[SoftMaker Office shines and OpenOffice.org falters in InfoWorld's Office-fidelity face-off]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy

<![CDATA[Google bolsters 3-D API for browser]]>; <![CDATA[Google's O3D API has gotten a substantial upgrade aimed at enhancing O3D's ability to run on many different types of hardware]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill

<![CDATA[IBM offers open source machine learning compiler]]>; <![CDATA[Big Blue partners with European Union venture on software to optimize applications]]>.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Paul Krill