http://blog.devx.com/ Developer news and notes from the editors of DevX.com. en Copyright 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:15:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Cloud computing shows up in last place in a survey of top CIOs priority lists. http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/executives-avoiding-cloud-comp.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/executives-avoiding-cloud-comp.html Cloud computing cloud computing data ownership Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:15:00 -0500 At a lunch conference yesterday, Yahoo! released Fire Eagle out of beta. This API allows you to broadcast your location to whomever you want, automatically or manually via your phone. You can post your location on your blog or other various sites. http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/yahoo-releases-fire-eagle-out.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/yahoo-releases-fire-eagle-out.html API Web Development API Fire Eagle Yahoo! Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:43:25 -0500 Has the perfect balance between community and commerce been found? http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/practical-collectivism-limo-fo.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/08/practical-collectivism-limo-fo.html mobile open source fragmentation Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:56:12 -0500 The positive camp thinks the semantic web will revolutionize the web. The negative camp thinks the semantic web is nothing more than fancy metadata. I have yet to hear from anyone sitting in the middle. I think I might be the only one... http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/riding-the-semantic-web-fence.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/riding-the-semantic-web-fence.html API Semantic Web SemanticWeb Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:29 -0500 License alone doesn't determine open source. The degree and ease of individual participation in the development process are equally important determining factors. http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/when-is-open-source-not-that-o.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/when-is-open-source-not-that-o.html Linux Open Source OpenSolaris Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:40:10 -0500 Announcement-weary mobile editor contemplates the last few weeks' mobile merry-go-round. http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/mobile-confusion.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/mobile-confusion.html mobile fragmentation Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:57:04 -0500 With the advent of Calais 2.1 and SearchMonkey, it appears that semantic technologies can become a must-have tool in a developer’s war chest. http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/semantic-technologies-with-fun.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/semantic-technologies-with-fun.html API Content Semantic Web Web Development API SemanticWeb Web Development Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:36:26 -0500 The inability to obscure every tiny personal fact can make you now and forever the least appealing person you've ever been. http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/are-expectations-of-privacy-ag.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/07/are-expectations-of-privacy-ag.html Privacy privacy security Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:14:03 -0500 Salesforce.com announced the Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs for developers who program on the Force.com platform using the Apex programming language. http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/forcecom-and-google-data-api-t.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/forcecom-and-google-data-api-t.html force.com salesforce.com Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:56:59 -0500 From a developer's perspective, Tech Ed 2008, which attracted over 6000 developers to Orlando, doesn't offer much that's completely "new;" however, it does offer a great deal of value for developers who need to find out about existing technologies. If there's a single overview word that one might use to describe the thrust of the conference, it's "unification." http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/tech-ed-200tech-ed-2008unifyin.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/tech-ed-200tech-ed-2008unifyin.html Conference modeling Silverlight SQL Server TechEd Visual Studio XAML Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:42:02 -0500 The FiveRuns and RailsEnvy guys created videos for the Rails Conference, which just ended. They showed one of the videos before every keynote (you might remember last year’s Mac vs. PC / Rails vs. PHP ads too, which were also hilarious). http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/model-view-controller-framewor.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/06/model-view-controller-framewor.html Rails Conference Rails Conference Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:13:33 -0500 At Google I/O, Google's largest developer conference to date, the web search leader showed off a number of its web development products and initiatives. http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/google-io-the-webs-wide-open-f.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/google-io-the-webs-wide-open-f.html Java Web Development Android Gears Google GWT Java Thu, 29 May 2008 14:01:23 -0500 Beware the evil consultant who wants $$ from the work you do with content you find on the Internet http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/just-say-no-to-controlling-the.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/just-say-no-to-controlling-the.html Content tracking content Thu, 29 May 2008 13:44:40 -0500 Semantic Web companies need to release functional, mass appealing functionality; until that happens the industry will remain a niche market for the elite. http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/develop-function-release-criti.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/develop-function-release-criti.html Future Tech Semantic Web SemanticWeb Fri, 23 May 2008 12:11:33 -0500 location-based computing, which uses one or more methods to let the computer know and track the exact location of objects or people. ]]> http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/locationbased-computing-lettin.html http://blog.devx.com/2008/05/locationbased-computing-lettin.html Future Tech location-based computing RFID Mon, 19 May 2008 17:38:55 -0500