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NEWS ABOUT: software development

software development stories: 4 news summaries
PRODUCT REVIEW

HP's Touch Still a Bit Clumsy

TouchSmart PC 'fun,' 'versatile,' 'attractive,' Mossberg finds, but
not quite there yet

Jun 26, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard’s revamped TouchSmart PC, a one-piece desktop computer with a touch-controlled user interface, improves on its previous, bulky iteration, with a sleek case, big 22-inch screen, and wireless keyboard and mouse, personal-tech guru Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. But the touch-screen software is still in its... More »

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Microsoft Vista • desktop computers • software development • touch-screen technology • TouchSmart • Hewlett-Packard

Yahoo Joins Google Social Network Alliance

Facebook, Microsoft on other side in battle for software developers

Mar 26, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo will join Google in developing the latter's open social networking framework OpenSocial, the company announced yesterday. The two giants, along with other partners, also announced the creation of a foundation to oversee the effort. Neither Facebook nor Microsoft, which have an advertising agreement, are part of OpenSocial; Facebook on... More »

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social networking • Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • OpenSocial • software development

Apple Courts iPhone Developers

Releases inexpensive software development kit

Mar 7, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple is opening up the iPhone to outside programmers. The company said yesterday it would release a $99 software development kit, and the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has committed $100 million to invest in developers' work, reports the New York Times. iPhones so far have been limited—at... More »

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iPhone • Apple • venture capital • programming • software developers • software development • Microsoft Exchange • iPhone applications

PCs and Internet Are Merging

New Adobe AIR platform would blur the line between the two

Feb 25, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The line between the Internet and PCs is blurring with the release today of Adobe AIR, a software development system for creating applications that can merge data between the two. AIR applications will have Web browser functionality without launching a browser, and users’ files will be "in the cloud,... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Mozilla • Adobe • Adobe AIR • software development • computer applications • Internet applications • Web browsing

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