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Chrome 4: King of the Web browser hill?

Firefox 3.6 has just come out and it’s great. There’s only one problem. Google has released the new version of Chrome, version 4, and it’s even better.

This new version retains its speed lead over other browsers. I tested it on one of my Dell 530S desktop PCs. This PC is powered by a 2.2GHz Intel [...]

January 26th, 2010 | Category: Development, Google, Internet, Network, Open Source, Standards, Web browser, Windows | Comments are closed

Linux Standard Base 4 is coming in for a landing

If you write software for the Mac, you must obey Apple’s rules. Period. End of statement. If you write software for Windows, you have more lee-way, but Microsoft pretty much calls the shots. If you write software for Linux though you can pretty much do whatever you want, except, of course, you shouldn’t. Because if [...]

October 14th, 2008 | Category: Development, Linux, Open Source, Operating System, Standards | Comments are closed

IBM takes a stand against bad standards

Bad standards and standard wars are an all too common part of modern information technology. Now, IBM has announced that it’s not going to put up with them anymore. And, yes, Microsoft, IBM is looking at you.

In a statement, Ari Fishkind, public affairs manager for IBM Research’s Development and Intellectual Property section, says that “IBM [...]

September 24th, 2008 | Category: Development, IBM, Legal, Microsoft, Open Source, Standards | Comments are closed

The 21st century mobile application

A few years ago, we knew exactly what the future of mobile computing software development would be like. It would be powered by WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), a set of specifications designed to provide low-speed wireless devices with limited screen space, with a means to access information and to communicate and interact with Web [...]

September 15th, 2008 | Category: Development, Embedded, Internet, Linux, Mobile, Network, Open Source, Standards, Web browser, Wi-Fi | Comments are closed

OpenOffice 3 Release Candidate Arrives

OpenOffice 3’s release candidate is here and ready for download for Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows.

This is more than a little cool. Those of us who don’t like paying the Microsoft Office suite tax have been waiting for the next version of OpenOffice for some time now and it’s almost ready to go. [...]

September 14th, 2008 | Category: Applications, Office Software, Open Source, Standards | Comments are closed
 
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