Oracle asks for help planning JDK 8
Oracle wants help in figuring out what should go into Java Development Kit 8, the next-generation development platform for the programming language.
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An agile pioneer versus an 'agile ruined my life' critic
Is the mighty concept of agile software development, championed as the better way to develop software by building it in short iterations, striking out, or is it just misunderstood?
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Smartphone users can now shop Amazon's Appstore for Android
Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to U.S. users of smartphones with Google's operating system. Amazon is trying to lure users away from Google's Market by offering users a free paid app every day. The first such application is Angry Birds Rio, which usually costs US$0.99, and is an exclusive for Android users via Amazon's store. Users can also test applications with a feature called “Test Drive,†which runs applications on a simulated smartphone.
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Apple patches unused Pwn2Own bug, 55 others in Mac OS
Apple on Monday patched 56 vulnerabilities, most of them critical flaws that could be used to hijack machines, as part of 2011's first broad update of Mac OS X. Among the fixes was one for a vulnerability that four-time Pwn2Own winner Charlie Miller didn't get a chance to use at the hacking contest earlier this month.[ Discover the key Mac, iOS, and Apple tech trends for business users. Read InfoWorld's Technology: Apple newsletter. ]
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Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Android
Microsoft has filed a patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble, accusing the company of running infringing software on its Android-based Nook e-reader. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington, also names device manufacturers Foxconn International Holdings and Inventec, Microsoft said. Accompanying the lawsuit is a complaint at the USITC (U.S. International Trade Commission), which has the power to ban imports into the U.S. of devices that infringe patents.
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AT&T's T-Mobile deal shows importance of spectrum
AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA was driven in large part by the quest for radio spectrum, a commodity that rarely crosses the minds of mobile consumers but plays a big role in carriers' decision-making.
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AMD hires former HP executive as CIO
AMD continued shuffling its senior executive ranks on Monday, appointing former Hewlett-Packard executive Mike Wolfe as its chief information officer. Wolfe will be responsible for managing AMD's global technology infrastructure, the company said in a statement. He will report to Thomas Seifert, who is the interim CEO and chief financial officer.
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Study: IT shops running way too many applications
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises are supporting more or "far more" applications than they actually need to run their operations, according to a survey released Monday by Hewlett-Packard and Capgemini. Just 4 percent of the roughly 100 IT decision-makers polled consider every system they run to be "business-critical," according to the study.
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Eclipse offers hosted access to Web dev tools effort
The Eclipse Foundation is offering on Monday beta access to a hosted version of the organization's planned Orion platform for building and integrating Web development tools. The OrionHub service will let developers experiment with Orion and provide feedback. An early release of Orion features an editor for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS that runs in browsers and can link to popular Web-based tools, Eclipse said. Orion is intended to move software development to the Web, in recognition of more and more applications going to the Web and cloud infrastructure.
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Could an AT&T-Mobile lead to a Google-Sprint merger?
Amid the buzz generated by AT&T's bid to acquire T-Mobile, there's the question of whether the deal will get necessary approval fr
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Reseller ITD: Oracle is using strong-arm tactics against us
Oracle explicitly said that it planned to sell products directly to its largest accounts after it acquired Sun Microsystems last year. But reseller Innovative Technology Distributors is claiming Oracle set about doing so in a way that "destroyed" ITD's business through unfair dealings, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Enterprise software getting more mobile
Mobile application development, including the need to extend enterprise applications to mobile devices, is growing in prominence, according to research reported by Evans Data on Monday. Evans expects mobile and tablet applications to become a huge part of the development landscape.
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AT&T deal won't mean iPhones for T-Mobile users yet
Giddy T-Mobile users hoping to get their hands on an iPhone shouldn't hold their breath.
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