Mylyn task-focused interface for Eclipse is upgraded
C/C++ capabilities get added, and the integration tool also improved.
Microsoft offers tools for secure app development
The tools help developers add security and privacy provisions into the development lifecycle, but their enterprise usefulness is unclear as they are only for C and C++.
Developer Tools You Don't Use – And Why You Don't Use Them
Developers regularly reject (or just don't think to use) entire categories of programming tools, even if they aim to improve application performance, security, or maintainability. For example, according to analyst firm Evans Data, 25% of North American developers never use a load and stress test tool and 22% never use data modeling tools. Here, programmers explain why they don't bother with these tools, with not-so-predictable results.
MySpace helps developers tune site performance with new tool
MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.
Adobe aligns software branding to shine light on Flash
Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash brand to emphasize the heart of its strategy to give developers everything they need to build RIAs.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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