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Of Course You’ll Keep Developing For The iPhoneOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 115 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags iphone, apple, frasier speirs, dave winer, michael arrington, developers, appstore, facebook,
Michael Arrington responds to recent comments by developers like Frasier Speirs and Dave Winer that they will no longer develop iPhone applications as Apple has taken to banning not only applications it finds unuseful but also competitive applications - and only tells the developer after the application has been developed. Arrington suggests that while Apple is in the wrong there is nothing practical to be done about it. Just like Facebook, people will keep writing applciations. read more »
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Taking on Excel, and Winning, Sort Of.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 177 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags excel, winning, business intelligence, applications, support, integrate, , ,
Joshua Greenbaum discusses the challenge excel poses to many business applications. Greenbaum notes that most software vendors have decided to integrate excel support rather than attempt to defeat the ubiquitous. read more »
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IBM turns unused computers into grid to solve (some of) the world's problemsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 208 days ago (http://www.statesman.com)
Category: software | Tags ibm, turns, unused, computers, grid, solve, worlds, problems,
Kirk Ladendorf writes about the origins of IBM's World Community Grid under the auspices of Viktors Berstis. read more »
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Welcome to Las Vegas - Home of the technology superpower you've never heard ofOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 225 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags welcome, las, vegas, , home, technology, superpower, heard, of,
Ashlee Vance writes an extensive article on the new massive data center being built in Las Vegas called the SuperNAP. read more »
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 New and Improved Apps of 2007Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 368 days ago (http://lifehacker.com)
Category: software | Tags lifehacker, top, 10, improved, applications, , , , ,
Lifehacker lists Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Google Gears, GrandCentral, Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", Gmail, Microsoft Office 2007, VMWare Fusion, Mint, Joost, and the Zoho Office Suite on its t read more »
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The Big Ball of Mud and Other Architectural DisastersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 406 days ago (http://www.codinghorror.com)
Category: development | Tags big, ball, of, mud, development, architecture, , , ,
Jeff Atwood takes an entertaining and fascinating look at the mistakes developers make when creating applications. He refers mainly to Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder's Big Ball of Mud Paper originally read more »
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Visa mandates that merchants eliminate the use of vulnerable payment applicationsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 433 days ago (http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com)
Category: security | Tags visa, point, of, sale, credit, card, , , ,
Visa has laid down the law on retailers who use vulnerable point of sale devices that store credit card information and thus allow thieves to steal credit card information. Bryan Johnson has more. read more »
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New AT&T terms of service: We'll cut off your Internet connection for criticizing us.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 466 days ago (http://www.boingboing.net)
Category: communications | Tags at&t, terms, of, service, criticize, , , , ,
Cory Doctorow comments over at Boing Boing on AT&T's new Terms of Service which state that criticism of said services is grounds for termination. read more »
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