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Mobile/PDA Software includes Web standards-based mobile enterprise application enablement component that supports Windows Mobile 6 as well as Vista desktop and tablet platforms in addition to Windows Mobile 5, Win32, and Palm. It helps application developers build solutions for mixed device environments and lets then tailor device client UI via JavaScript. Other components include mobile ...
GNOME 2.24 Released
The GNOME project has released GNOME 2.24 today. In case you're new here: "GNOME 2.24 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME's focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalisation and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software and provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing environment, such as e-mail, groupware, web browsing, file management, multimedia and games. Furthermore, GNOME provides a flexible and powerful platform for software developers, both on the desktop and in mobile applications." GNOME 2.24 comes packed with changes.
Comcast’s Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone calls. Today, in a digital and data-heavy world, six gigs is laughable. Even the basic version of Windows Vista needs 15 gigs for an installation. Innovation has prospered by the exponential growth in technologies such as chips, storage capacity and Internet speeds. Now, that very growth could face a real threat by the likes of Comcast and the companies that are sure to follow in its footsteps. Starting Oct. 1, Comcast ...
Progress Software enters India’s capital mkt (CIOL)
BANGALORE, INDIA: Progress Software Corporation, a provider of application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications, announced on Tuesday its expansion into India’s capital market through a strategic partnership with Financial Technologies (India) Ltd, a provider of exchange , brokerage and messaging solutions.
Visa to develop apps on Android, Nokia phones
Visa said Thursday that it will develop applications for Android and Nokia phones with mobile payment systems planned for the latter. First up, the company said Chase Visa cardholders could get notifications about transaction activity on Android phones (statement). Visa added that location-based services, maps and merchant offers will also be delivered to Android phones. Visa plans to expand the program to other account holders at other banks and financial institutions. Visa has been expanding into mobile payment statements for the day where phones can become currency. In a statement, Visa noted it wants to "accelerate the migration from paper forms of payment to digital money." Visa, along with partners such as Google, Intel, Nokia and Singapore Post, was demonstrating new payment ...