Developers

Google hosts DevFest

Sasiwimon Boonruang Bangkok Post 05.11.2008
Google hosts DevFest

There is an opportunity for the Thai developer community to create applications using open source tools and application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by Google.

eBay opens up to third-party developers

Lawrence Casiraya Inquirer.net 26.06.2008
eBay opens up to third-party developers

MANILA, Philippines -- eBay is opening its online marketplace to third-party applications, going in the same platform direction as Facebook or Salesforce.com.


Ada Byron, daughter of Lord Byron, devised a way to calculate Bernoulli numbers using Charles Babbage's analytical engine. It's widely considered the first computer program.

1833: Ada Byron meets Charles Babbage. He designed an early computer, and she would write the first computer program.Ada's father was the poet Lord Byron, but her parents separated when she was a month old. Her famous -- and poetically wild -- fat...

Mixing Drugs And Stock Options

Wendy Tanaka and Elizabeth Corcoran Forbes 06.06.2008
Mixing Drugs And Stock Options

Message to executives: Watch what's in that drink.


Google's biggest threat? Itself

Adam Lashinsky CNN Money.com 05.06.2008
Google CEO Eric Schmidt

SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) -- As Google's CEO, one of Eric Schmidt's duties is to represent the company in public. Co-presidents and co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin limit their appearances, presumably because they value their privacy, but also...

Nextgen swallows Silk Telecom

Darren Pauli Computer World 03.06.2008
Nextgen swallows Silk Telecom

Leighton Holdings subsidiary telco Nextgen Networks has acquired Melbourne-based ISP Silk Telecom for an undisclosed amount. The deal will give Nextgen Networks' further reach into Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide over Silk Telecom's fibre channels, ...


Microsoft Warns of Apple Flaw

Sean Michael Kerner Internet News.com 03.06.2008
Microsoft Warns of Apple Flaw

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a company that usually keeps plenty busy advising users of security issues with its products. Redmond is now advising users about a blended security threat that involves users running Apple's Safari Web browser on Windows.

Yahoo to make web browsers less annoying

Yahoo's "Browser Plus" technology will allow you to upload multiple pictures at once through a web browser, and automate other handy tasks that have traditionally been arduous.


The XO laptop has spurred interest in cut-down laptops or netbooks

Nvidia has joined a growing band of hardware makers producing low-power, portable laptops. Better known for graphics cards, Nvidia has shown off two Tegra processors designed for tiny laptops or netbooks.

Apple Bought Me.com? .Mac's New Name?

Arnold Kim Mac Rumors.com 02.06.2008
Apple Bought Me.com? .Mac's New Name?

Earlier today, John Gruber of DaringFireball.net suggested that Me.com might be the name for Apple's .Mac rebranding. There was no real evidence, however, except that Me.com was registered under MarkMonitor's domain service.


Google takes eBay to task

Fran Foo Australian IT 02.06.2008
Google takes eBay to task

GOOGLE was left red-faced yesterday when it was outed as the anonymous source feeding a submission to the competition regulator, damning a proposal by rival eBay.

Monkey think, monkey do: with robotic arm

Julie Steenhuysen Reuters 29.05.2008
Monkey think, monkey do: with robotic arm

Using only its brainpower, a monkey can direct a robotic arm to pluck a marshmallow from a skewer and stuff it into its mouth, researchers said on Wednesday.


Google reveals Google App Engine pricing plans

Sinead Carew Reuters 28.05.2008
Google reveals Google App Engine pricing plans

Web search leader Google Inc said on Tuesday that Google App Engine would offer additional computing resources for developers this year and announced pricing for the service.