Only if you were on the dark side of the moon could you have missed the impact of the iPhone. Its sweeping success has brought mobile services into the mainstream. As the first device to convincingly integrate traditional phone capabilities with Web access, it highlights the multi-channel shape of things to come. The mobile Web is having its time in the limelight.
A couple of months ago in this column I discussed the ways in which many Expert Groups conduct their business in an open and transparent manner. After that informal review, the JCP's Program Management Office (PMO) conducted a more formal survey, asking Spec Leads what they were doing to meet their obligations under the Java Community Process to operate in a transparent manner.
On its official blog site, Citrix has been talking this week about Project Braeburn, calling it "the coolest app that doesn't work on the iPhone...yet?" Braeburn is Citrix's codename for its attempt to build a Citrix Receiver for iPhone to allow access to Windows applications.
What triggered the incredible diversity of life on earth, and how have complex life forms, including humans, evolved? Is there direction to evolution? And is human intelligence inevitable? We focus on evolution's "great transformations".
BBC documentary about big breasts and how they affect the people who have them.
Former Intel CEO and industry demigod Andy Grove, still an Intel advisor, is pushing the company to go into the electric car battery business, according to the Wall Street Journal. There is little manufacturing capacity in the US, giving the edge to China and Japan, and effective batteries are the primary restraint on electric car adoption.
Sun is going to shut its plant in Linlithgow, Scotland, its only factory outside the US, throwing about 140 people on the street. The move is part of its plan to cut 6,000 jobs, roughly 18% of its workforce.
Service integration is crucial to the success of any SOA solutions. Traditional service integration often involve using non-standard and proprietary technologies, resulting in solutions that are expensive to develop, difficult to manage, and stubborn to adapt to the business evolvement. Java Business Integration (JBI) is an effort focused on standardizing the core architecture elements of integration architectures.
Mobile voice and video over IP is a promising phenomenon that also presents numerous technical challenges. Network and device issues can result in inadequate voice and video quality. Developers of mobile applications need to understand how to overcome these obstacles to provide the best end-user experience possible. This paper addresses the technical issues with implementing high quality mobile voice and video over IP and explains how applications can be VoIP enabled to take advantage of the unique capabilities of smart phones such as the iPhone. Click here to download now!
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This white paper highlights the major problems with developing UNIX installer using shell scripts. It also discusses how Java is being used as a successful alternative to shell scripting for enterprise installations. The paper additionally covers how Java developers use InstallAnywhere to quickly author reliable installers. Download it now! Click here to download the White Paper.
What are best practices for building installers for Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, IBM i, and more? Find out in this Webinar. Learn how to build a single project file that generates installers for every platform you target. Also see a demo of InstallAnywhere, the #1 installer tool for Java developers. Watch it now! Click here to access the webinar!
In today's Internet age, most developers are building Web applications prolifically. As applications move to the Web, it has become increasingly more important to be able to gauge their performance and load capability. Developers must be able to predict how much traffic a Web site will be able to handle and make smart choices on how to design an application so that it can handle a potential blitz of users.
The sun could cause a major magnetic storm that could remove our natural shield.
At a research site in Fongoli, Senegal, a female chimpanzee breaks off a branch, chews the end to make it sharp, then uses this rudimentary spear to skewer a tasty bushbaby hiding inside a hollow tree. The footage represents an astonishing breakthrough for primate researchers: It's the first time anyone has documented a chimpanzee wielding a carefully prepared, preplanned weapon.
Ernest Thompson Seton's account of how he hunted a ... cattle-killing wolf which then became a pivotal part of American history, helping to change the way people see wolves and the wilderness. In his efforts to find, capture, and kill Lobo, Seton came to understand the animal's intelligence, loyalty and warmth. Although he finally succeeded in his task, he never killed a wolf again. A combination of wildlife and history, this film is based on the personal diaries of Ernest Thompson Seton himself.
ClairMail has announced the release of the ClairMail System including a mobile web solution optimized for the iPhone. The iPhone solution includes the comprehensive mobile banking and payments functionality found in ClairMail's traditional mobile web offering - account management, fund transfers, bill payments, ATM/branch locators and more - presented on the iPhone's rich user interface. ClairMail's mobile web solution is able to adjust its user interface based on the capability of the user’s mobile device.
KACE announced the general availability of the KBOX iPhone Management Module, an appliance-based systems management solution for Apple's iPhone. The module allows IT organizations to centrally deploy, manage, and track their investment of iPhones throughout the enterprise, thus reducing the time and effort required to support iPhones by eliminating hours of manual setup and tracking of managed devices. As an integrated element of the KBOX Systems Management Appliance, the iPhone Management Module complements KACE's comprehensive support for Mac systems.
Bringing to life the everyday details of the ancients Egyptians - bizarre, hilarious or shocking - this wonderfully entertaining and factually revealing film is packed full of surprises. With Terry Jones throwing informed yet sometimes crazed light on the subject, a previously hidden world of the ancient Egyptians is wonderfully brought to life.
While we are obviously disappointed by Apple’s decision not to participate in Macworld 2010, we are on track for a terrific show this year, with strong attendance numbers and nearly 500 exhibitors showcasing their products at the January event. Macworld Conference & Expo has thrived for 25 years due to the strong support of tens of thousands of members of the Mac community worldwide who use Macworld as way to find great products, partake in professional development training, and cultivate their personal and professional networks. We are committed to continuing to serve their interests at Moscone Center, January 4 – 8, 2010. Future events will continue to provide quality education, dynamic product viewing and will additionally focus on the amazing ways people are putting Apple products to work across all endeavors, from desktops to iPhones to games to music. We look forward to many more successful years of Macworld to come.
This is not the first time Jobs is having hissy fit over Macworld and its producer IDG World Expo. A few years ago when a genius IDG guy decided to move Macworld Expo East from New York City to Boston to save a few bucks, Steve Jobs was reportedly on the phone cursing every letter in the alphabet, and threatening to pull out of Macworld. At that time Jobs and IDG kissed and made up. I don’t know what happened today for Jobs to lose it and declare Apple is done with the Macworld Expo again. I don’t believe Apple can afford to do what they announced today, their decision to kill Macworld. We will see if Mr. Jobs will cool down and think more rationally after sleeping over this decision. We will see.
Do not dis the very people that will build and create the community for your product to survive. Can you imagine a Java landscape without its yearly flagship conference JavaOne? Unthinkable, but you can be rest assured that it will be a wonderful benchmark to which to measure Sun's commitment. If Sun ever stops JavaOne, no matter how expensive it becomes, then Java is dead.
Pocket Cocktails, a new iPhone application, offers a fun twist to the traditional cocktail hour. Pocket Cocktails uses large, high resolution pictures, unlike other such applications which are mostly text based, and includes a "shaker" feature that selects cocktails at random. This random mode lets iPhone users shake the phone to receive a random drink image, recipe and ingredient list all from an ebartender. While serving up the drink, the iPhone spits out a colorful collection of shaker noises and catchy phrases adding a fun spin on the experience. Pocket Cocktails also has special holiday themed cocktails. Pocket Cocktails has a retro 1960's theme and incorporates many iPhone features, including integrated graphics and navigation features. The integration of visuals and content provides a fast, engaging and entertaining user experience. All images, recipes and ingredient's lists are stored locally on the iPhone, so no need for an internet connection.
What new cloud technologies are coming over the horizon? Which vendors are driving the most Enterprise-relevant innovation? SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem.
In the 14th century the Black Death was an unprecedented human disaster. In 3 dreadful years over one third of Europe's population was wiped out. This documentary examines the spread of the plague & its effects on medicine, religion & society at the time.