Who said computers have to be all work and no play? Software developer and author Ed Burnette shares his unique view of industry trends, technologies, and personalities.
Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a programmer, author, and speaker. He has written numerous technical articles and books, most recently "Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform" from the Pragmatic Programmers.
Does Microsoft's partnership with Novell on Linux signal Redmond's surrender of the server space? Not likely. In fact, if you look at the bigger picture it's apparent Microsoft has something completely different in mind...
Google is using its clout to make a stand against the proliferation of open source licenses. Find out how this is working out in part one of a three part interview with Google's Greg Stein.
Google spent undisclosed millions acquiring a wiki this week (JotSpot), so I wondered, what does the original inventor of the wiki think about it? Find out in this interview with Ward Cunningham...
Red Hat counterpunches with a hard hitting rebutal of Oracle's recent "Unbreakable Linux" announcement. It's called "Unfakeable Linux", and here are some of the highlights...
The Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 2.0 today, and respected columnist Paul Thurrott immediately labeled it "a dud". I couldn't disagree more. Here's why...
Google engineers are putting the finishing touches on a new release of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), version 1.2. And this Wednesday, Instantiations will host a live Webinar to launch an Eclipse-based GUI editor for this popular hybrid Java/Ajax framework.
Figuring out what your users want is not easy. Or is it? Maybe you're just going about it the wrong way.
I watched an episode of "The Dead Zone" last night on Tivo where Johnny, the psychic main character, was trapped in an endless loop of visions. Ever time he thought he had come out of one vision, he would realize he was still in a vision.
Google developers face a bleak future trying to maintain several different code bases of obscure custom JavaScript code for Google Docs & Spreadsheets, GMail, and their other popular web applications. It's time for them to eat their own dog food and use Java and the Google Web Toolkit instead.
Here are a few simple tips I've found helpful to improve the tabbed browsing experience in Firefox 2. These have been tested in the RC2 version on Windows.