Archive for 'General'
SemREST Version 0.1 Released
22 June 2009The Open Source Release Feed has an interesting announcement this morning: SemREST Version 0.1 Released – Semantic Extension For Java RestFull Web Services SemREST is a Java framework for the semantic extension of RESTful Web Services. Some features of the framework include: simplification of data transmission mainly in RDF – but also in other formats [...]
Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser
17 June 2009Stefan Constantinescu of IntoMobile has an interesting take on the new Opera Unite web browser that comes complete with a built-in web server: Today Opera launched Opera Unite and with it came a lot of excitement, confusion and questions. Opera Unite is a web server running in an Alpha version of the Opera 10 web [...]
JavaFX squares off against AJAX
8 June 2009This must have been interesting to watch … Prominent AJAX developers Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer each take a side in a mock debate over the merits of the two technologies at the JavaOne conference In a mock debate focused on the rich Internet application development realm, AJAX was pitted against Sun Microsystems’ JavaFX Friday, [...]
Red Hat announces the JBoss Open Choice strategy
2 June 2009Today is opening day for JavaOne, so everyone is getting their Java-related press releases in order. This one comes from Red Hat: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy which aims to provide a single environment for deploying a [...]
AJAX World: Call for Papers
26 May 2009You only have until June 30, so if you want be one the speakers at the 8th International AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo in San Francisco this September, you need to get all of your stuff together and submit your proposal on-line before the deadline: The conference theme of the 8th International AJAXWorld RIA [...]
Facebook’s OpenID Goes Live
21 May 2009This was a couple of days ago, so it’s ancient history by now, but it’s still interesting: Later today Facebook will officially become an OpenID relying party. What does that mean? It means that if you wish to register for Facebook using another OpenID provider, you can. Initially the service will not be completely open [...]
Paniza: Java Kicks Ruby on Rails in the Butt
16 May 2009Javier Paniza of HP Developer Journal explains how Java Kicks Ruby on Rails in the Butt: This article tries to demonstrate that Java can be more productive than Ruby. We are going to develop the same application of the article Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited (part 1 [1] and part 2 [2]) but using POJO [3]s annotated [...]
Onlywire: auto-submit all your bookmarks with One Button
12 May 2009Last year, I added the mooSocialize button to the bottom of every post on this blog. It was a cool little doodad that added a number of different ways to share a post, but I think I am going to have to retire it now. Yesterday, I activated the WordPress plugin (option #3) from Onlywire.com, [...]
Mozilla weaves OpenID into Firefox
7 May 2009Thomas Claburn has an interesting little tidbit on Information Week this afternoon: Faced with competition from Apple, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and Google to win the hearts of browser users, Mozilla can’t rely on spreading Firefox by bundling it with an operating system or posting a link on the world’s most popular search page. It has [...]
Springsource Acquires Hyperic
5 May 2009This looks like an interesting development: SAN MATEO, Calif.— May 4, 2009—SpringSource, the leader in enterprise Java, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Hyperic, the open source leader in web application and infrastructure management. With the acquisition, SpringSource offers a comprehensive product set for powering the entire Java application lifecycle, [...]
