Stories about: Application Technologies

A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile computing platform.

Rich Internet applications, or RIAs, comprise a spectrum of application types and technologies. The lightweight end of the spectrum has seen most of the attention in recent months, with Microsoft's Silverlight and Adobe's AIR (Application Integrated Runtime) getting attention as the new kids in town. But AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is still where most of the lightweight action resides. And despite the recent focus on lightweight app dev, significant developer focus remains on the heavyweight tools in the Microsoft .Net and Sun Java worlds.

When it comes to Apple's new operating system, Leopard, users are likely to notice the flashy graphics and animations, the tight integration of applications and the speed with which it churns through data. What they don't see are a large number of the under-the-hood changes that Apple built in so that its own developers -- and those who come up with third-party apps -- use all of that underlying software goodness.

New browser-based application technologies are opening new security holes, warned SPI Dynamics as it launched a re-engineered version of its SOA/Web 2.0 security testing software WebInspect this week.

In April of 2006, Red Hat acquired open-source J2EE application server vendor JBoss for US$420 million. According to previous reports, Oracle was interested in buying JBoss earlier that year for more money, but Red Hat beat them to the punch. A year later, what does the new Red Hat landscape look like for Linux and JBoss customers?

A potpourri of Java client application technologies was on the agenda at the Desktop Matters conference in California last Friday, where the desktop got top billing over the Web.

Wireless LANs have grown in the workplace -- in size, number of installations and technology maturity -- to the point that many IT managers now expect to expand the uses of their networks in a new round of investments within the next year or two.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has had an important impact on safety and security, as well as product sales and inventory management, at BP, Ford Motor and other businesses, officials at the companies said this week -- although IT managers said the technology still has obstacles to overcome.

Attackers have found a new vehicle for launching attacks targeting client-based computer systems, and traditional network defenses are no longer sufficient to protect against these breaches, a recent security report said.

Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) heads into its annual CA World user conference, beginning this weekend in Orlando, under a cloud of scandal and bad news -- but analysts say the company is fundamentally strong, and that it has recently done an excellent job of developing compelling technologies.

Last year ASPs were hotter than hot. Now after Pandesic's failure last summer, that sound you hear is the popping of the ASP bubble.