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• Eaton touts open-source SDK as a boon to power management

  UPS supplier Eaton has released a new open-source software development kit aimed at providing better accessibility and flexibility to users of its power management products.

• The amazing shrinking computer

  The quest for smaller and smaller computing devices usually involves a tradeoff between processor power, battery life, communications features, memory and storage. While the product I'm looking at is in some respects the result of the intersection of a vision with compromises, the WiMM One from WiMM Labs is one of the slickest miniature computing devices I've seen to date.

• Skype CEO: SkypeKit aimed at onslaught of new gadgets

  Skype launched a new software developer kit on Wednesday to help electronics makers embed Skype into any new device they're working on.

• Samsung releases Bada SDK

  Time will tell if Samsung can attract developers to its own smartphone operating system now that it has released the beta of its Bada software development kit.

• Amazon invites developers to make Kindle software

  Amazon.com on Thursday announced its first-ever software developer's kit for anyone who wants to create active content for its popular Kindle e-readers.

• Palm opens up developer program, adds plug-in support

  Palm opened up its WebOS developer program to the public on Thursday, saying it expects to see a flood of new applications developed for the mobile OS.

• Google delivers SDK for Android 2.0

  Google on Tuesday released an SDK for Android 2.0, revealing some new features that will come with the upgraded mobile operating system.

• Google releases SDK for latest Android version

  Developers can now start working with the software development kit (SDK) for version 1.6 of Google's mobile operating system Android, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

• Palm Pre SDK is out

  The long-awaited Palm Mojo Software Development Kit, for building applications for the Palm Pre device and the webOS platform, is now generally available, a Palm blogger said on Thursday.

• Palm anticipates wide availability of SDK for Pre soon

  Palm, which has limited the availability of a software development kit for its Palm Pre device despite the unit being on the market since June 6, now says it has a goal of widespread availabilty of the SDK later this season.

• Qt 4.5 released under LGPL, new IDE

  Qt Software, a division Nokia, has released Qt 4.5.0, the first major release of the cross-platform GUI toolkit to be licensed under the LGPL and it ships with a new IDE for a complete SDK.

• Android apps might not feature Bluetooth

  While developers have been hard at work building Android applications that can use GPS (Global Positioning System), Wi-Fi and cameras, they just discovered they likely won't be able to offer applications that use one common mobile phone feature: Bluetooth.