
Starting on Monday, April 30th, the jury in the Oracle v. Google trial began deliberations for a verdict on whether Google infringed on Oracle copyrights...
5 replies - 10045 views - 05/04/12 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The Oracle vs Google case has finally hit the courtroom, and on the second day, Larry Ellison is Oracle's first witness. Ellison's main argument - APIs are...
0 replies - 8081 views - 04/18/12 by James Sugrue in Articles

As the “father of the Internet,” Tim Berners-Lee, got onto a plane to
head to the burgeoning tech center of Tyler, Texas (all sarcasm
intended), he...
0 replies - 3316 views - 02/09/12 by Jason Hull in Articles

Google may be in hot water with their judge in the Android lawsuit pre-trial hearings. Judge William Alsup was recently informed of several emails written by...
4 replies - 12626 views - 07/28/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

As the nightly builds for Emacs 24 start to churn out, developers can expect some cool new features. These features include UI changes, custom themes,...
0 replies - 27247 views - 01/03/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

While Google originally intended to have Chrome OS-based netbooks ready by the holiday season, the manufacturers are now saying that we won't be seeing Chrome...
0 replies - 17711 views - 11/30/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Here's an interesting news item: "Red
Hat’s Secret Patent Deal and the Fate of JBoss Developers".Here's
an ancient -- but still relevant --...
1 replies - 5547 views - 11/25/10 by Steven Lott in News

A study from researchers at Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs has discovered that 15 out of 30 popular Android applications selected at...
1 replies - 18024 views - 10/01/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

The Free Software Foundation has been relatively quiet about Oracle's lawsuit against Google, which was announced nearly a month ago. This week, the...
0 replies - 4717 views - 09/09/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The software industry is constantly trying to find the next-generation tools and methods that can make development, testing, and production more efficient. ...
0 replies - 7465 views - 08/24/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found out this week that another one of their top 10 "Most Wanted" patents was shot down by a jury in...
0 replies - 5687 views - 08/24/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Well, I suppose I didn’t tell you so, I didn’t knock on every Java developer’s door and say it. But I did say it. To myself. In a soft mumble. LOL. ...
18 replies - 10232 views - 08/13/10 by Jon Davis in News

In this week's edition of 'Media Frenzy Over Basically Nothing,' Apple finally called a press conference to end all the crazy talk about possible recalls and...
0 replies - 19295 views - 07/16/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

In New Zealand, a major battle is almost won for those who want to see an end to software patenting. Today the NZ Commerce Minister Simon Power announced...
1 replies - 9435 views - 07/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The test automation vendor Automation Anywhere really liked the movie "Avatar". They liked it so much that it inspired the creation of their newest...
0 replies - 11923 views - 07/13/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose