Android's cross-platform potential in doubt
Android dangles the prize of "write once, run anywhere" development, but can it deliver?
Ephraim Schwartz,
February 2008
JEOPARD to leverage multicore for real-time
The Open Group has partnered with a consortium of European real-time technology developers, industrial manufacturers, universities,
and research organizations to build a framework for Java-based, real-time applications on modern multicore chips and parallel
processor systems.
Paul Krill,
February 2008
The future is now -- Java development in 2008
Andrew Glover turns back the hour glass for a retrospective on the major developments of last year, and reveals what those
events tell us about Java development in 2008.
Andrew Glover,
January 2008
Do we need a mobile developer alliance?
Industrywide alliance would empower mobile developers dealing with fragmentation and other issues.
Paul Krill,
January 2008
XML data interchange in Java ME applications
Get a primer on the Data Transfer Object design pattern and learn how using XML-based DTOs with a simple tool can speed up
the development of
Java mobile client-server applications.
Mario La Menza,
October 2007
Mobile video with JME and MMAPI, Part 2
Extend your Java mobile application to upload video files to a remote server and download them back to a video-enabled device.
Srijeeb Roy,
September 2007
Mobile video with JME and MMAPI, Part 1
A two-part introduction to integrating video functionality into Java mobile applications with JME and the Mobile Media API.
Srijeeb Roy,
September 2007
Introduction to scripting in Java, Part 2
How will scripting affect the runtime performance, robustness, and maintainability of your Java applications? Find out what
else you need to
know about scripting in this second half of the JavaWorld excerpt from Dejan Bosanac's Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks,
and Patterns (Addison-Wesley Professional, August 2007).
Dejan Bosanac,
August 2007
Introduction to scripting in Java, Part 1
Learn what differentiates most scripting languages from a programming language like Java and why scripting is a time-worthy
addition to your Java programming skillset.
Dejan Bosanac,
July 2007
12 skills that employers can't say no to
Have you spoken with a high-tech recruiter or professor of computer science lately? According to observers across the country,
the technology skills shortage is real, and so are the opportunities that come with it.
Mary Brandel,
July 2007
Sun update system exposes users
Sun Microsystems puts Java users at risk by staggering the release of its Java security patches, says security vendor eEye.
Robert McMillan
,
July 2007
Hackers race to unlock iPhone
Small victories in unlocking iPhone but iTunes authentication presents a hurdle.
Sumner Lemon
,
July 2007
Sun buys mobile phone software maker SavaJe
Sun said Thursday it plans to acquire the intellectual property of SavaJe Technologies, a provider of Mobile Java application
development tools.
Robert Mullins,
April 2007
RIM adds APIs for new types of applications
Research In Motion is hoping to expand the types of applications developers can make for its BlackBerry handheld by adding
APIs to the BlackBerry Java Development Environment.
Nancy Gohring,
March 2007
NetBeans adds ties to devices, ALM
Sun Microsystems will advance the NetBeans open source tools platform on devices and the application lifecycle management
(ALM) front.
Sun and the NetBeans community are announcing the availability of NetBeans Mobility Pack for Connected Device Configuration
(CDC) 5.5 for developing applications for devices such as full-featured smart phones.
Paul Krill,
January 2007
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