Due to the growing popularity of Web applications, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is the emerging international programming lingua franca, according to a report released today by Evans Data. Titled 2006 Emerging Markets Development Survey, Evans Data ...

Is 'Wiki' the new in thing? This question seems to be resounding as the Internet phenomenon is evolving and getting imbibed into local partnerships. A big area for wikis may be the corporate world. For example, eBay uses Jot’s corporate wiki tool to...

The music download space seems to be turning into a battleground with giant vendors displaying their wares. Will the age-old Darwinian concept– survival of the fittest – come into play again? Only time will tell. There's a lot of buzz of late about...

The worldwide market opportunity for SOA is touted to touch reach USD 143 billion and companies can save up to USD 53 billion in IT spending over the next five years by implementing a SOA. Asia smacks of an overall lack of awareness of SOA, however. A survey of CIOs and IT Decision Makers in...

Red Hat has launched its capstone certification to its current Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) programs, called the Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), in ASEAN...

The historic recall of batteries for more than four million laptop computers has brought renewed attention to the temperamental nature of this power source. Rechargeable batteries come in two types. Lithium-ion batteries are generally found in laptops, cellphones and iPods; nickel metal...

The Asia Pacific region is currently witnessing the fastest rise in semiconductor sales, which was up 12.8 percent in June, compared to the year-ago period. IT research firm In-Stat predicts that annual semiconductor consumption is booming in the...

Virtualization technology, which resurfaced in the 1990s after disappearing in the 80’s, is being increasingly used information technology firms leveraging software virtualization solutions (SVS) to save cost. SVS solves file and registry conflicts between applications and increase other hardware...

Among today’s top 10 Web brands, MySpace is leading the charts, increasing 183 percent, from 16.2 million unique visitors in July 2005 to 46.0 million in July 2006. Google ranked No. 2, growing 23 percent, from a unique audience of 76.2 million to 94.0 million. eBay rounded out the top ...

The total number of worldwide Internet users passed one billion in 2005 and is estimated to reach two billion by 2011. In spite of the slowdown in the growth rate of new American Internet users, there is no global...

Microsoft is bringing the art of game development to the masses with a new set of tools, called XNA Game Studio Express, based on the XNA™ platform. XNA Game Studio Express heralds a new era as it aims to democratise game development by delivering...

Researcher Gartner has identified AJAX, mashups, location-aware software and sensor mesh networking as the key emrging technologies that will have the greatest impact on business over the next 10 years...

Modernized information organizers litter the market, but according to MitchKapor, none are optimized for handling clutter. "I'm an inveterate note taker -- I scribble all these things down on pieces of paper," Kapor said. "I wanted to create some way of organizing all of them" ...

Apple Computer is extending its open source efforts with the release of a number of products into the open source community. The products include Mac OS X 10.4.7, the Darwin/Mac OS X kernel, known as "xnu", available as buildable source for the Intel...

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has rejected the latest draft version of the General Public License (GPL), which governs the Linux kernel, because of restrictions on the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in systems …

The plan to develop a 100 dollar laptop for distribution to schoolchildren in developing countries has been rejected by India as the nation feels the product would not benefit the kids as they can do better with the funds being spent on more classrooms and teachers rather than 'fancy toys' ...

An alliance of software vendors has announced progress on specifications to define a language-neutral programming model for application development within service-oriented architecture environments. The vendors have been working...

Web services and Web 2.0 interfaces are surging as a result of the rise in the use of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), a key component on the Web 2.0 architecture. A survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. finds that close to half of developers...

Competitors in the carrier-grade, blade-based server market for the telecom industry are gearing up for a major battle, according to IT research firm In-Stat. The contestants are industry leaders including Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Radisys, and...

The past week saw a variety of announcements from the Aperi community. Collectively, however, the announcements seem to send out mixed signals to the open source community. The Aperi community recently announced that it has proposed an open source project to the Eclipse Foundation. Aperi also announced...