Microsoft Windows Phone 7: Notes from the developer workshop floor

It's been six months since Microsoft publicly unveiled Windows Phone 7. While the handsets may not yet be on the shelves, it's clear a considerable amount of activity has been...
W3C launches new web performance working group

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched a new Web Performance Working Group to provide methods to measure aspects of application performance and further the standards...
The ‘meaningful’ mobile web that talks to phones properly

While many industry commentators still argue that the mobile web has yet to truly flourish, the lack of common standards and the differentiation between platforms is in itself encouraging...
HTML 5 & Internet Explorer 9 opinions, not all from Microsoft

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Beta is on its way in less than a month from now on September 15th. Industry commentators suggest that the release of Microsoft's newest browser...
Adobe’s testing tool for your web site “experience”

Given the company's proximity to web-centric technologies, it is perhaps surprising that we don't hear more from Adobe about the testing and analysis side of website...
A “sneaky peek” at Embarcadero RAD Studio XE

Database and software tools company Embarcadero likes to tease us with a series of 'tasters' before its major product releases. Its
Microsoft responds to Windows Phone 7 application development criticism

So I made some comments about Windows Phone 7 software application development recently within close enough proximity to Microsoft for the company to give me some official feedback - and I hope it makes for an interesting interchange.
In essence, I said that the Windows Phone...
Carry on Doctor, Your Electronic Patient Records Are Secure

The debate over whether Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) are a positive step towards improving patient care or a glaring security risk seems to be hinged on the security of...
Where will cloud computing take us in five-years time?

Cloud computing has a problem. The problem is that people, companies, programmers and (god forbid) bloggers and technology journalists all talk about it an awful lot. With issues such as...
Internet Explorer 9: “11 times faster than IE8”

Die hard fans of Microsoft's browser technology will be pleased to learn that Internet Explorer 9 is due for beta release this coming September. Before that milestone is reached,...