Programmers now can start trying out JavaFX for writing rich Internet applications--and seeing if it is worth using over Adobe's Flash and other alternatives.

Opinion piece by Detlev G. Pinkus, President & CEO of United Design Works The financial crisis and it affects causing far-spread consequences by reaching all economic areas more or less w orldwide.

— Apr. 28, 2008 — Proprietary VoIP software provider Skype is beta-testing a Java version of its flagship soft-phone. The company says its new "Mobile Skype" client will be available "soon" on Linux- and Java-based models from Motorola, including

May 22, 2008 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. Available mainly in Asia. REGIONAL 3C (computing, communications, consumer electronics) brand Verzio has launched the company's first 3.5G high-speed packet data access (HSPDA) PDA phone.

After more than two years as Microsoft's low-profile chief software architect, Ray Ozzie finally has something to say: Windows Azure. The man who replaced Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp.'s top technical thinker said Monday that Microsoft will compete with