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If RIM really wants developers on BB10, it needs better tools
The paucity and complexity of the development tools for the BlackBerry platform gets even worse as you look at BB10 Promising people 10,000 won t helpYou know how sometimes you...Windows 8? Windows RT? Is this bifurcation Intel's fault?
So now we know there will be four editions of Windows 8 all arriving probably by the end of this year There are just two surprises a small one and...I survived a week on Windows8 on a tablet (instead of an iPad)
In fact the Windows 8 Consumer Preview works well even on hardware designed for Windows 7 But the acid test may rest with the hardware companiesWindows 8 is Janus s...Windows 8 for tablets: success lies in being human
The iPad s success is a bit like that of text messaging the clue isn t in the technology but in what it enables So Microsoft here s how to...That Windows 8 experience? Confusing. Confusing as hell.
Trying out Windows 8 on the desktop gives a strange feeling there s a solid update to Windows 7 and then there s a strange interface which jumps context Plus...WinRT for coding for Windows 8? Is .NET really such rubbish?
The shunning of NET in order to get third-party Windows programmers coding Metro-style apps might make sense inside Microsoft but outside it looks like a rebuffAt Build in September 2011...Windows 8 on ARM: the Schrödinger's cat of operating systems
There s been plenty of criticism of an article suggesting that Windows 8 will be dead on arrival but like the mythical cat the answer to this one is all...Why Microsoft needs to get Michael Bublé working on Windows 8
WinRT the new programming framework for Windows 8 is a bet-the-farm strategy for Microsoft as it sees tablets chewing up its field So why are people on Twitter talking about...Goodbye, Nokia Lumia 800: £400 and one month on, it didn't work out
It s only when you live with a new phone that you discover whether you like it or not From love at first sight Nokia s new Windows Phone offering...Windows Phone or Windows 8 on tablets? Only one will sell. Guess which
Running the numbers suggests that Windows 8 tablets won t be able to compete on price with the iPad but Windows Phone tablets would But how will Office fit in...Can an iPad, a keyboard and an RDP client work for Windows development?
Why not put your Windows development virtual machine into the cloud and access it via whatever device you feel like It s certainly worth a try.Last month Mark O Connor...Why aren't smartphone app developers going where the sales are?
When you mash up the latest smartphone data from Gartner with the latest app development interest from Appcelerator you get a picture that doesn t make much senseThis week Gartner...Why the death of Flash on mobile is bad news for Windows Phone
Why kill support for a plug-in that doesn t even run on Microsoft s smartphone Because of that old story developers developers developersThe announcement by Adobe last week of the...Here's why you should be happy that Microsoft is embracing Node.js
The server-side Javascript execution engine is widely used outside Microsoft but now that Redmond is taking an interest there s real potential for everyone running IISMicrosoft-watching superstar Mary Jo Foley...Think sandboxing will stop malware? Here's why you're wrong, Apple
The announcement that Apple will introduce sandboxing for code on Macs and that Microsoft has similar plans for some Windows 8 apps doesn t mean the malware problem is going...Will HTML5 replace native apps? It might: here's how to figure out when
The debate about using native web applications against native applications has forgotten about one important element in the process the userOne of my favourite tweets of recent weeks comes from...Can Microsoft's Kinect take care of business?
Microsoft has announced that it will launch a commercial SDK for the Kinect some time next year so what sort of apps will we see and is it going to...Android fragmentation? It's Amazon, not handsets, that's the problem
Many Android handsets haven t been updated to the latest OS but the real problem lies elsewhereThe hard-working Michael DeGusta caused a stir in the Twittersphere on Thursday by announcing...Nokia, why have you put the Lumia at the end of a contract tunnel?
The only way to get the new Windows Phone devices from Nokia is by signing your soul away to at least a year s contractThe last Nokia phone I owned...Program in a text editor rather than an IDE? Why would you do that?
It s puzzling what people will do when they need to codeOver the weekend Adron Hall let fly the following tweet OH The only ppl that can t dev in...Why Android is the natural alternative to Windows Mobile for developers
When Microsoft killed off Windows Mobile it left would-be developers with experience in its tools who wanted to build line-of-business apps with a problem what could they target You may...Java's second coming? Over my cold, dead RAM-cached database
The suggestion that Java offers a speed advantage over PHP or Ruby is true but that s not where the real problems tend to lie in modern websites.The awesome power...BlackBerry outage for three days caused by faulty router says former RIM staffer
Insiders blame RIM s system its poorly handled expansion and the demands of video content for failure that hit 70 million usersThe problems for BlackBerry s 70 million users around...Want some cheap Microsoft software? Here's the legal way: be a developer
Programmers may not realise they can save quite scary amounts of money by joining the right Microsoft Developer programme The trick is knowing which one Here s a guide.Microsoft loves...