Open Web Developer News Desk

Google on Ulitzer Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501 will be used in MOTO Development Group's Android 2.0 Media Platform (AMP) offering reduced time-to-market for next-generation multi-touch consumer and enterprise electronics device develop... (more)

Challenger Mobile, the white label mobile VoIP technology company, has announced the launch during the fall of its ground-breaking platform for Google's Android mobile operating system. Challenger Mobile will allow mobile operators, wireless ISPs and related service providers to ... (more)

Nimbuzz has announced the launch of its multi community mobile social messenger application for Android handsets. Unique for Android users, Nimbuzz introduces a revolutionary buddy list layout, Skype IM, a time-sensitive user interface, home-screen notifications, auto-reconnect, ... (more)

Trend Micro Incorporated, a provider of Internet content security, announced earnings results for the second quarter 2009. For the second quarter, Trend Micro posted consolidated net sales of 24,244 million Yen (or US $249 million, 97.22 JPY = 1USD). The company posted operating... (more)

Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management at Google, and Linus Upson, a Google Engineering Director, posted details about the long-awaited Google Chrome OS yesterday on the Official Google Blog. Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. "Google Chrome OS is being creat... (more)

Crescendo Networks has announced the Maestro CN-7000 series, a new line of advanced application delivery hardware platforms. The CN-7000 series includes the entry-level CN-7710, the CN-7740 for medium to large organizations, and the CN-7790 for the largest organizations, with up ... (more)

Juniper Networks has announced its next generation network infrastructure for the distributed enterprise, including new additions to the SRX Series Services Gateways and a new line of EX Series Ethernet Switches. The new SRX240 can deliver up to five times the security performanc... (more)

Skype has released Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac, the latest version of its internet communications software for Mac users. This new release contains a number of new Skype features, including Skype Access and screen sharing. Both of these features will be built into versions of Skype fo... (more)

According to VietNamNet Bridge, the Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products in state agencies. It was reported that by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers in IT divisions of government agencies must be installed with... (more)

Google recently released its Browser Security Handbook to the general public. The 60-page document provides a comprehensive comparison of a broad set of security features and characteristics in commonly used browsers, along with commentary and implementation tips for application ... (more)

Google and the Open Handset Alliance have announced the availability of the Android platform source code to everyone, for free, under the new Android Open Source Project. This represents an open and fully featured mobile platform that will enable people to create a mobile device ... (more)

Auslogics says it will fully support the new web browser Google Chrome poised to become a powerful Internet Explorer rival. The users of Auslogics BoostSpeed may be the first to experience the full Google Chrome support. This computer performance optimization software will prote... (more)

Is there a market for YouTube for business? We'll soon all find out, because Google is now offering a new Video tag to Premier Edition users of Google Apps - allowing for the easy embedding of videos in internal Web pages, along with functionality allowing for comment on videos, ... (more)

Project Insight has released Project Scorecard, a project scoring system that enables companies to measure projects on how they fit into corporate goals and objectives. With the recent economic downturn, businesses are hard-pressed to prioritize major projects and determine wheth... (more)

As soon as Google announced the availability of browser-based Google Earth functionality, GIS Planning’s development team jumped on the opportunity to integrate the application into their existing Google Maps-powered services. In doing so, GIS Planning became one of the fir... (more)

Zoho announced that it is welcoming Google and Yahoo users with a unified login designed to encourage those users to try Zoho applications. Now, Google and Yahoo users who visit Zoho can simply log into Zoho using the usernames and passwords associated with their Google and Yahoo... (more)

After a better-than-expected quarterly earnings report called 'amazingly good' by the New York Times, it would seem that Google is defying the macro-economic downtrend. 'It's clear we are well positioned for 2008 and beyond, regardless of the business environment we are surrounde... (more)

Douglas Merrill (pictured), Google VP of Engineering, is leaving Google to become EMI Music's new President of Digital. Merrill joined Google late in 2003 as Senior Director of Information Systems. In this capacity he led multiple strategic efforts including Google’s 2004 I... (more)

Krugle, the company that provides code search for the world's leading developer networks, including IBM developerWorks, CollabNet, SourceForge.net, and Yahoo! Developer Network, has announced the availability of its OpenAPI for partners. "With the opening of this interface, Krugl... (more)

Intrepidus Group has announced that it has been recognized with a 2008 government technology "Best Of" award from the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) in the "Best Boardroom Meeting" category. The new recognition joins a series of accolades, including a recent indep... (more)