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Top Spot at W3C Goes to Former Novell Exec

 Jeffrey Jaffe takes over as the World Wide Web Consortium's CEO as the chief Web standards body looks ahead. -  more information

Apache Project CouchDB Taking to the Cloud

 Thanks to some commercial support from Cloudant, open source NoSQL database project CouchDB is getting ready to take to the cloud, offering an "organic" alternative to conventional relational databases. -  more information

New Ubuntu Linux CEO Aims High With Lucid Lynx

 Jane Silber, Canonical's new CEO, gives a look at what's coming for the popular Linux distro. -  more information

Twitter Surpasses 70,000 Apps

 Biz Stone, co-founder of the popular microblogging service, notes the growth of the company and the launch of its first developer event. -  more information

Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Hits Beta 2

 New milestone gives Microsoft a chance to talk up enhancements ahead for application developers. -  more information

Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

 Seeking to ease concerns about the future of the OpenSolaris project following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle is assuring the community that it will keep OpenSolaris available as open source, and invest heavily in its development. -  more information

Is Bloom Box the Silicon Valley's Last Surprise?

 The fuel cell startup Bloom Energy emerged after ten years in stealth mode. Could any tech firm these days come within earshot of that record? And if not, does it matter? -  more information

Novell: Linux Breaks Even, Microsoft Deal Slumps

 High times for Linux at Novell, even if its groundbreaking agreement with Microsoft isn't paying off too well as of late. -  more information

Linux Kernel Ups Graphics, Drops Android

 The Linux 2.6.33 kernel ushers in new enhancements for Nvidia graphics support, storage, and other areas. -  more information

What Happened to Mozilla Ubiquity?

 One of the most interesting Mozilla Labs projects has now stagnated. Is the project dead? Does it have a future? The Mozilla developer who led the project tells all. -  more information

HP Boosts Security With New Analysis Tools

 Computing giant teams with Fortify to bolster software security with new static and dynamic code analysis offering dubbed Hybrid 2.0, expected to become available in the second half of 2010. -  more information

SANS Names Mistakes That Cause Vulnerability

 If programmers were perfect, there would be no vulnerabilities for the bad guys to exploit. SANS Institute has listed the most common mistakes leading to the most common exploits. -  more information

Demand Soars for iPad, Android Developers

 New staffing report from Elance highlights growing demand for developers of wireless applications, reflecting soaring interest in Android and iPad tablet environments. -  more information

Windows is the Choice of Enterprise Developers

 New data confirms that PHP developers have differing tastes when it comes to their operating system of choice for development and for deployment. -  more information

Adobe Offers Cloud Version of LiveCycle Suite 2

 The company launches LiveCycle Managed Services, a cloud-based version of the suite that runs on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. -  more information

Intel & Nokia Make a Joint Mobile Push

 Both companies have mobile open source initiatives; now they're working together on the ambitious MeeGo operating system designed for mobile devices and much more. -  more information

Embarcadero Brings Developer Tools to the Cloud

 Developer tools on-demand? Why not, says Embarcadero, the developer tool vendor with one of the largest collection of languages and tools. -  more information

Microsoft Adds Web Features to Sharepoint 2010

 The company is trying to attract Web developers to Sharepoint 2010, while at the same time keeping the product integrated with a long list of other Microsoft products. -  more information

Agile Software Development Gets Less Formal

 While it's a popular methodology, analysts there is a trend away from following all the formalities associated with Agile software development. -  more information

OpenOffice 3.2 Lands Amid Critical Changes

 The new OpenOffice.org release offers a handful of tweaks and improvements. But with an independent Sun now largely out of the picture, what's in store for the project's future? -  more information