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Kirk Pepperdine on Release Valves to Calm Developers

Sun's main Java site has an intriguing interview(http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/community/pepperdine_qa.html) with Java performance expert Kirk Pepperdine that covers a lot about bottlenecks, pain points, tuning, memory, databases, etc. But what's most interesting are his methods of calming down a team of stressed-out, frustrated developers when he's been hired by companies to step in and solve their performance problems.

eBay Launches Hub for South East Asia Developers

eBay has launched the South East Asia Developers Program hub, a new website designed for providing important program information to developers located in South East Asia. Members who have already joined the eBay Developers Program do not need to register again. The SEA Developers Program launched their site with an eBay & PayPal Developer Challenge for legal residents of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. eBay & PayPal developers are competing for up to $25,000 SGD in cash prizes.

With its 4.1 release, KDE is taking few chances. While the 4.0 release's announcement emphasized excitement and significance, the tone of the announcement for 4.1 is more subdued. KDE 4.1 Released, Jul 29, 2008The KDE Community today released KDE 4.1

The KDE development community announced today the official release of version 4.1, the first major update of the new 4.x series. This release finally delivers on the promise of a next-generation desktop environment and resolves most of the problems that afflicted the original 4.0 release.

The KDE Community today released KDE 4.1.0. This release is the second feature release of the KDE 4 series, sporting new applications and newly developed features on top of the Pillars of KDE4. Linux Makes Phones Even Cheaper, Jul 29, 2008Purple Labs

The KDE development community announced today the official release of version 4.1, the first major update of the new 4.x series. This release finally delivers on the promise of a next-generation desktop environment and resolves most of the problems that afflicted the original 4.0 release.

Mobile Developers Still Favor .Net and Java, But The Popularity Of Linux And Android Is Growing

One way to look into the future to see which cell phones will be popular is by figuring out what platform developers are building applications for today. Developers tend to pick platforms that are easy to work with and present the biggest market opportunity. Likewise, if developers gravitate to particular platforms, consumers will be drawn to the same ones because they’ll offer the greatest choice of applications. Today’s favorites aren’t surprising, according to Evans Data, which polled nearly 400 developers. The top phone manufacturer is Nokia (NYSE: NOK), while the top platforms, are Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) .Net and Sun Microsystem’s Java ME. This is interesting to note because the media is constantly writing about a handset war developing between RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) or Mac OS, which could indeed be brewing, but on a fairly sma

Linux kernel developers: Say no to closed-source modules

More than 135 Linux kernel developers have signed a document in protest of vendors that create closed-source code modules for the kernel, calling the practice "harmful and undesirable." The developers' statement stressed that they are speaking for themselves, and not any of their employers. Although the issue of proprietary kernel modules is not new, the matter recently came to a head, according to the developers. "We have just been receiving a constant stream of questions from companies asking how the Linux kernel developers feel about closed-source modules over the past year or so," reads an accompanying FAQ page.

Debian Maintainer Hints At September Release for Lenny

nerdyH writes "The Debian project's maintainer, Luke Claes, announced in an email Saturday that he will freeze the 'testing' or 'Lenny' tree, in preparation for a new stable release of Debian Linux in ... September! The freeze means that open source software developers have only a couple more days to package any applications that they want to be included in the next release of Debian — and by extension, in the inner sanctum source lists of distributions such as Ubuntu that are based on it. After the freeze starts next week, Debian maintainers will turn their attention to 364 release-critical bugs, and half-a-dozen high-priority goals. Given the work to be done, is September really feasible? Lenny always was a little slow getting back to his right place .

Google's Orkut Is Twice as Popular as Facebook or MySpace Amongst Software Developers in India

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orkut, the social networking site from Google is used by twice as many software developers in India than either MySpace or Facebook according to an Evans Data survey of over 300 software developers in India. Indian developers showed much more interest in social networking sites in general than do developers in other parts of the world, and 73% of them said they had used Orkut, as compared to 35% for Facebook and 32% for MySpace.

Google's Orkut Is Twice as Popular as Facebook or MySpace Amongst Software Developers in India

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Orkut, the social networking site from Google is used by twice as many software developers in India than either MySpace or Facebook according to an Evans Data survey of over 300 software developers in India. Indian developers showed much more interest in social networking sites in general than do developers in other parts of the world, and 73% of them said they had used Orkut, as compared to 35% for Facebook and 32% for MySpace.

The KDE development community announced today the official release of version 4.1, the first major update of the new 4.x series. This release finally delivers on the promise of a next-generation desktop environment and resolves most of the problems t

With its 4.1 release, KDE is taking few chances. While the 4.0 release's announcement emphasized excitement and significance, the tone of the announcement for 4.1 is more subdued.

Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2 Released

"Mandriva is proud to announce the release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2, marking the first public pre-release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2009. This alpha introduces several significant changes, most obviously the inclusion of KDE 4--4.1 beta 2, specifically--as the default version of KDE, and the latest development version of GNOME, 2.23.4. The kernel has also been updated to release 2.6.26rc7. We emphasize that the KDE change is a major one that is not yet entirely completed and likely to cause many bugs. As always--but more importantly than ever--we remind you not to use pre-releases in any critical situation; install them only on a test system or partition, or in a virtual machine. Additionally, we strongly discourage using this pre-release to upgrade from any earlier release of Mandriva Linux, as the transition process fr

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel after a lengthy three-month development stretch since the 2.6.25 release involving nine release candidates. Hands on With Acer's Aspire One Netbook, Jul 14, 2008Acer, t

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel after a lengthy three-month development stretch since the 2.6.25 release involving nine release candidates.

After Nine RCs, Linux 2.6.26 Is Here

IconLinux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel after a lengthy three-month development stretch since the 2.6.25 release involving nine release candidates. In announcing the release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, Torvalds said the 87 days since 2.6.25 makes 2.6.26 a longer-than-usual release cycle. Torvalds said the changes from release candidate (RC) 9 are small, with the bulk (80 percent) being documentation updates.

Developers Get Access To eBay

Project Echo will offer third-party developers access to eBay Selling Manager, where they can offer applications to online sellers. eBay unveiled Project Echo at the eBay Developers Conference in Chicago. eBay will also open PayPal so developers can help merchants with online payments.

Developers Will Get Access to eBay, PayPal

Project Echo will offer third-party developers access to eBay Selling Manager, where they can offer applications to online sellers. eBay unveiled Project Echo at the eBay Developers Conference in Chicago. eBay will also open PayPal so developers can help merchants with online payments.

Release Team Proposes Gnome 3.0 Plans

benuski writes "Today at GUADEC, the Gnome User and Developer European Conference, the gtk+ team announced their plans for gtk+ 3.0; immediately after, the Gnome release team announced their plans for Gnome 2.30 to be changed into Gnome 3.0. This would mean a release date a year and a half to a year in the future. Details are short at the moment, but the Gnome team seems to be following in KDE's footsteps, but hopefully will avoid the problems that plagued KDE 4.0's release."

Android developers get non response from Google

Android developers have had a lot to grumble about, and Google just added to the list. First a recap: The last official SDK most developers saw from Google was back in March, and then Google slipped up and everyone learned that only a certain few developers were privy to the latest SDK updates. And still, weeks after that, no word from Google about when the rest of the Android developer crew will get a peak at the latest iteration.

QuarkX XTension Developers Offer Free Upgrades

Inc. announced today that leading QuarkXPress XTensions developers are offering a special introductory "Buy v7 XTensions, Get v8 XTensions Free" promotion for a limited time only. In support of Quark's own promotion - that is currently providing free upgrades to QuarkXPress 8 with any QuarkXPress 7 purchase - a host of well-known QuarkXPress XTensions developers are offering users the same for their products. Developers are working to ensure that users who are upgrading will not experience downtime in the transition and can continue to benefit from the automated and expedited workflows that XTensions offer.

SEGA clarifies Wii and DS release confusion

SEGA has informed VideoGamer.com that contrary to the earlier released Nintendo summer release schedules, Sonic Unleashed is not planned for release on Nintendo DS and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is not planned for release on Wii.

Retailers Listing Starcraft II for December 3 Release

When a game doesn't have an official release date, it's not unusual for retailers to use tentative release dates (usually plucked from thin air) for their databases. But when three different retailers all pick the same date, it may behoove us to pay attention -- Best Buy, Circuit City, and GameStop have all listed Starcraft II's release date for December 3 (via Joystiq).

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