Android 2.2 (Froyo) provides developers with some much-anticipated features for a minor SDK release. Here are the top ten features developers cannot wait to get their hands on.
<b>Developer.com:</b> "The cloud isn't just for network administrators looking for scale, it's also a key development area for developers building applications with open source dynamic languages."
<b>Database Journal:</b> "According to its motto, the underlying premise behind the open source CouchDB NoSQL database is about helping developers "relax" -- chiefly by providing them with a simple, powerful database alternative."
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Do you want to watch YouTube videos in High-definition format without opening a web browser or without having the need to install Flash Player? If yes, then let me introduce you to a simple but capable YouTube desktop client called Minitube."
<b>Click:</b> "It's not usually a big deal, getting sound working in Linux or BSD. In my case, however, my laptop's internal sound module is dead, and I've substituted a USB sound module from DealExtreme.com that costs about $2."
The company started out with a server virtualization aggregation tool that makes many boxes look like one. Now, it's enhancing its formula and splitting that image into a second virtual machine.
Oracle's ADRCI extended commands provide valuable scripting and file viewing options, with about two dozen commands that you can use to look at and manage diagnostic information.. ADR is the future of Oracle diagnostics and it's essential that database administrators understand it.
<b>ABC News:</b> "The contempt that Apple (and Steve Jobs in particular) holds toward the media -- and its willingness to manipulate the press for its own ends -- should have produced a media backlash. There should be inside-Apple scoops in the press every week as intrepid reporters go over, under and around every arbitrary barrier Apple puts in front of them."
<b>Technology & Life Integration:</b> "t has been said many times that if only the Linux community were to band together and start rooting for the same team so to speak, then Linux could easily surpass other proprietary operating systems. "
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Due to popular demand, we will give you another round of some of the best free and open-source Content Management Systems (CMS). This new set of CMS is as good as the previous list that we have so this should be interesting."
What is a lightweight Linux? It seems the bar keeps moving upwards. But there are still genuine lightweight Linuxes that keep good old PCs out of landfills, as Paul Ferrill discovers with Puppy Linux.
<b>Datamation:</b> "It's not like Google was ever going to be a showcase customer for Microsoft, but a report that the search giant is phasing out Microsoft Windows underscores security concerns that have long dogged the widely-used software."
<b>Information Week:</b> "Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Canonical and Ubuntu Linux on why he thinks Ubuntu will succeed on the desktop, where other equally famed competitors have failed "
New plug-in isolation approach could make browsers from Apple and Mozilla even more stable -- though Mozilla claims they're already more stable, even without it.
<b>Hubfolio: </b>"Getting access to your remote Ubuntu desktops through an ISA HTTP proxy can be a pain. This article shows you how to create a HTTP tunnel that will allow you to bypass even the most restrictive proxies and firewalls."
<b>TechWorld: </b>"In a swift decision Sony effectively put a price on one of its user communities. It terminated a sought-after feature in one of its products and with it went a vibrant end-user community."