David Fiedler

Microsoft Corp. announced the preview release of its new Microsoft Dynamic HTML editing component which provides software developers with an easy way to add rich, visual HTML editing capabilities to Windows operating system applications. This preview component uses the leading support for Dynamic HTML in Microsoft Internet Explorer to enable precise, WYSIWYG editing, freeing software […]

The folks who have been saying “Java is dead” obviously haven’t been to San Francisco this week. Over 15,000 hardcore Java developers crowded the exhibit hall at the JavaOne conference all this week at the Moscone Convention Center to hear dozens of technical talks and presentations. These developers aren’t playing online games either; they’re here […]

NetDynamics, Inc. today introduced NetDynamics BusinessBeans at JavaOne, a business-intelligence layer built on top of JavaSoft’s Enterprise JavaBeans specification. The new product helps organizations significantly reduce development time, deployment costs, and ease object management by enabling the dynamic creation and reuse of Java-based business objects for enterprise network applications. Bridging industry standards, BusinessBeans are built […]

The JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco is, by any normal standard, a geekfest. When you have thousands of programmers crowding into rooms to hear people present technical papers and visit almost identical, nondescript exhibit booths from dozens of software and hardware companies selling development products, that’s a pretty accurate description. In such a […]

EarthWeb teamed up with IBM and Sun Microsystems’ JavaSoft division today to launch the Java Developers Alliance. The Java Developers Alliance (JDA) unites Java Users Groups (JUGs) into a global organization, providing services, opportunities, and assistance to help JUGs serve their members more efficiently. Such efforts include the creation of a worldwide organization of JUGs; […]

The iButtons bear more than a passing resemblance to watch batteries, and they also use the same single-contact design. “Signal, power, address, and data . . . all of these work over a single wire,” added Bolan, “with 25,000 volt electrostatic discharge protection.” The future of iButtons really took off when Dallas Semi decided to […]

Symantec Corporation announced this week at the JavaOne conference that Visual café for Java 2.5 now enables developers to prototype, develop, test, and deploy PersonalJava applications. The Visual Café for Java 2.5 OpenAPI architecture enables Java software developers to run Sun’s JavaCheck, a tool that verifies which classes used by an application or applet are […]

Mercury Interactive Corp., a leading provider of testing tools for client/server, Web, and packaged applications, today announced the industry’s only complete testing solution for Java-based applications with Java support for its integrated suite of automated testing tools. Mercury Interactive’s Java testing solution includes WinRunner and XRunner for functional testing of Java clients, LoadRunner for load […]

POET Software today announced the beta version of POET 5.1 Object Server Suite, an ultra-thin pure Java client solution that allows companies to develop distributed applications with minimal knowledge of CORBA. Flexible deployment of business logic and ease of connecting to an object request broker (ORB), combined with the elimination of code required for translating […]

Pencom Web Works introduced this week Metaphoria Data Transformation Server (DTS) 1.1, software that culls digital information for display in a Web browser and generates Internet, intranet, and extranet pages that are tailored on the fly for each user. Metaphoria DTS is designed for business users that want to provide quick and easy access to […]

NetObjects, Inc. announced the availability of NetObjects ScriptBuilder 2.0 for Windows NT/95, the company’s script development environment for the Web. The privately-held company also announced three new distribution and co-marketing agreements with industry leaders Netscape Communications Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, and Lotus Corporation, who will all offer the product to their customers. Since its introduction in […]

Oracle Corporation announced the availability of Oracle Web Developer Suite 1.6 including Developer/2000, Oracle’s flagship application development and deployment environment. Developer/2000 is tightly integrated with Designer/2000, Oracle’s application modelling, design, and generation tool, through a common meta-data repository. Applications built with Designer/2000 and Developer/2000 leverage the Oracle platform and can be deployed to scalable, professionally […]