Devs told to move to Android Studio
Google has decided Android Studio is all you need to make apps, and by the end of the year will no longer support the venerable but popular Eclipse IDE.…
Windows 10 is due in one month: Will it be ready?
It’s do-or-die for Microsoft’s new operating system on 29 July
Analysis The release of Windows 10 is set for 29 July, just one month from now. It will be a significant moment, marking the first Windows 10 release in a wave that will eventually include Windows Mobile and Xbox, and is critically important to Microsoft following the poor reception for Windows 8.…
Github’s ‘Atom’ text editor hits version 1.0
Emacs’ self-appointed heir heads out into the world
Github’s Atom text editor, which it announced back in February 2014, has reached version 1.0.…
Windows 10 Mobile is shaping up nicely – now Cortana can send emails
Microsoft’s next phone OS looks to be in better shape than the PC version
Microsoft has released Build 10149 of Windows 10 Mobile to members of the Windows Insider preview programme’s Fast release ring.…
The Great Windows Server 2003 migration: How to plan your trip
Making the most of your end-of-life experience
Think switching OS is bad? There are just weeks left to migrate away from Windows Server 2003 before support for the operating system runs out. At this point, if a CIO hasn’t yet taken action, CEOs should be getting involved.…
Linux bids for UAV world domination by enslaving future skybot army
Dronecode initiative gains momentum
The Dronecode open-source UAV platform initiative has announced that it has welcomed on board a raft of new members, who’ll help drive the project towards becoming a de facto standard for consumer and commercial drones.…
Apple Music available on Sonos by end of this year
No word yet if they’ll go all the way up to eleven
Apple’s streaming music service will be available on Sonos’ streaming Wi-Fi speaker set-up by the end of the year.…
Chap slapped in Dogecoin crap app flap
Much FTC! Very mislead! Such settlement!
The FTC settled with an app developer accused of hijacking smartphones for digital currency mining.…
Supreme Court ignores Google’s whinging in Java copyright suit
Sound of Larry Ellison rubbing his hands heard all the way in Mountain View
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear Google’s appeal of Oracle’s case against it in the matter of the Java API copyrights, leaving it up to a lower court to decide what – if any – damages Google owes.…
Microsoft to release Visual Studio 2015 ahead of Windows 10
The question: how much new stuff will still be in preview?
Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2015, along with .Net Framework 4.6 and the Team Foundation Server 2015 source code management and collaboration product, on July 20, nine days ahead of the general availability of Windows 10, according to an announcement by developer veep S “Soma” Somasegar.…