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Welcome to Chromium

I'm surprised that there isn't a Google Chrome Blog. After all, the company has about 1100 different blogs, and seems to have one for just about every product and service it makes. That said, Google does have a Chromium Blog , which is about the open source project behind Chrome. It's a start...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
PDC 2008: New keynoters, early bird registration extended

Looks like Microsoft added a few more keynoters to PDC 2008: Today, Microsoft announced that architects Don Box and Chris Anderson were both added to the lineup for the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) as the newest keynoters. Don and Chris will present an energetic and exiting presentation...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-19-2008
iPhone Software Sales Take Off

The Wall Street Journal reports that I’m not the only one downloading an obscene number of iPhone applications: In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-11-2008
Hello, Android

Obviously with all the iPhone 3G hoopla from last week, there's been a lot of Apple, Apple, Apple here and elsewhere. But the iPhone isn't the only viable smart phone platform in town (though I'd argue it's still the best one and, oddly enough, already the most mature). I'm also interested...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is coming in Q3 2008

Nick MacKechnie of Microsoft New Zealand says we can expect the next IE 8 beta in the third quarter of 2008. As previously announced this beta will be aimed at end users, unlike Beta 1, which targeted developers: Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008
Where is WinFS now?

Microsoft's Jon Udell talks to former WinFS general manager Quentin Clark about the company's aborted plans to enhance the Windows file system with database technologies. What happened? WinFS was about a lot of things. In part it was about trying to create something for the Windows platform and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-17-2008
Live Mesh

Penton's vaunted Web publishing system is hosed this morning, meaning I can't publish my WinInfo article about Live Mesh yet. But this is important. So I'm going to post it here (unedited) for now and then mention a few changes I see coming for this site as a result. With Live Mesh, Microsoft...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-23-2008
iPhone SDK Beta 3

Apple emails about a new release of the iPhone SDK : Log in to the iPhone Dev Center and download the third beta version of the iPhone SDK. Make sure to take advantage of all the development resources available to you in the iPhone Dev Center, including updated documentation such as the iPhone OS Programming...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-09-2008
A new version of the iPhone SDK is now available

Apple sent me an email update today... The second beta version of the iPhone SDK is now available and includes Interface Builder, a powerful tool that allows you to visually build your interface and makes creating a UI as simple as drag and drop. We've also added new sample code and updated documentation...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2008
Mozilla announces Extend Firefox 3 contest

From Mozilla: Mozilla has just announced Extend Firefox 3, their contest for developers to create new and interesting add-ons for the upcoming release of Firefox 3. Open now and running through July 4th, this contest awards entries that demonstrate excellence in user experience, innovativeness, and use...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2008

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