Software Development

The first release of Windows 10, officially known as the Windows Technical Preview, is designed primarily to make life easier for mouse-and-keyboard aficionados who were turned off by the touch-oriented Windows 8 interface. Here's what you'll find inside.

published October 2, 2014 by Ed Bott

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Look out, Windows! With Google starting to bring over a million Android apps to Chromebooks, the Windows PC is going to face a real challenge.

published September 22, 2014 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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We all know about the Raspberry Pi, but it's far from the only single-board computer out there that makers might find both useful and affordable.

published May 2, 2014 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Future sanctions may make it difficult for Western software companies to do business in Mother Russia. But the country has a vast domestic software, services and internet industry of its own. These are some of the powerhouses.

published March 28, 2014 by ZDNet Editors

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Valentine's Day is here again, and love is in the air. Couples flirting, courting, forming relationships. Sometimes those relationships result in marriage. Marriages occur in the tech world, too. Corporate mergers can result in the two parts being stronger than the whole, or they can end in utter disaster.

published February 14, 2014 by Jason Perlow

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The iPhone and iPad maker on Monday announced iOS 7, its latest mobile operating system. ZDNet takes it for a test drive and shows you the new user interface and some of the new features.

published June 12, 2013 by Zack Whittaker

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Let's take a stroll through Logitech's new video labs for optical and audio testing in Silicon Valley.

published December 7, 2012 by Rachel King

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A look back at some of the successes and victories, the bad times and controversies, and the downright ugly failures by Twitter and by its users, during 2012.

published November 19, 2012 by Zack Whittaker

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Sharing exhibition floor space with large companies at this year's ICT tradeshow, Asian tech startups say they hope to take opportunity to build brand and product awareness, forge business contacts, and gather user feedback.

published June 22, 2012 by Jamie Yap

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The Norwegian software firm Opera is going for differentiation in the latest version of its browser, supporting the HTML5 Stream API and revamping its extension system

published June 14, 2012 by David Meyer

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Flash Pro CS6 adds more tools for building hardware-accelerated games that work across multiple platforms, as well as tools for designing and testing mobile applications, without leaving your PC.

published April 23, 2012 by Simon Bisson

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In court, Oracle outlined its Java copyright and patent infringement case against Google with a series of 91 convincing slides

published April 17, 2012 by Andy Smith

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The Mountain Lion developer preview is here and we had a chance to check out many of the new features. Have a look at some of the more striking new features in Mac OS X 10.8 in this slideshow.

published February 15, 2012 by CNET Staff

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With such a high number of developers implementing application software to send out their own programming ideas to the masses, it's not surprising some more unusual apps have appeared in the marketplace.

published February 2, 2012 by Charlie Osborne

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Early work by father of Newtonian physics made available online

published December 13, 2011 by James Martin

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Mobile technologies, particularly the application of it via mobile commerce, mobile payments and mobile healthcare, is the thrust for this year's CommunicAsia trade show.

published June 13, 2012 by Kevin Kwang

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Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue show off the company's new Apple TV streaming video box. The new hardware has several updated features, including 1,080-pixel resolution for movies and TV shows and a redesigned user interface. The box will be available on March 16 for $99.

published March 7, 2012 by ZDNet Staff

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Although video is beginning to take up a large portion of traffic on the internet, search engines aren't yet at the stage where they can completely index and understand the content. ZDNet Australia speaks to Adobe on how to overcome these issues using metadata.

published November 17, 2011 by Michael Lee

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Although some larger game development studios fell over in the wake of the global financial crisis, Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) president Tony Lawrence is confident that there's a lot of potential for the Australian gaming development industry.

published July 7, 2011 by Michael Lee

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HTC product chief says more Facebook-targeted products to come and underscores company's support for both Android and Windows Phone.

published June 23, 2011 by Tyler Thia

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IDC identifies three technologies that will move beyond early-adopter phase this year

published January 10, 2011 by ZDNet Staff

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Find out about the "upgrade paradox"

published October 27, 2010 by ZDNet Staff

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The software development market in India is booming. Look in the jobs section of a newspaper or drive down any major road and it's obvious this country is educating, developing and hiring a huge, skilled workforce.

published August 29, 2010 by Munir Kotadia

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iAd platform will enable interactive ads in iPhone apps

published April 9, 2010 by ZDNet Staff

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Seatback touch-screens offer Wi-Fi and waiter service

published March 18, 2010 by ZDNet Staff

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DIY software aids app creation without programming knowledge

published February 11, 2010 by ZDNet Staff

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At the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch talks about how the company’s Flash software is coming to new devices such as game consoles, smartphones, and TVs. Lynch says Adobe is working with chip vendors and TV manufacturers on a variety of different television platforms to bring more interactivity to the living room.

published November 17, 2009 by ZDNet Staff

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Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end up with Ben Forta.

published November 12, 2009 by Chris Duckett

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Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines talks to ZDNet’s Sumi Das about developing a new passenger service system that will allow customers to connect more easily to the airline through their web site and other mobile devices. Ford also discusses how his IT organization faced the challenges of 9/11 and the weathered recent economic downturn.

published November 4, 2009 by ZDNet Staff

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Few people are better qualified than Tom Kyte to instruct developers on how to form questions asking for help.

published October 20, 2009 by Chris Duckett

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Adobe's latest incarnation of Acrobat is top of the line, highly featured software. Just make sure you need all the bells and whistles before you pay the AU$999 price tag.

published June 23, 2008 by Michael Palamountain

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Nokia's 3220 makes its presence known with flashing LEDs and a case that can 'write' messages in the air.

published January 30, 2005 by Jeremy Roche

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Pioneer updates its DVD burner line with the dual-layer capable DVR-A08XL

published November 8, 2004 by Alex Kidman

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By far the best integrated development environment Microsoft has ever produced, Visual Studio.Net is also now the leading solution for developing Web services.

published February 17, 2002 by Eric McGinty

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