Archive for the 'Programming' Category


11Nov

Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Bada

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of its own open mobile platform, Samsung bada [bada] in December. This new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones, and consumers to enjoy a fun and diverse mobile experience. In order [...]

30Sep

The Ruby way

HI all, I’m embarking on the Ruby way! Stay tuned. Bye Massimo

25May

Ruby-Toolbox.com: Tools By Categories

There are many tools you can use in order to improve the way your website works. In case you want to test the way your browser works, as well as to learn more about deployment automation and e-commerce, this seems to be the right site for you. The Ruby Toolbox is an online resource that [...]

22Apr

Appnr.com: Get Ubuntu Applications

Appnr is a solution that is geared towards Ubuntu users. In essence, it will let them learn all about the different Ubuntu applications that have surfaced and the ones that keep on being released. Not only that, but it will also empower anybody to download and install any of these applications with a minimum of [...]

10Apr

BumpTop Reinvents the Desktop in 3D with Social Site Integration

Anand Agarawala has launched BumpTop for Windows (Mac version coming soon), a gorgeous desktop application that transforms the desktop from a cold, vertical interface into a dynamic 3-dimensional room that makes not only organizing files easy, but browsing images, writing notes, and even updating your Twitter, Facebook, and email. Read on Mashable

08Apr

Happy Birthday App Engine. It’s Been A Good Year.

Google App Engine turned one year old today – they launched the service, which lets developers build web applications on Google’s infrastructure, on April 7 2008. And it has been a good year. Despite the fact that App Engine only supports Python applications, 150,000 developers have flocked to the service, says Google. They’ve launched 50,000 [...]

01Apr

Make Your Firefox Browser Look Better With Mozilla Labs’ Latest Skins

Mozilla Labs is debuting new personas – extensions that add lightweight themed skins to your Firefox browser – enabling you to personalize your user experience according to your mood without interrupting your browsing sessions. The Personas for Firefox add-on was first introduced in late 2007, but has now expanded to include hundreds of artist-created designs [...]

12Dec

Bitloot.com: Funding Open Source Projects

Are you looking for a way of funding a revolutionary project of your own? If that is the case – and provided it is an open source project – a visit to this website is the order of the day. Essentially, the site makes it possible to post ideas for projects to which people can [...]

10Dec

Microsoft Releases Open Source Blogging Platform

Microsoft released an alpha version of its own open source content management system, Oxite. The source code for the software is available under the Microsoft Public License. While Microsoft mostly describes Oxite as a blogging platform, the Oxite team also points out that you could use it as a content management system to develop more [...]

20Nov

SketchUp 7

Google SketchUp 7 was released. SketchUp is software you can use to build 3D models of anything: your house, killer robots, furniture, trees, abstract art — anything. Architects and engineers use it to design buildings and other structures. Woodworkers use it to plan their projects. And lots of people use it to figure out where [...]