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• Open-source ERP 'most active' SourceForge project

  Open-source ERP (enterprise resource planning) software may still represent a small chunk of the overall market, but as a concept it has clearly gained a critical mass of adherents.

• MeeGo mobile effort offers baseline code

  MeeGo, a Linux Foundation effort to provide a mobile version of Linux, moves on Wednesday to "Day 1" of the MeeGo Handset User Experience project, with developers able to access handset baseline source code and leverage touch capabilities, MeeGo representatives said.

• Microsoft debuts data visualization tool

  Microsoft has released a controller for its Silverlight multimedia software that can present dynamic visual summaries of large data sets in Web browsers.

• YouTube backs Flash

  In the ongoing debate over whether to use Flash or HTML5, Google has weighed in heavily in favor of using HTML5.

• Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server

  Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software Foundation.

• Gosling: Oracle gets server-side Java, but confused about desktops, cell phones

  James Gosling, the key developer of the Java platform while he was at now-defunct Sun Microsystems, said Tuesday that Oracle, which bought Sun earlier this year, has an excellent understanding of the server-side Java but is confused about what to do with Java on desktops and cell phones.
  

• Microsoft patches Visual Studio error message

  Microsoft has released a patch for Visual Studio 2010 intended to address insufficient memory messages developers are getting when doing small cut or copy operations.

• Google Gmail to harness HTML5

  In keeping with Google's enthusiasm for the emerging HTML5 standard, many upcoming features of the company's Gmail Web-based e-mail service will be rendered in HTML5, said Adam de Boor, a staff software engineer working on the service.

• Oracle APEX gets Web 2.0 boost

  Oracle has upgraded its Oracle Application Express development software so that it will allow developers to add some Web 2.0 flash to their applications.

• Facebook engineer: Going large requires thinking small

  When managing a constantly expanding system with many moving parts, it is crucial to break the system into large numbers of small pieces and manage them with lots of small, dedicated teams, advised Bobby Johnson, who is director of engineering for Facebook, at the Usenix Annual Technical Conference in Boston.

• Skype CEO: SkypeKit aimed at onslaught of new gadgets

  Skype launched a new software developer kit on Wednesday to help electronics makers embed Skype into any new device they're working on.

• A 'fat-free' programming framework for the cloud

  Researchers in the U.K. are developing a lean-and-mean programming framework called Mirage that is designed specifically to support applications running on cloud infrastructure platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine.

• Developer Tool Spots Unclear Requirements

  The first step in any application development project is to collect the user requirements. Get that wrong, and the project will be in trouble.

• iPad apps to carry price premium for a long time: App developer

  Third party applications for Apple's newly released iPad are likely to carry a price premium for a while, according to Australian iPad developer Keith Ahern.
  

• Home grown eMed app gets Web 2.0 refresh

  The University of NSW Faculty of Medicine has developed an in-house student management system, dubbed eMed, which has remained cost competitive with commercial software for seven years and is now being extended into the Web 2.0 paradigm.