Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform

Microsoft joins the cloud party with an offering to compete with that of Amazon.com's EC2, Google's App Engine and others. The broad initiative enables developers to use the skills they possess with Visual Studio to create applications for Windows Azure. The strategy also taps Microsoft's increasing data center capacity.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Microsoft-Unveils-Cloud-Platform-Windows-Azure/?kc=EWKNLINF10292008STR1

You can try it now.

http://www.microsoft.com/azure/default.mspx

Cool Apps for Android

Will android beat iPhone?

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/10-Apps-That-Met-Googles-Android-Dev-Challenge/

Mobile+Web+Ajax

Internet usage on mobile devices has dramatically increased since 2007. This proliferation is the result of a rapid increase in processor power, improvements in network connectivity and reductions in the costs of mobile computing. Many mobile devices now include the same or similar Web browsing software as desktop computers. As a consequence, mobile device users expect access to the World Wide Web anytime, anywhere and from any device.

http://www.openajax.org/whitepapers/Introduction%20to%20Mobile%20Ajax%20for%20Developers.php

Introducing Geode

You’ve arrived in a new city, a new continent, a new coffee shop. You don’t really know where you are, and are looking for a good place to eat. You pull out your laptop, fire up Firefox, and go to your favorite review site. It automatically deduces your location, and serves up some delicious suggestions a couple blocks away and plots directions there.

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/10/introducing-geode/