Industry

XBRL group offers $20K for best open source app

App development contest seeks tools that compare financial data using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language

Infosys eyes products as a business opportunity

Infosys' main business until now has been priced on the basis of the number of staff working on a project

Twitter: 1 million apps on the platform

External developers have created about 850,000 applications for Twitter in the past 12 months

XBRL group offers cash prize for open-source tools

XBRL is now mandated in the US, but good software tools are scarce

Gov’t issues draft rules for affordable health insurance exchanges

States can design their own exchanges or work with the federal government to develop one

Study: Fair use drives large part of US economy

The CCIA and a lawmaker warn Congress not to limit fair use when it debates copyright law

Infosys Visa Probe: Debating Impact on American IT Workers

Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 not successful yet

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer extols the virtuals of the cloud at this year's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Oracle Overtime Case Spells Trouble for California Tech Companies

Big Media: Peeing in the lake and pleasing no one