Google offers Native C apps

Google is accelerating its effort to bring more powerful and fully functioned applications to the Web with the release of the Native Client SDK preview, reports Internet News.

Native Client is an open source technology that enables native C or C++ code to run in a Web browser, bringing more advanced applications to the Web that can run inside of Google's Chrome browser.

The approach extends the capabilities of Web-based applications beyond the limitations imposed by using JavaScript, and the SDK builds on efforts to promote the technology that Google has had under way since last year.

Cloud Sherpas, which resells and supports Google Apps Premier Edition for medium to large enterprises, will release a set of premium access management features for its SherpaTools application for Google Apps administrators, states eWeek.

Cloud Sherpas in March released SherpaTools, which includes free software modules that make GAPE easier to manage for administrators and end-users.

The suite includes a Directory Manager, which provides a simple interface for adding essential user profile and shared contacts information, and DirectoryBot, an automated Google Talk instant messaging application.

Microsoft's latest update to its emulator for the still-in-development Windows Phone 7 platform shows some ongoing refinements, and a hint that Microsoft may be nearing a 'release candidate' version of the OS, after which major changes are unlikely, says BusinessWeek.

And hackers unlocking the latest Windows Phone 7 emulator are trying to delve into the underlying kernel and understand a range of technical issues such as memory management.

“Microsoft knows the emulators are typically unlocked by users,” says a PR agency spokeswoman assigned to the Windows Phone group at Microsoft. “That's why they have been very clear that the emulator is based on early code and is not reflective of the final user experience.”