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  • Gosling: Oracle could still live up to 2007 Java pledge

    There is still a way for Oracle to calm down people concerned about the fate of the Java programming language under the vendor's stewardship, according to James Gosling, known as the "father" of Java.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus26 Aug. 10 02:59
  • Nokia acquires mobile analytics company Motally

    Nokia has signed an agreement to acquire Motally, a privately owned U.S. company that has specialized in tracking and reporting usage statistics on mobile websites and applications, it said on Friday.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs23 Aug. 10 04:05
  • Microsoft Visual Studio users get lab management

    Offering aid to quality assurance labs, Microsoft this week began offering Visual Studio Lab Management for Visual Studio 2010 users, enabling automation of the build-deploy-test process for software development while maintaining visibility into the process itself.

    Written by Paul Krill21 Aug. 10 08:26
  • HTML5 raises new security issues

    When it comes to new security issues, the security team for the Firefox browser have the new version of the Web HyperText Markup Language, HTML5, foremost on the mind.

    Written by Joab Jackson21 Aug. 10 03:07
  • Vim editor updated with modern language support

    The latest edition of the widely used Vim text editor now supports both the Lua programming language as well as the latest versions of Python and Perl.

    Written by Joab Jackson20 Aug. 10 02:02
  • Google adds multitenancy to App Engine SDK

    The latest version of the SDK (Software Development Kit) for Google's cloud platform App Engine comes with multitenancy capability, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs19 Aug. 10 04:04
  • 7 Sensible Steps to Improve Software Quality

    Software bugs are called "bugs" for a reason: These pests have been around for a long time, they always turn up in code at the most inopportune times, and there's no proven way to eradicate their existence.

    Written by Thomas Wailgum18 Aug. 10 05:03
  • Windows Phone 7 to excel on speech

    Hoping to leapfrog over Google and Apple's successes in the smartphone market, Microsoft plans to use cloud-based speech recognition and natural language processing technology to offer user interface capabilities not found on the iPhone or Android devices.

    Written by Joab Jackson05 Aug. 10 04:09
  • Microsoft simplifies Visual Studio

    Microsoft is gearing up to release a version of its Visual Studio integrated developer environment that it promises will be easy enough for even business managers to use.

    Written by Joab Jackson04 Aug. 10 03:23
  • Novell upgrades Mono Tools for Visual Studio

    Novell this week unveiled Mono Tools for Visual Studio 2.0, which enables development of Microsoft .Net applications for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X from within Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE.

    Written by Paul Krill31 July 10 08:45
  • SAP adding iGoogle-like layer to its portal

    SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus30 July 10 05:26
  • Perl creator hints at imminent Perl 6 release

    In his annual "State of the Onion" speech at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language might finally be released soon. He also ruminated about the effect that Perl 6 would have, once it is released.

    Written by Joab Jackson23 July 10 19:59
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