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Article | 25/05/2012 Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++
The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.
Article | 24/05/2012 Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome
With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, o...
Article | 23/05/2012 Wolfram expands into system modeling
Expanding beyond its scientific and engineering number-crunching software, Mathematica maker Wolfram Research released a desktop application for full-...
Article | 23/05/2012 Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue
Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday.
Article | 23/05/2012 Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach
Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called F...
Article | 23/05/2012 New Nmap probes IPv6 networks
Preparing for the eventual widespread conversion to IPv6, the Nmap Project has updated its namesake security scanning tool so it can scan IPv6 network...
Article | 22/05/2012 Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions
The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monda...
Article | 22/05/2012 Linux 3.4 released quickly, after smooth development cycle
Just over two months after its last major release, Linus Torvalds has posted the newest version of the open source Linux kernel, which supports new gr...
Article | 15/05/2012 Five things CIOs should know about big data
Five key points CIOs should know when considering big data
Article | 12/05/2012 Researcher runs IP network over xylophones
Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that ...
Article | 11/05/2012 HP expands Cloud services beta
Preparing for its entry into the market for IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Hewlett-Packard has launched a second beta program of Cloud computing ...
Article | 10/05/2012 Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users
What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has conclude...
Article | 10/05/2012 Twitter success thrives on narrow focus
Those looking to build a substantial following on Twitter would do well to stick to one particular topic, rather than use Twitter to discuss a wide ra...
Article | 9/05/2012 The rhythm method: temporal taps a novel user input
Issuing commands to tomorrow's computational devices could be as simple as tapping out a few beats on a touchscreen or trackpad, French researchers su...
Article | 8/05/2012 ACM CHI: more search could be crowdsourced
Search engines could use crowdsourcing to expand the range of answers they give to their users, a group of researchers from the Microsoft and the Mass...

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