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Article | 27/01/2011 CS pioneer Knuth releases long-awaited textbook
Trailing the last volume he published by 38 years, computer science pioneer Donald Knuth has released the first part of volume four of his widely resp...
Article | 21/01/2011 HTML versioning eliminated
The working group for HTML has done away with version numbers for the Web page rendering standard.
Article | 21/01/2011 Cobol comes to the cloud
Micro Focus has updated its developer platform for the Cobol programming language, adding the ability to run Cobol applications on Microsoft's Azure c...
Article | 20/01/2011 Amazon's Beanstalk aims to make Web Services easier to use
Amazon on Wednesday planned to introduce an offering that combines its Web services into one tool that is aimed at making it easier for customers to u...
Article | 15/01/2011 New Cassandra can pack two billion columns into a row
The cadre of volunteer developers behind the Cassandra distributed database have released the latest version of their open source software, able to ho...
Article | 12/01/2011 Google releases API for its URL shortener
External developers can now integrate Google's Goo.gl URL shortening service into their websites and online applications through a just-released API (...
Article | 21/12/2010 Microsoft in major Security Essentials 2.0 overhaul
After a mysteriously quiet launch late last week, Microsoft has released version 2.0 of its free Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus client.
Article | 17/12/2010 Apple, Oracle and EMC part of Microsoft-led patent LLC
Apple, Oracle and EMC are involved with CPTN Holdings LLC, the Microsoft-led consortium that is purchasing 882 patents from Novell for US$450 million,...
Article | 16/12/2010 Google contributes GUI designer tool to Eclipse
Google is announcing on Wednesday its donation of GUI designer technology to the Eclipse Foundation, a contribution that an Eclipse official said coul...
Article | 14/12/2010 Google has to improve Android market even more: Developers
Google is rolling out a new Android Market client over the next two weeks, a move that leaves developers with mixed feelings.
Article | 13/12/2010 Oracle set to launch MySQL 5.5 GA release
Oracle is expected to launch the general-availability version of MySQL 5.5 during a webcast event on Wednesday.
Article | 10/12/2010 Apache resigns from Java community
Protesting what it perceives as Oracle's undue control of Java, the Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat from the Java SE/EE Executive Com...
Article | 9/12/2010 HTML5 in the browser: Canvas, video, audio, and graphics
The five characters HTML5 are now an established buzzword, found everywhere on the Web and often given top billing in slides, feature lists, and other...
Article | 9/12/2010 Python 3.2 eases concurrent development
The next version of the widely used Python programming language will offer greater support for writing multithreaded applications, a challenging duty ...
Article | 6/12/2010 12 programming mistakes to avoid
A car magazine once declared that a car has "character" if it takes 15 minutes to explain its idiosyncrasies before it can be loaned to a friend. By t...
Article | 30/11/2010 Microsoft opens WP7 development with Visual Basic support
Microsoft has started letting developers build and release applications for Windows Phone 7 using Visual Basic, potentially opening the door to more a...
Article | 23/11/2010 Microsoft purchasing 882 Novell patents
CPTN Holdings LLC, a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft, is purchasing 882 Novell patents for US$450 million cash, according to...
Article | 23/11/2010 Intel, Altera make a programmable Atom
Intel will integrate configurable processors from Altera in a new family of Atom chips, the E600C series, for embedded uses such as industrial, milita...
Article | 20/11/2010 Ruby on Rails regains lost performance
The Ruby on Rails 3.0.3 Web development framework was released this week, restoring performance lost when the open source framework was upgraded to Ra...
Article | 17/11/2010 RIM: Smartphone app builders must know audience
Given the complexities of different smartphone platforms, software builders embarking on an enterprise application project for these systems must know...

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