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More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet

Technology Development - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:00pm
Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.
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RIM Offers Free PlayBook to Attract Android Developers

Technology Development - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:00pm
Developers have until Feb. 13 to port their Android application to get in on the offer
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Programming Opa: Web Development, Reimagined

Technology Development - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls
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Rethinking Software Development, Testing and Inspection

Technology Development - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
Michael Fagan first found software inspections yielded a massive productivity improvement when working for IBM in the early 1970s. Now, 35 years later, we need to ask certain key questions: Are the dynamics of software development the same, are Fagan's findings still relevant in today's world of agile development and "extreme programming"? And, if so, what should your organization do about it?
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IBM Buys Worklight for Mobile Software Platform

Technology Development - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:00pm
IBM also announced a new software system for mobile device management
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Git Gets Enterprise Equipped

Technology Development - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:00pm
AccuRev will release a connector that can enable many of its own enterprise features to work with Git
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Google Helps Translate JavaScript to Its Dart Alternative

Technology Development - Sun, 01/29/2012 - 11:00pm
Promoting its own alternative language to JavaScript, Google is working to bridge JavaScript to Google Dart, with the release Monday of a mapping application that the company is calling its JavaScript to Dart Synonym app.
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Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian?

Technology Development - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:00pm
HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn't been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks it also has potential, if HP willing to invest properly.
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Oracle Proposal Would Create Single Committee to Oversee Java Specs

Technology Development - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:00pm
Java EE/SEE and ME specifications would all be under one committee's auspices
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How to Document Cloud Design Decisions

Technology Development - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:00pm
The whole point of the cloud is that it's location-independent and flexible. But that strength is also a weakness when design decisions are highly distributed and need to be coordinated.
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What JavaScript's Inventor Really Thinks About Google Dart

Technology Development - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:00pm
Google's Dart language, which attempts to address JavaScript's supposed weaknesses, is getting a mixed reaction from the inventor of JavaScript itself, Brendan Eich.
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John Deere Plows Into Agile

Technology Development - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:00pm
Tractor manufacturer adopts agile development process in what one analyst calls a "big bang" approach
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How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Technology Development - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 11:00pm
Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind the trend and how does it impact your business?
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Ruby on Rails 3.2 Aids the Developers

Technology Development - Sun, 01/22/2012 - 11:00pm
The new version of the Ruby on Rails framework features new developments that could aid Web development
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10 New Open Source Projects You May Not Know About

Technology Development - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:00pm
With so many open source software projects under way at any given moment, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all that's going on.
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Judge Rejects Oracle's Proposed Plan to Speed Up Android Trial

Technology Development - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:00pm
Oracle had offered to drop its patent claims while keeping the option to bring them up later
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The Mobile Enterprise: Killing IT's Sacred Cows

Technology Development - Wed, 01/18/2012 - 11:00pm
CIOs need to break with tradition or risk having IT get outsourced, say modern IT managers. But how do they gain an edge? Don't be a slave to ROI, work with startups, and bring iPads and mobile apps into the enterprise.
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10 Open Source Shopping Carts to Run Your Ecommerce Business

Technology Development - Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:00pm
For businesses that rely on online transactions, open source shopping carts are a good alternative to proprietary ecommerce software: They are a fraction of the cost and are supported by large communities of users and developers.
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Experts: Oracle, Google Need to Focus on People As Well As Patents

Technology Development - Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:00pm
Expect both sides to inject some good-guy vs. bad-guy drama into the proceedings
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Is Your Cloud Support Agile? Take Our Quiz

Technology Development - Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:00pm
Practically everyone working in the cloud says they're doing agile projects. But you'll find some tinges of non-agility, particularly in the support function after you put a system into production. Take this quiz to find out how agile your cloud support organization really is.
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