A newly leaked internal memo is shedding light on Google’s Dart programming language, which will debut at a conference next month. In the memo, Google’s Mark Miller says JavaScript has
From the ‘Apache Knows Java‘ files: Oracle and Apache have had a somewhat ‘interesting’ relationship in 2011. On one hand, Oracle donated OpenOffice to the Apache Software Foundation. On the
As enterprise architects we need to choose our tools based on three factors: frameworks we already have chosen the processes we use to support those frameworks how the IT domain
One of the buzzwords floating around Microsoft’s BUILD developer conference this week is “WinRT.” WinRT will replace Win32 as the core API for building apps for the Windows 8 Metro
Media research firm Nielsen has published the results of a new study that finds gender differences in the kinds of apps that Android smartphone owners use most. Overall, Facebook, Google
Verizon’s first app store — V Cast Apps — didn’t do so well, so now the mobile carrier is trying again. The newly re-designed “Verizon Apps” storefront will integrate with
From the ‘Who’s Who‘ files: Yes, JavaOne is an Oracle event. Yes Oracle dominates the speaker list for JavaOne, but there are other vendors on that list too with strong
LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ division HPCC Systems has announced that it is open sourcing the code for its High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) software. HPCC is a data-processing-and-delivery solution that the
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. economy created no net new jobs in August, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to find a job if you’re a
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives. The new bill has several provisions which will impact
Beginning September 13, Microsoft will hold its Build Conference for developers, and the company has a lot of explaining to do for programmers who are wondering which development tools will
From the ‘Is it available or not?‘ files: Yes, I know, Java 7 was already released. There was a big Oracle event to ‘launch’ Java 7 in July. But if
As of September 1, online job board Dice.com has 82,836 tech job postings, and a growing number of those are for mobile app developers. However, Dice’s Alice Hill said that
Recent years have seen three big changes in the typical screen size used to view Web apps. First, more laptop and desktop displays are widescreen — shorter and wider than
Market research firm Ovum is predicting that Android users will download 8.1 billion apps this year, while iOS users will download 6 billion apps. That’s a huge increase for both
A new report from mobile analytics firm shows that while younger app users will spend more time with apps, older users are more likely to pay money for freemium apps.
As of September 7, interested developers are invited to sign up for a beta trial of HP’s first two public cloud services: HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage.
In the design world, German designer Dieter Rams is a legend. Not only did has he created many beautiful products for Braun and other companies, he is well-known for his
In May, Google announced some changes to the pricing structure for the Google App Engine. At that time, few developers complained because it was difficult to tell how the changes
Unnamed sources tell DigiTimes that Intel will no longer be developing its MeeGo mobile operating system — at least temporarily. The chipset-maker failed to interest smartphone and tablet manufacturers in
From the ‘Can’t We All Just Get Along?‘ files: Perhaps the biggest legal challenge with Java today is the dispute between Oracle and Google. It’s a dispute that kept Google
Aging VB6 applications are a time bomb. Not only are the hardware, operating systems and runtime environments that they run on all candidates for replacement, but Microsoft will almost certainly
The following Java code does the following: Filters files for an array of extensions. Splits file names. Tests the resulting array package FileHandling;import java.io.File;import java.io.FilenameFilter;/** * filters files for an
It’s that time of year when the Java world begins to focus on JavaOne. This is a big year for Java for a lot of reasons that I’ll be blogging
This table provides a quick reference for what types of managed classes can inject what object in Java EE 5. Objects Managed Classes Stateful Stateless Message-driven Bean (MDB) Interceptors
These days, every single well-known company involved in the mobile industry is embroiled in at least one patent lawsuit. Regardless of who wins the cases, Ed Hansberry writes that developers
A new report from Flurry states that the average smartphone owner spends more time every day with mobile apps than the average Internet user spends online. In fact, the average
At the VMworld conference, VMware took the wraps off vFabric Data Director, a new database-as-a-service offering. The new tool is designed to help enterprises manage the growing number of databases
At its annual Dreamforce event, CRM heavyweight Salesforce.com made two announcements related to mobile development. First, the company is jumping on the HTML5 bandwagon and plans to offer touchscreen-based versions
Vendor FuseSource Corp., which sells solutions and services based on Apache projects, has released the results of a new survey. It found that 80 percent of enterprises surveyed had replaced