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JDK 7 Developer Preview Now Available

After fixing 456 bugs, Oracle says the new version of Java SE Development Kit version 7 (JDK 7) is ready for testing by developers. According to the company, the release

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Symbian is Here to Stay, Says Nokia

After Nokia announced that its new handsets would support Windows Phone 7 instead of Symbian, it experienced a sharp drop in developer enthusiasm for the older operating system. But the

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Profanity in Code Comments by Programming Language

Andrew Vos recently ran an unusual analysis of code comments on GitHub that’s attracting some attention. Using George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words,” he analyzed 929857 commit messages and found 210

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Mozilla Makes a Better Case for Web Apps

For months, Google has been promoting the idea of Web apps without making much headway — probably because Web apps don’t seem much different than Web sites. However, Mozilla’s new