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RIM to Continue Work on Flash

The folks at RIM like to brag that their PlayBook tablet is one of the few that support Flash. But now that Adobe is canceling support for mobile Flash, where

Java Stays on Top of Tiobe Chart

Tiobe had predicted that November could be the month that C would overtake Java as the most popular programming languages, but it didn’t happen. Thanks in large part to the

2012 Developer Salary Outlook

Based on data from Robert Half Technology, Datamation says that average developer/programmer salaries in 2012 will range between $60,750 and $107,500. That’s a 5.2 percent over 2011’s numbers. Developers can

Hadoop for Data Analytics: Implementing a Weblog Parser

With the digitalization of the world, the data analytics function of extracting information or generating knowledge from raw data is becoming increasingly important. Parsing Weblogs to retrieve important information for

GitHub Debuts Enterprise Version

GitHub is launching a new version of its source code hosting services called “GitHub Enterprise.” The new product includes all the standard GitHub features, but it’s available as a virtual

Gartner Forecasts 70 Billion App Downloads by 2014

Research firm Gartner has released its list of the “Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012,” and mobile app stores figure prominently. According to Gartner, users will download 70 billion mobile

iOS and Android Devs Fight to Retain Users

According to a new report from Flurry, engagement with mobile apps drops off precipitously after the first month of use. Among users who download a new app, only 38 percent

Is Traditional Enterprise Software on Its Way Out?

Traditionally, business software is purchased by executives and managers, not the people who will actually use it. That arrangement has led to many dissatisfied users who complain about poor interfaces.

Ubuntu to Expand to Mobile Devices

At this week’s Ubuntu Developer Conference, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth will announce plans to put the open source operating system on smartphones and tablets. “Everyday computer users are starting to

Gild Developer Site Hits 500,000 Members

Gild, a career website for developers and engineers, has announced that it now has half a million members from more than 174 countries. The site, which launched last year, takes

Black Duck Updates Code Sight Search Technology

Black Duck Technology is rolling out Code Sight 2.0, an update to its flagship code search product. The new release offers better performance (up to six times faster than its

OpenLogic Launches CloudSwing PaaS

OpenLogic has announced a new, extremely flexible platform as a service offering called CloudSwing. The company says it hopes to give developers the same flexibility as an infrastructure as a

Using WCF and WCF RIA Services for Data-driven Apps

With some knowledge of asynchronous programming and callbacks, you can use Silverlight to develop applications that are bound to data retrieved from different services — services that can scale over

Oracle Debuts NoSQL Database

Oracle has officially unveiled its NoSQL database, making downloads available from its website. “It’s a distributed key/value store with built-in high availability, and it also offers users options as to

Atlassian Launches Cloud Versions of Dev Tools

Application development tool vendor Atlassian has announced a new cloud-based service called Atlassian OnDemand. The company’s software products, including Jira, Confluence, Bonfire and GreenHopper, are available on a software as

Troubled RIM Delays PlayBook OS Release

Just last month, RIM promised to reveal the second generation operating system for its PlayBook very soon, but the company now says the OS won’t be ready until next year.

Android, iPad Top Charts for Mobile Ad Impressions

According to a new report out from Millennial Media, the Android operating system accounted for 56 percent of all impressions on mobile devices during the third quarter. However, when you

Reducing Coding Errors in Cloud Development

Developers who are writing code that extends the capabilities of cloud applications face a lot of potential pitfalls. David Taber offers a number of tips to avoid those pitfalls, including

Appcelerator Buys Particle Code

Appcelerator, maker of the popular Titanium development tools, has announced that it has purchased former competitor Particle Code. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Like Appcelerator, Particle Code offers

Microsoft Unveils Preview of Roslyn Compiler-as-a-Service

As promised, Microsoft has released a community technology preview for Roslyn, its new compiler-as-a-service for C# and Visual Basic. Usually, developers can’t see what happens inside a compiler. However, “The

Security Still a Major Cloud Development Concern

At a recent conference, executives from Amazon, IBM and Rackspace discussed cloud security. IBM’s Marc Devine stressed that developers need to focus on security for their cloud applications. “You can’t

Study Compares U.S., Chinese Programmers

Developer social networking site Gild has released the results of a study comparing the skills of U.S. developers to those of Chinese developers. On math and logic tests, Chinese coders

Apache Releases Cassandra 1.0

The Apache Foundation has officially released version 1.0 of the popular Cassandra open source NoSQL database. “We’re consciously signaling that Cassandra is ready for mere mortals,” said Apache’s Jonathan Ellis.

RIM Rolls Out a New Operating System

At the RIM DevCon, co-CEO Mike Lazarides announced the company’s newest mobile operating system. Called BBX, the OS is very similar to the QNX operating system used on PlayBook tablets,

VMware Unveils New Devops Tools

VMware is taking the wraps off a new suite of devops tools called “vFabric Application Management.” It includes vFabric AppDirector for deployment of cloud-based apps and vFabric Application Performance Manager

Java PaaS Snapshots: Java Cloud Platforms at a Glance

Market-leading software companies and start-ups alike are competing for the hearts and dollars of Java developers with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings for Java cloud development. Competitors in the Java PaaS space