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Yesterday at Yahoo’s annual Hadoop developer conference, the company unveiled a new beta of the open source distributed file system. The new release incorporates two other open-source tools: the Kerberos
Just how fast or slow is cloud computing? Well, a lot depends on how you define the cloud and what tests you run.Indeed, it’s fair to say that the term
Writing unit script code for your complex business objects in a test-driven development environment really gets difficult, because business classes may have too many external dependencies (high coupling) on other
Earlier this week, someone leaked a Microsoft partner slide show detailing the plan for the next iteration of the company’s operating system — Windows 8. From an application development perspective,
For the first time since 2006, the Apache Software Foundation has released a major update to the popular Tomcat open source Java Web server. “Developers can rely on Tomcat 7
Rhomobile has taken the wraps off Rhodes 2, an updated version of its smartphone app development framework. Aimed primarily at enterprise applications, Rhodes 2 will make it easier for ERP
Before diving into RDFa (Resource Description Framework-in-attribute), we should understand the monumental importance of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for all sites looking for new, or more, visitors. SEO is often
Should developers use Flash or HTML 5? User interface expert Anthony Franco says it depends on what you’re building. For applications that won’t be accessed by mobile users, he recommends
Some Visual Studio developers report that they’ve been getting error messages after cutting or copying small amounts of text. The messages read: “Insufficient available memory to meet the expected demands
Many developers have begun open source projects without ever intending to make a profit. But for those who do hope to someday reap financial rewards, what are the options? InfoWorld
Many enterprise development teams often struggle with releasing software projects on time. That doesn’t seem to be the case with the multi-vendor open source Eclipse Foundation, which for the last
I think we’ve all come to expect tons of spam when we post anything on Craigslist that includes an email address. It’s gotten to the point where I no longer
Developers seeking a better, smarter, and potentially lower-cost way to create location-based mobile apps might want to consider using a location-as-a-service platform — a market that is just lifting off.Location-based
Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile app store, but a lot fewer people could tell you that GetJar is number two. Despite its status as a relative unknown,
Every year, the Eclipse Foundation coordinates a release train of Eclipse-related projects. This year’s release, named “Helios” includes 39 separate projects and more than 33 million lines of code. Notable
Red Hat’s JBoss middleware division is updating its platform this week with the release of JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, featuring new enhancements designed to improve its ease of use.
The first part in this two-part articlee xplains how you can modify an image without changing its basic content. It shows how to brighten or darken a picture, increase its
When I was a little boy my father took me to an amusement park. As we walked down the midway we passed a shooting gallery, 5 shots for a quarter.
CollabNet has announced the availability of a beta version of Subversion Edge, a new Subversion distribution which features a Web-interface that reduces deployment and administration time. The release also includes
Georgia—the country, not the state—is offering tax-free status to IT companies who locate within its borders. Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri told a Russian news agency that his country is
Before mobile developers even begin a new project, they face a choice: should they develop a native app for a particular OS or a Web-based app that will work on
Apple’s refusal to allow Adobe’s Flash technology into any of its products — a position forcefully reiterated by Steve Jobs at the recent D8 Conference and in his open letter
With a language as complex as the UML (Unified Modeling Language), which is described in a specification that is more than 700 pages long, we all can understand how parts
I’ve been using Linux for close to 15 years now. I’ve written three books in OpenOffice.org, and my favorite text editor is Bluefish, which I’m using to write this article.
On Wednesday, Research in Motion announced App World 2.0, which will bring a number of changes to the ways Blackberry users interact with and pay for their apps. Most notably,
The new Sencha Touch framework allows app developers to create Web apps for mobile devices that feel like native apps. The framework utilizes technology from the “HTML5 family” like CSS
The open source Subversion source code management (SCM) application is one of the most widely used applications for managing code. Yet despite its popularity over the years, it has always
Learning from your own mistakes is a necessary skill in the business world. An arguably even more valuable skill is to learn from the mistakes of others. Consider these common
At the end of 2008, the open source Ruby on Rails and Merb Ruby frameworks merged together in an effort to unify development of Ruby on Rails 3. Fast forward
How painful is it to use your company’s software testing system? If your answer is more painful than dealing with a fender-bender, or coping with an equivalent annoyance, you are
