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Article | 5/02/2013 BlackBerry sets stage for more games on BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry and Unity are working together on an add-on for BlackBerry 10 smartphones that should make it easier for developers to create games for the...
Article | 30/01/2013 Microsoft embraces open-source Git for development tools
Once vehemently opposed to open-source software, Microsoft has warmed to the development model over the years and will now take the unusual step of in...
Article | 29/01/2013 Ruby on Rails receives the third security patch in less than a month
Developers of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework released versions 3.0.20 and 2.3.16 of the software on Monday in order to address a critical...
Article | 8/01/2013 Ford launches app developer program for its cars
Ford opened its voice-activated systems to programmers Monday with an application developer program for vehicles that it announced at the Internationa...
Article | 20/12/2012 New Ada 2012 ISO standard offers security boost
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published as a standard the latest version of the Ada programming language, Ada 2012, whi...
Article | 18/12/2012 Hewlett-Packard expands service virtualization palette
Hewlett-Packard has updated its service virtualization software, giving developers a broader palette upon which to test their programs.
Article | 15/12/2012 YouTube scales MySQL with Go code
YouTube engineers are developing a set of software, called Vitess, that will help open-source MySQL databases work more efficiently in very large-scal...
Article | 12/12/2012 Xamarin lets Windows developers create apps for Macs
The new Xamarin.Mac framework allows C# developers to build native OS X apps that can be sold in the Mac App Store and share code with apps build for ...
Article | 12/12/2012 WordPress 3.5 gets a media management makeover
WordPress, the world's most widely used blogging software, has made it easier for people to share photos and videos of their cats. Enterprises that us...
Article | 6/12/2012 IntelliJ gets a makeover for speed, Java 8
JetBrains has thoroughly revamped its IntelliJ Idea IDE for Java, redesigning the user interface on top and installing a new, faster compiler undernea...
Article | 5/12/2012 Amazon connects node.js to AWS services
Amazon is providing a way for one of the most popular JavaScript extensions, node.js, to easily access the Amazon Web Service collection of cloud comp...
Article | 29/11/2012 RIM preps developers for BlackBerry 10 QWERTY smartphone
Research In Motion has introduced the BlackBerry Dev Alpha C, a smartphone developers can use to test their applications and get ready for the launch ...
Article | 28/11/2012 Amazon helps Kindle app developers find their way with Maps API
Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of ...
Article | 27/11/2012 Microsoft updates Visual Studio 2012 with better testing tools and Windows XP support
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Wind...
Article | 19/11/2012 Gartner: Platform-as-a-Service market to see sharp growth
The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year's $900 million take, as vendors and customers seek ea...