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6 technologies you should learn this year 22 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
Continually learning new skills is both a perk of being a software developer and a career necessity. The trick is knowing which trends to follow, so here's a list that'll help.
DIY dev: Should you build your own app? 21 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
Developing a custom app in-house could be the way to go, but it's not for every shop. Use this tip to weigh the pros and cons before you start coding.
Oracle unveils HTML5-based mobile BI app designer 19 Aug 2013 | 12:49 pm
BI Mobile App Designer runs in a browser and has a drag-and-drop design format, enabling business users to create their own mobile apps.
Outsourced software project with 6,000 pages of specs ends badly 13 Aug 2013 | 12:41 pm
Orange county and the contractor, Tata Consultancy Services and its U.S.-based subsidiary, are now attempting reach a mediated agreement on "fatally flawed" tax system rewrite.
Amazon offers mobile developers cross-platform push notifications 13 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
Mobile app developers can send as many as 1 million push notifications each month for free.
Java 101: The next generation: Java concurrency without the pain, Part 2 13 Aug 2013 | 11:57 am
Learn how the Java Concurrency Utilities handle locking, atomic variables, and fork/join operations. Then prepare for the future with an overview of anticipated changes to the Java Concurrency Utiliti...
Java faces tough climb to catch up to .Net 8 Aug 2013 | 12:11 pm
By the time Java 8 comes out, it'll be another two to five years behind .Net -- and Microsoft's coordinated front. Could C# and .Net beat Java at its own game?
Google, Microsoft play catch up to Amazon, add load balancing, auto-scaling to their clouds 7 Aug 2013 | 02:42 pm
Google Wednesday rolled out load balancing features to its public cloud service, allowing customers to automatically scale up and down virtual machines to accommodate unexpected spikes in demand.
How big data platforms should work 7 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm
Jason Hoffman, CTO and founder of cloud service provider Joyent, details how combining object storage and parallel compute clusters can make working with big data easier and faster by eliminating bott...
Firefox, Chrome strengthen in-browser debugging 7 Aug 2013 | 02:28 pm
Web developers find debugging web apps in the browser is getting easier, as Mozilla Firefox offers more customization control and Google Chrome introduces an in-browser code editor.