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RenderScript creator: We’re sticking with Android

Founding developer Jason Sams says others are free to port the framework to other platforms if they'd like

Cloudera and MongoDB: ‘We’re better together’

Near-term agenda includes better integration between the two big data systems

Heroku joins other PaaS providers in supporting PHP

Heroku adds PHP support despite concerns about the security and quality of PHP applications

Emergency update for Apache Struts fixes incomplete patch for critical flaw

The previous patch did not block an attack vector that could lead to remote code execution in certain environments

Front-end ops gaining prominence in Web development

Front-end ops gains footing with a crop of new tools and growing respect

Move over, Old Man Ruby — your Java moment has arrived

Wherein old age and wisdom beat youthful innovation, eventually

Be careful what you wish for: The dream job that wasn’t

A tech pro pins his hopes to a new position with a great boss at a great company. What could go wrong?

Do more with less: Lambda expressions in Java 8

Using lambda expressions can make your Java code leaner, more powerful, and easier to read

What would you do to improve dynamic proxies?

BMC brings workload automation to the mainframe change ticket

A plug-in for BMC Control-M batch schedulers cuts the time needed to validate changes to complex mainframe systems by up to 80 percent