Java

Go Google Go! A language on full throttle

Java frameworks still rule the roost, but Go and Facebook's new HHVM PHP environment are gaining fast

IDC: Job growth for developers to slow

The number of new professional developers entering the workforce is slowed by competition from other industries

Biologically inspired: How neural networks are finally maturing

Loosely modeled on the human brain, artificial neural networks are being used to solve increasingly sophisticated computing problems

CouchDB creator joins Salesforce.com to work on ‘ridiculously cool’ infrastructure project

NoSQL hire fuels speculation that Salesforce may not need Oracle anymore

How to succeed as an independent software developer

Meteor aims to make JavaScript programming fun again

The framework, aimed at streamlining the creation of the new breed of Web apps, moves toward 1.0 release

Spring Java framework springs forward despite Oracle challenge

Version 4.0, due Thursday, features HTML5/WebSocket, REST, and Java 8 capabilities

Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis

Revolution R Enterprise has released a plug-in for running R analytics on Hadoopo data sets

Long live Java — and the new JavaWorld

A total redesign of <a href="http://www.javaworld.com">JavaWorld</a>, InfoWorld's sister site, pays tribute to the programming language that still rules the enterprise -- and to the developers who embrace it

Google buys maker of fascinating, creepy robots

Boston Dynamics is the eighth addition to Google's fast-growing robotics portfolio