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JavaScript goes native for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps

The NativeScript development tool uses JavaScript and Typescript to build native apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone

White House’s $100M, H-1B-funded tech job plan comes under fire

The Obama administration says there are 545,000 IT job openings, but experts question that number and fear it will encourage H-1B use

Apple Watch: What it brings to business users

The Apple Watch's notifications, contextual status, transactions, and communications extend the iPhone's capabilities to your wrist

Rowhammer hardware bug threatens to smash notebook security

Google researchers blow the whistle on a hardware bug that renders notebooks vulnerable to a memory-based exploit

Salesforce gives Service Cloud a shot of data science

New features aim to help companies be smarter in customer interactions

IT jobs made modest gains in February

With only 5,400 new jobs added in February, attention now turns to the upcoming H-1B lottery and its effect on STEM hiring

SugarCRM acquires Stitch to boost mobile CRM offerings and know-how

Stitch's technology analyzes email, calendar, and CRM data to help make sales staff more effective

Free books! 19 no-cost programming guides

Learning a new language? Studying classic concepts? Check out these books that don't cost a dime

uTorrent installs cryptocurrency miner on user computers

In today's open source roundup: uTorrent installs Bitcoin mining software. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Sabayon Linux 15.02, and Everyday Linux User reviews LXLE 14.04.1

Time for all Windows users to FREAK out over encryption bug

Microsoft confirms Windows vulnerable to FREAK attacks, and researchers say Internet Explorer users are also at risk

Demand for Linux jobs shooting up fast

Linux Foundation report highlights in-demand skills for IT workers

Microsoft unwraps Mac Office 2016 preview

The Mac successor to the four-year-old Office 2011 beats the Windows version to beta

SAP to cut 2,200 jobs, hopes to recreate them around cloud services, HANA

The restructuring will affect about 3 percent of SAP's employees, but there will be no impact on customers, SAP said

Smart home or dumb security risk?

Internet-connected devices are flooding into homes, but with convenience comes vulnerability

JavaScript unites Microsoft and Google

The rival vendors are partnering to build AngularJS 2.0 on Microsoft's TypeScript language

VMware heads to court over GPL violations

The Software Freedom Conservancy alleges that VMware is using GPL-licensed code in its proprietary products

Bodhi Linux developers giving away Acer C720 Chromebook

In today's open source roundup: A donation to Bodhi Linux might get you an Acer C720 Chromebook. Plus: Why Zenwalk might be your next desktop distro, and rTorrent for Ubuntu

Dropbox for Business delivers groups for tighter teamwork

Dropbox's new feature makes it easier to bestow permissions to teams of users; Active Directory integration to come soon

OpenDNS trials system that quickly detects computer crime

Red Hat’s Atomic Host promises safer, sleeker Docker

RHEL Atomic Host boasts of better controls and security over containers, promotes Docker as a building block for hybrid clouds

Apple said to postpone production of rumored larger-display iPads

A larger-screen iPad will ship later in the year as Apple mulls over features for the product, claims one report

Google brings app messaging to its cloud

Google Cloud Pub/Sub messaging service can tie together different components of an enterprise cloud application

Republican lawmakers question FCC budget after Net neutrality vote

The FCC could save on future litigation costs if it hadn't passed Net neutrality rules, one lawmaker says

Mozilla follows in Sun’s faltering footsteps

The trajectory of Mozilla, from the trail-blazing technologies to the travails of being left in the dust, parallels that of the now-defunct Unix systems giant

Gmail’s revised contacts page cuts down on clutter

The new features will help users merge duplicate contacts and keep them updated automatically

System 76 announces Meerkat Ubuntu desktop computer

In today's open source roundup: Check out the tiny Meerkat Ubuntu desktop. Plus: The 2015 Linux Jobs Report, and Mozilla releases Unity 5 to game developers

Docker snaps up SocketPlane to fix networking flaws

Docker's latest acquisition wants to solve container networking problems through an OpenDaylight-like overlay system

Google debunks reports of change to search rankings

Despite headlines, Google research paper doesn't mean a change to rankings of search results is in the works

Alibaba enters U.S. cloud market, signaling global ambitions

The Chinese e-commerce giant's cloud business is expected to face an uphill battle in the U.S. market

Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month

Android devices running the 3-year-old Ice Cream Sandwich will stop getting Chrome updates in mid-April

IBM plugs OpenPower servers into SoftLayer cloud

Big Blue is trying to prime the pump for Power-based cloud computing services and challenge Intel in hyperscale data centers

FREAK is another serious security flaw in the Web’s encryption

U.S. export restrictions on encryption technology from the 1990s have come back to haunt the modern Web

FCC a ‘referee,’ not a regulator, of the Internet, Wheeler says

'We're for an open Internet and that's not regulation of the Internet,' FCC chairman says at Mobile World Congress

Box snaps up Subspace for heightened BYOD security

New containerized browser technology will tighten enterprise controls

With Spotfire 7, Tibco aims to make analytics more accessible

IBM helps mobile apps meet accessibility guidelines

The Mobile Accessibility Checker flags potential accessibility issues with mobile apps

Java update spotlights JavaScript, memory usage

Java Development Kit 8, Update 40 from Oracle addresses memory management, native packaging, JavaScript compatibility, and usability

Java update spotlights JavaScript, memory usage

Java Development Kit 8, Update 40 from Oracle addresses memory management, native packaging, JavaScript compatibility, and usability

Mozilla rolls out dev-only 64-bit Firefox for Windows

Long-delayed, fully 64-bit Windows version of Firefox emerges via Mozilla's special Developer Edition channel

Khronos announces openGL successor Vulkan

In today's open source roundup: Vulkan is the next generation successor to openGL. Plus: Korora 21 reviews, and Worms Clan Wars available on Linux

What’s next after Google Fiber? Google Wireless

Google's rumored wireless service could serve as an extension of its existing fiber-to-the-curb technology

Hands-on with Cherry Trail: Screaming graphics for tablets

Intel's new Atom X5 and X7 chips don't do a lot for battery life, but graphics are a joy

Apple unveils new Photos app in OS X Yosemite public beta

Yosemite 10.10.3 preview is expanded from devs only to all comers

BlackBerry launches all-touch Leap with $275 price tag

The all-touch LTE smartphone has a 5-inch screen and a dual-core processor

Google, Apple $415M deal with tech workers heads for approval

Judge Koh had rejected an earlier $324.5 million settlement as too low for conspiring to prevent poaching of each other's employees

Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not

Google has relaxed a requirement for manufacturers to turn on encryption by default in Lollipop

Mobile wallet space heats up as PayPal buys Paydiant

Paydiant technology is behind the mobile payment apps used by Subway and Capital One

Microsoft to developers: Practice Windows 10 convergence

At Mobile World Congress, Microsoft urges developers toward Windows universal apps that can be written once for use on multiple devices

IBM rolls out 3 new iOS apps for enterprises

Codehaus: The once great house of code has fallen

The onetime home of projects such as JMock, Mule, and XDoclet has announced that it will begin taking projects and services offline in early April 2015