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Kotlin 2.3.20 harmonizes with C, JavaScript/Typescript

Update to Java competitor language also backs name-based destructuring declaration as well as Maven and Gradle tools.

By Paul Krill

Mar 27, 20263 mins

C LanguageJavaScriptKotlin

Data growth remains IT’s biggest challenge, Gartner says

As the economy revives, 62 percent of admins plan to expand data center capacity by the end of 2011

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 2, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Oracle lays out its cloud vision

The company detailed its public and private cloud offerings at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo conference

By Paul Krill

Nov 1, 2010 2 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Microsoft clarifies Silverlight role

Contrary to rumors, Microsoft's Silverlight development platform has a future, executive Bob Muglia wrote

By Joab Jackson

Nov 1, 2010 4 mins

Development Tools Software Development Web Development

Android phones outsell iPhone nearly 2 to 1, says research firm

Google's OS powers 44 percent of smartphones sold in U.S. last quarter, while Apple's iOS drew only 23 percent of the market share

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 1, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Google sues agency over Microsoft-only cloud deal

The federal agency's decision to seek bids for a Microsoft-based cloud violates contracting law, the lawsuit claims

By Grant Gross

Nov 1, 2010 3 mins

Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry

Google offers bounty to Web bug hunters

Google will pay up to $3,133.70 for reports of bugs in its websites

By Robert McMillan

Nov 1, 2010 3 mins

SaaS Security Technology Industry

Google offers APIs console, retires some APIs

The console helps developers improve API usage across sites and applications

By Paul Krill

Nov 1, 2010 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Informatica teams with Cloudera to ease Hadoop use

Business intelligence software provider Informatica will start offering Hadoop support

By Joab Jackson

Nov 1, 2010 2 mins

Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Open Source

Microsoft, SAP sued by inventor over coding method

Certain Microsoft and SAP software, including NetWeaver, violates a patent, according to the lawsuit

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 1, 2010 2 mins

Intellectual Property Software Development Technology Industry

Facebook punishes developers for passing on user IDs

In response to control growing concerns over privacy, the social networking site says it will not tolerate data brokers

By Jeremy Kirk

Nov 1, 2010 4 mins

Privacy Software Development Technology Industry

Android tablets providing users with viable iPad alternatives

Apple's dominant market share faces a challenge as features such as cameras, Flash support, and USB ports draw attention to Android tablets

By Agam Shah

Nov 1, 2010 6 mins

Technology Industry

27 things you need to know about Oracle, SAP, and HP

Here's our cheat sheet to the legal shenanigans surrounding Oracle, SAP, HP, and that now defunct company called TomorrowNow

By James Niccolai

Nov 1, 2010 9 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry

Microsoft buys chip company Canesta

The acquisition should further Microsoft's efforts to develop natural user interface technologies

By Nancy Gohring

Nov 1, 2010 2 mins

Technology Industry

Microsoft taps virtualization to move apps to cloud

Windows Azure Virtual Machine role enables migration of existing Windows Server systems

By Paul Krill

Oct 29, 2010 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Securing Apple iPads in the enterprise

There's no stopping Apple iPad adoption in the enterprise, but IT has options in managing and securing these mobile devices

By Tom Kaneshige

Oct 29, 2010 5 mins

Endpoint Protection Technology Industry

Microsoft hails async programming for Visual Basic, C#

Visual Studio Async aims to make asynchronous programming more approachable so code is as easy to write and maintain as with synchronous code

By Paul Krill

Oct 29, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Intel opens $1 billion chip factory in Vietnam

Massive new chip assembly factory is the biggest such facility for Intel anywhere in the world and will create several thousand jobs

By Dan Nystedt

Oct 29, 2010 2 mins

Technology Industry

IE6 addiction throws monkey wrench into Windows 7 migration

One in five enterprises will bust its budget moving to Windows 7 because of IE6 compatibility problems, says Gartner

By Gregg Keizer

Oct 29, 2010 3 mins

Browsers Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Cloud services spurring mobile enterprise apps

Some enterprises are finding that cloud-based applications make it possible to roll out mobile enterprise apps

By Nancy Gohring

Oct 29, 2010 7 mins

SaaS Technology Industry

Acer set to unveil multiple tablets on Nov. 23

Acer CEO also says PC users will see more bang for their buck in Q4 thanks to a decline in prices of computer components

By Dan Nystedt

Oct 29, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

News quiz: The week in tech

InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 29, 2010: Apple's Mac gets a malware scare; MySpace wonders if anyone still cares

By Dan Tynan

Oct 29, 2010 1 min

Data Management

Microsoft quarter boosted by Windows, Xbox, Office

Office 2010, Windows 7, and Xbox 360 propel Microsoft to yet another robust fiscal quarter

By Joab Jackson

Oct 28, 2010 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Update: Oracle-SAP case takes dramatic eleventh-hour turn

SAP says it won't contest a claim of contributory copyright infringement and has asked to shorten the trial

By James Niccolai

Oct 28, 2010 4 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Microsoft pitches cloud, phone apps to developers

At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft is talking up Windows Azure, Windows Phone 7, IE9, and HTML5

By Paul Krill

Oct 28, 2010 4 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Oracle takes stake in Infiniband vendor Mellanox

The move is a boost for InfiniBand, which has been growing in popularity for high-end computing systems

By Chris Kanaracus

Oct 28, 2010 1 min

Technology Industry

Microsoft slaps product activation on Mac Office 2011

Microsoft is giving Mac users a shorter grace period than people running Office on Windows, and completely cripples the suite if it's not activated in time

By Gregg Keizer

Oct 28, 2010 5 mins

Microsoft Office Software Development

Intel joins bid to halve the cost of data centers

Intel also unveiled the Open Data Center Alliance for open standards, new software to make its chips work more efficiently for cloud computing

By Dan Nystedt

Oct 28, 2010 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Oracle: Google ‘directly copied’ our Java code

An amended version of Oracle's Java lawsuit details Google's alleged copyright infringement

By James Niccolai

Oct 28, 2010 2 mins

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

Verizon launches iPad sales in stores on Thursday

The move is highly anticipated by critics of Apple's pact with AT&T

By Matt Hamblen

Oct 27, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry Verizon

SAP: Larry Ellison is wrong about HP CEO Apotheker

SAP says Larry Ellison's broadside about the former SAP CEO contains a crucial error

By Chris Kanaracus

Oct 27, 2010 2 mins

Intellectual Property Software Development Technology Industry

Chip giants investigate more power-efficient chip design

IBM and other chip makers are looking beyond CMOS to design a more energy-efficient processor

By Joab Jackson

Oct 27, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Are Apple’s iPhone and iPad relevant to enterprises?

Conventional wisdom says no. Conventional wisdom is often wrong.

By Richi Jennings

Oct 27, 2010 1 min

Technology Industry

Motorola adds Android, iPhone support to mobile management

MSP3 also now connects to Motorola's AirDefense wireless network management software that detects rogue devices and problems with access points

By Matt Hamblen

Oct 27, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Oracle’s Ellison vows to prove new HP CEO was in on software theft

Larry Ellison alleges that Leo Apotheker, formerly at SAP and now at HP, oversaw a scheme to steal large amounts of Oracle software

By Dan Nystedt

Oct 27, 2010 2 mins

Technology Industry

Mozilla scrambles to patch Firefox flaw used in attacks

The Nobel Peace Prize website was hacked and loaded with zero-day attack code that exploits an unpatched flaw in Firefox

By Robert McMillan

Oct 27, 2010 2 mins

Hacking Malware Technology Industry

Appcelerator, PayPal partner on mobile commerce platform

Developers can build apps with payment capabilities for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices

By Paul Krill

Oct 26, 2010 2 mins

Development Tools Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Juniper rolls out smartphone security suite

The software is based on technology acquired from sMobile

By Jim Duffy

Oct 26, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Smartphone shipments explode, raising capacity questions

Carriers are selling more than networks can support, and users are willing to pay for ever-more comprehensive plans, ABI says

By Matt Hamblen

Oct 26, 2010 5 mins

Technology Industry

Windows Server 2008 gets virtualization boost

Microsoft has posted the first release candidate for Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as for Windows 7

By Joab Jackson

Oct 26, 2010 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

IT seeks a safe road to the cloud

CIOs describe starter cloud efforts that are designed to minimize security and legal risks

By Patrick Thibodeau

Oct 26, 2010 3 mins

Cloud Computing

DSL vendors closing in on 1Gbps

Vendors are using a number of technologies to boost DSL speeds and improve signal quality

By Mikael Ricknäs

Oct 26, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Ozzie’s ‘doomsday’ memo warns Microsoft of post-PC days

Ray Ozzie's just-published memo calls on Microsoft to push further into the cloud or perish

By Gregg Keizer

Oct 26, 2010 5 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Java conflicts brew between Oracle and JCP insiders

Apache Harmony license issue also drags on as JCP Executive Committee members strive for independence from Oracle

By Paul Krill

Oct 25, 2010 5 mins

Java Technology Industry

IBM boosts BI offering with Cognos 10

The platform now features iPhone support, collaboration, and customizable tools

By Chris Kanaracus

Oct 25, 2010 3 mins

Business Intelligence Technology Industry

Canonical Ubuntu splits from Gnome over design issues

The next version of Canonical Ubuntu will use Unity as a desktop shell, rather than Gnome

By Joab Jackson

Oct 25, 2010 3 mins

Operating Systems Software Development

Rapleaf says it has fixed privacy issue with Facebook

The data mining company says it no longer passes a unique identifier back to online advertising networks

By Jeremy Kirk

Oct 25, 2010 3 mins

Data and Information Security Privacy Technology Industry

25 new IT companies to watch

A tentative economic recovery is seeing venture capitalists release a few more dollars to tech startups. Here's a look at the next generation of IT vendors

By Jon Brodkin

Oct 25, 2010 19 mins

SaaS Software Development Technology Industry