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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

Gosling vows to stay involved with Java

Java pioneer James Gosling says his resignation has been 'a full-time job' and he's feeling 'pretty burned out and trashed' by his departure from Oracle

By Paul Krill

Apr 26, 2010 3 mins

Java

Opera enables testing of mobile sites on desktop

Opera Mobile 10 for Windows, Mac, and Linux emulates Opera so developers can run mobile code on PCs

By Paul Krill

Apr 23, 2010 2 mins

Development Tools Technology Industry

McAfee apologizes for crippling PCs with bad update

Anti-virus vendor blames changes in testing for letting buggy update get loose, but users want to hear CEO say 'sorry'

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 23, 2010 4 mins

Malware

1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs up for sale

A hacker named Kirllos is offering to sell the accounts in an underground forum for 2.5 cents per account

By Robert McMillan

Apr 23, 2010 3 mins

Hacking Malware Technology Industry

Bing loses more money as Microsoft chases Google

Microsoft's Online Services Division reports bigger loss, with expenses outpacing revenue as it tries to match rival Google

By Sumner Lemon

Apr 23, 2010 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Shortage of popular Intel chips threatens laptop rollouts

Intel is ramping up production of its new Arrandale microprocessors, but the shortage could delay the rollout of new laptops by three months or more

By Dan Nystedt

Apr 23, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Apple iPhone takes a hike, Facebook wants to know what you like

By Dan Tynan

Apr 23, 2010 1 min

Data Management

Update: Microsoft earnings again buoyed by Windows 7

Microsoft said its new OS has been installed on 10 percent of the world's PCs

By Joab Jackson

Apr 22, 2010 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Oracle unveils Enterprise Manager 11g

The newest version of the IT management platform is key to Oracle's full-stack strategy

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 22, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Microsoft and Oracle offer competing cloud visions

At the recent Cloud Computing Expo, Microsoft talked up its public cloud offerings, while Oracle favored internal clouds

By Joab Jackson

Apr 22, 2010 6 mins

Cloud Computing IaaS Technology Industry

Analyst: HTML5 far from killing off Web plug-ins

A Forrester report sees continued relevance for proprietary rich Internet technologies like Flash and Silverlight

By Paul Krill

Apr 22, 2010 3 mins

HTML

IBM, Lionbridge to offer real-time translation for business

Customizable SaaS offering will provide text-to-text machine translations of enterprise content such as Web pages, documents, email, and IMs

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 22, 2010 2 mins

SaaS Technology Industry

Google sets torrid acquisitions pace in 2010

The Agnilux buyout is the seventh one this year for Google, which has made public more than 60 acquisitions overall

By Bob Brown

Apr 22, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Few answers after McAfee antivirus update hits Intel, others

McAfee says that less than 0.5 percent of customers were affected by a buggy antivirus update

By Robert McMillan

Apr 22, 2010 5 mins

Malware

Appirio makes $1 million cloud savings promise

If customers who use Appirio's 'cloudsourcing' services to migrate don't save at least $1 million annually, the company will make up the difference

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 22, 2010 2 mins

IaaS Managed Cloud Services SaaS

Is Google the new Rome?

Cloud computing may be leading to a federation-like worldview on data management, but national laws will be a major obstacle

By Patrick Thibodeau

Apr 22, 2010 5 mins

Data Warehousing Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry

HP to overhaul Integrity servers next week

Company hints that Intel's quad-core Tukwila processors will give Integrity servers a more modular, scalable design that lets customers reduce ownership costs

By James Niccolai

Apr 22, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Flawed McAfee update paralyzes corporate PCs

McAfee antivirus update cripples Windows XP machines with endless reboots after critical system file is quarantined

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 22, 2010 4 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Software Development

IBM unveils new tiered storage products

The new products are aimed at helping companies manage the explosive growth of data

By Lucas Mearian

Apr 21, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Google buys Agnilux, and yes, there’s an Apple angle

Agnilux was formed by former employees of PA Semi, whose technology is said to be used in the iPad

By Network World Staff

Apr 21, 2010 2 mins

Technology Industry

Salesforce.com pays $142 million to acquire contact-data vendor Jigsaw

The acquisition — one of Salesforce.com's largest to date — could help the company to get a serious foothold in business-to-business data services

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 21, 2010 2 mins

SaaS Software Development Technology Industry

Microsoft unleashes long-awaited SQL 2008 update

Microsoft's SQL 2008 R2 relational database management system, to be released next month, can support larger implementations

By Joab Jackson

Apr 21, 2010 2 mins

Business Intelligence Databases Technology Industry

Gosling vows to stay involved with Java

Java pioneer James Gosling says his resignation has been 'a full-time job' and he's feeling 'pretty burned out and trashed' by his departure from Oracle

By Paul Krill

Apr 21, 2010 3 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

Phone manufacturers cope with volcanic ash cloud

A build-up of inventory at the end of the first quarter has helped mitigate delays in deliveries, according to Gartner

By Mikael Ricknäs, Dan Nystedt

Apr 21, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Linux KVM virtualization gains steam in cloud computing market

IBM and The Planet are the latest vendors using the virtualization software to create cloud platforms that compete against Amazon's EC2 service

By Jon Brodkin

Apr 21, 2010 5 mins

Software Development Web Development

SAP to acquire compliance software vendor TechniData

The deal will bring in house the development of SAP's environmental, health, and safety compliance software module

By Peter Sayer

Apr 21, 2010 1 min

Careers Technology Industry

Adobe tosses in Flash towel after Apple limits iPhone dev

In an escalating confrontation, Adobe says 'iPhone isn't the only game in town' and announces the company will move on to Android

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 21, 2010 5 mins

Technology Industry

Red Hat boosts scalability in enterprise Linux upgrade

RHEL Version 6 is aimed at lowering the total cost of ownership of deployment for large data centers

By Paul Krill

Apr 21, 2010 4 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Update: Yahoo Q1 revenue flat, profit rises

CEO Carol Bartz highlighted the company's revenue growth in display advertising

By Juan Carlos Perez

Apr 20, 2010 4 mins

Software Development

Update: VMware revenue climbs 35 percent on ‘pent-up demand’

The results beat expectations, though VMware said new license sales may fall next quarter

By James Niccolai

Apr 20, 2010 4 mins

Software Development

Update: Apple’s second quarter profit jumps 90 percent

Worldwide iPhone shipments jumped by 131 percent this quarter, while Mac shipments jumped 33 percent

By Agam Shah

Apr 20, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

Delphi development offered for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Embarcadero set to release tool for building Object Pascal-based apps via Microsoft's platform

By Paul Krill

Apr 20, 2010 3 mins

Development Tools

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 features BI and tighter integrations

the company's ERP suite for smaller businesses has been given an upgrade, but there are still no public plans for multitenant SaaS ERP

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 20, 2010 3 mins

Cloud Computing SaaS Technology Industry

Oracle now charging $90 for ODF-Office plug-in

The tool for Microsoft Office was available at no charge under Sun

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 20, 2010 2 mins

Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Gov’t regulators call on Google to respect users’ privacy

Privacy commissioners in 10 countries have written to Google's CEO asking the company to adhere to six guiding privacy principles

By Peter Sayer

Apr 20, 2010 3 mins

Privacy Technology Industry

New Microsoft support service offers XP users Windows 7 goodies

Fixit Center self-support service ports Windows 7-style troubleshooters to older OSes

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 20, 2010 4 mins

Careers Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Lenovo targets businesses with new budget ThinkPad laptops

ThinkPad L series, priced starting at $649, keeps prices down by using lower-resolution screens and doing away with options like solid-state drives

By Agam Shah

Apr 20, 2010 2 mins

Lenovo Technology Industry

Report: Google attack targeted ‘Gaia’ password system

The software, which was among the information stolen in attacks allegedly launched from China, is still used by Google but now known as Single Sign-On

By Owen Fletcher

Apr 20, 2010 2 mins

Hacking Identity Management Solutions Technology Industry

Fate of network admin Terry Childs now in jury’s hands

Closing arguments conclude in the trial of the San Francisco network admin who was charged in July 2008 and has been held on $5 million bail ever since

By Robert McMillan

Apr 20, 2010 3 mins

Data Management

Drupal upgrade to be slower but more scalable

Founder of the Drupal project details plans for the open source content management system

By Paul Krill

Apr 19, 2010 4 mins

Open Source Software Development

Networks going green to save you money

Following the example of energy-efficient servers, networking gear is poised to show off its green credentials

By Robert Mitchell

Apr 19, 2010 8 mins

Technology Industry

HP: No plans to kill off 3Com network products

Following merger, HP will integrate 3Com's networking offerings into its portfolio, but plans could change in the future

By Jon Brodkin

Apr 19, 2010 4 mins

Technology Industry

The quest to discover Apple’s iPhone 4G heats up

Gizmodo claims to have gotten its hands on a legitimate iPhone 4G prototype

By Agam Shah

Apr 19, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Cloud computing complicates IT access governance

According to survey, IT department has less influence over granting user access to information resources

By Ellen Messmer

Apr 19, 2010 3 mins

Technology Industry

Microsoft tests Intune PC management service

New service aimed at mid-size businesses streamlines administrative functions by moving common tasks to a hosted environment

By Joab Jackson

Apr 19, 2010 2 mins

IaaS Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry

HP unveils ‘Cisco-free’ data center based on 3Com technology

HP boasts that its newest data center achieves twice the port and capacity density and a 50 percent reduction in power consumption versus previous solutions

By Jon Brodkin

Apr 19, 2010 2 mins

Technology Industry