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IE is on its way out, so it's time for IT and Web services creators to make the switch to the modern Web
Amazon's API Gateway joins the parade of proprietary services for building and managing APIs
Firefox's tentative plans for the future include ditching its legacy XUL technology, long regarded as a hindrance to the browser's evolution
Ruby on Rails still shines for Web development, but not for speed or scalability
Developer demand for Ruby and Rails remain high, but the specific ways both language and framework shine (or don't) are crucial to know
Great tools help make enterprise Hadoop less burdensome
The community around the R language is the real deal -- not just another feel-good open source contrivance to enable big companies to collaborate on code
Now that Microsoft is supporting development of the R language, it could take the next step and deliver R as an Azure service -- without running afoul of the GPL
Package ecosystem and graphics are strengths; security and memory management are weaknesses
The big vendors are among founding members of a consortium aimed at strengthening technical and user communities