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Java faces tough climb to catch up to .Net

C# and .Net have already achieved much of what Java 8 sets out to do

Java faces tough climb to catch up to .Net

By the time Java 8 comes out, it'll be another two to five years behind .Net -- and Microsoft's coordinated front

Google, Microsoft play catch up to Amazon, add load balancing, auto-scaling to their clouds

Load balancing enables public clouds to scale on demand

How big data platforms should work

Tips for optimizing public cloud infrastructures

Firefox, Chrome strengthen in-browser debugging

Mozilla Firefox gives developers more customization control while Google Chrome introduces an in-browser code editor

Why Amazon Appstore’s support of HTML5 matters

Developers can now sell Web apps in Amazon’s Appstore

The change lets developers distribute HTML5-based apps without having to convert them to Android-specific versions

How to defend your Web apps against the new BREACH attack

A BREACH exploit can snag sensitive Web application data even if it's protected by SSL

Researcher builds botnet-powered distributed file storage system using JavaScript

HiveMind uses JavaScript to store data on a network of computer nodes, with or without permission

Researcher builds botnet-powered distributed file storage system using JavaScript

The system can make it very hard for a third party to recover the data, the researcher said