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First look: Office 2016 for the Mac closes the gap

After a five-year hiatus, Microsoft finally brings a worthwhile Office to the Mac

Mar 11, 2015 9 mins

VDI on Hyper-V gets easier

Two major VDI bottlenecks have held back VDI adoption but third parties are helping clear the way

Mar 11, 2015 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Facebook nets billions in savings from Open Compute Project

Facebook reaps benefits and dollars in optimizations to data center, software, and network

Mar 11, 2015 2 mins

Open Source Technology Industry

Elasticsearch buys into search as a service, rebrands as ‘Elastic’

Elastic's CEO and CTO discuss the acquisition of Found and the rebranding of Elasticsearch

Mar 10, 2015 7 mins

Cloud Computing Java Open Source

Elasticsearch buys into search as a service, rebrands as ‘Elastic’

In an exclusive interview, the CEO and CTO of the company formerly known as Elasticsearch talk about the acquisition of Found, the diversity of customer use cases, and future product plans

Mar 10, 2015 7 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Fedora 22 alpha released

In today's open source roundup: Check out the new features in the Fedora 22 alpha release. Plus: Use multiple workspaces in Linux, and Android Wear will soon offer Wi-Fi support and gesture control

Mar 10, 2015 5 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

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

Mar 10, 2015 3 mins

JavaScript Mobile Development Technology Industry

Review: BitTorrent delivers cloud-free ‘Dropbox for business’

New BitTorrent Sync 2.0 aims for business users with user-management and NAS-synchronization features, but its decentralized design complicates integration into larger organizations

Mar 10, 2015 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Storage Small and Medium Business

Survey: Developers turning to less-troublesome JavaScript variants

CoffeeScript's climb in language index means developers want more choices beyond JavaScript

Mar 10, 2015 3 mins

JavaScript

Getting started with PowerShell: The basics

Learn how to perform simple tasks and make your way around the syntax

Mar 9, 2015 12 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development