Microsoft’s C# has been crowned the number one programming language of the year by the PopularitY of Programming Language (PYPL) index. Although Java is still the most widely used programming language in the world, C#’s ...
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Barclays will reduce its IT spending by billions of pounds through the development of its own cloud-based technology,The Sunday Times claims. The Sunday Times reported that the firm could reduce costs by 90 per cent but failed to cite any ...
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Australian scientists have produced a new two-dimensional material they believe could revolutionise the electronics market with thinner, faster and lighter gadgets. Silicon chips have reached their limit in terms of speed and ability to ...
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With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
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The developers of Ruby on Rails, a popular open source Web application development framework for the Ruby programming language, released versions 3.2.10, 3.1.9, and 3.0.18 of the software on Wednesday in order to patch a serious SQL ...
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Putting behind the gloom of 2012 Chinese economy and industry seems to be warming up for an auspicious entry into 2013 at long last. Q4 has seen sudden turn of events kindling hopes of revival in Chinese steel industry backed by impressive ...
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IDG News Service-Samsung plans to launch its first cell phones this year based on Tizen,a Linux-based operating system that will principally rival Google's Android OS. Tizen is being developed by Samsung and Intel in part to reduce their ...
Mindsharp is pleased to announce its new partnership with Meritide in its Partner Program. Mindsharp,a SharePoint Education company,continues to connect with other technology companies with the introduction of its new Partner and Reseller ...
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Tobii Technology will soon start shipping a device that allows users to control a PC using their eyes. Developers will be able to buy the REX next week, and Tobii will make it more widely available in the second half of the year, the ...
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Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
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Computerworld-SAN DIEGO-BlackBerry 10 will offer smartphone users some novel features when it finally ships next year,including text prediction software and BlackBerry Balance,an approach that separates work from personal data. RIM ...
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Microsoft won't have its signature mega-booth at International CES 2013 starting next week in Las Vegas,but that's not expected to lessen the trade show's impact,or largesse. Show organizers said there will be 3,200 exhibitors and they ...
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Infoworld-Microsoft's formal introduction of Visual Studio 2012 IDE today gives a nod to devops by enabling IntelliTrace,which lets users track issues in code.Although Visual Studio 2012 has been shipping for about three weeks,Microsoft ...
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IDG News Service-Intel will announce HTML5 programming tools with the aim of reducing application development costs and boosting revenue for developers,software chief Renee James said Wednesday. James kicked off her keynote at the ...
IDG News Service-Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS,Microsoft reported$4.47 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013,a 22%decline from the same period a year earlier. ...
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