IDG News Service - Java caching software provider Terracotta and database provider Tokutek have each released new offerings designed to entice organizations to try new ways of storing data, from running in-memory databases to using solid ...
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IDG News Service - Google on Tuesday released a Chrome upgrade that improves how the browser renders 3D applications, including mouse-controlled games. The improvement comes via the inclusion of the Pointer Lock JavaScript API, commonly ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle is updating its widely used open source MySQL database, and a range of associated products, in order to meet the increasing demands of Web users. In the past decade, "The Web has transitioned from just serving ...
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Infoworld - Nearly 15 years since the term "open source" was first applied, the trends driving the open source movement are not the same. Back then, price advantage, direct differentiation on licensing versus proprietary software, ...
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A team of researchers has created a proof-of-concept piece of malware that can give attackers control of USB smart card readers attached to an infected Windows computer over the Internet. The malware installs a special driver on the ...
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Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of tablets. The Maps API is the latest addition to Amazon's Mobile App SDK, to which the ...
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Rackspace was one of the first players in the cloud arena. The company recognized early that enterprises wanted faster, simpler ways to spin up and spin down servers. If the bosses are going to be fickle and impulsive, there will always be ...
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REDWOOD CITY, CA, July 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SalesPortal, the first partnership marketing network for enterprises with contact centers, today announced its customers can receive real-time sales lead information generated by their ...
Mozilla Tuesday released Firefox 17, which debuts technology that lets developers integrate social networks -- for now, Facebook -- with the browser. The company also patched 29 security vulnerabilities, two-thirds of them marked ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the information via its Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website. Launched in October 2011, Countdown Live Bus Arrivals was procured prior to the ...
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A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) client. These features will benefit ...
Microsoft claims Windows 8 is"a better Windows"than Windows 7.In particular,the company has focused on improving security to ensure users of Windows 8 tablets can securely connect to corporate networks. It is building antivirus(AV)and ...
Google is offering Android application developers a chance to use some of the advanced mapping features it had previously made available only on Google's own applications. On Monday, the company released a new version of the Google Maps ...
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ownCloud launches program specifically designed for schools, colleges, universities and researchers ownCloud Inc., the commercial entity behind the popular open source file sync and share project, today announced a special program to get ...
Microsoft likes to talk about Windows 8 as being Windows "reimagined," and in many ways it is quite a departure from its predecessors. To allow the operating system's use across a range of touchscreen devices, Microsoft radically redesigned ...
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