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Mitch Pronschinske03/08/10
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Daily Dose - JavaFX Eclipse Plugin Goes Open Source

JavaFX Eclipse Plugin Goes Open Source Exadel, the organization that makes a JavaFX plugin for Eclipse, recently launched exadel.org and released a new version of the plugin. Version 1.2.2 includes a new JavaFX Script Wizard and an outline view with...

Mitch Pronschinske03/06/10
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Daily Dose - iPad Coming to the US on April 3rd

iPad Coming to the US on April 3rd

Mitch Pronschinske03/05/10
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Daily Dose - Facebook Going Public, But Not For a While

Facebook Going Public, But Not For a While The WSJ has been talking with Facebook and gaining some early access to their plans for the future. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, confirmed that the company will eventually go public, but not...

Mitch Pronschinske03/04/10
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NoSQL DB, Objectivity/DB 10 Beefs Up Java and Adds C# .NET support

With the emergence of the term "NoSQL," many interested developers and architects are trying to clearly define what this means. Some people may not know that Object Databases could be included in the NoSQL designation. They can be used as...

Mitch Pronschinske03/04/10
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Daily Dose - Verizon is Possibly Getting Nexus One and so is Europe

Verizon is Getting Nexus One and so is Europe

Mitch Pronschinske03/04/10
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SonarJ Upgrades Architectural Dependency Tracking

A German company, Hello2morrow, recently launched a new version of its tool for bridging the gap between architects and developers. SonarJ allows developers to validate their code against large software architectures using static analysis. It exists as a...

Mitch Pronschinske03/03/10
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Top Cloud Security Threats and Counters

The Cloud Security Alliance has released their first condensed report on cloud computing security risks. The list of warnings is intended as a companion to the CSA's larger "Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus" guide. For the top...

Mitch Pronschinske03/03/10
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Daily Dose - Apple Fires First Shots at Android

Apple Fires First Shots at Android

Mitch Pronschinske03/02/10
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A Common Platform for Java and Natural Developers

Anyone who understands the monumental task of rewriting an enterprise's legacy applications knows that the fourth-generation languages made in the '70s are still significant today. 4GLs like Software AG's Natural still have a substantial number of...

Mitch Pronschinske03/02/10
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Daily Dose - Chrome Usage Keeps Growing, IE Keeps Dwindling

Chrome Usage Keeps Growing, IE Keeps Dwindling

Mitch Pronschinske03/01/10
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The Fate of OpenSolaris

For more than a month after the acquisition, there wasn't much news on the future of OpenSolaris. When the Oracle website posted the "End of Service Life Status for OpenSolaris Operating System" document last week, some news outlets found an...

Mitch Pronschinske02/28/10
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Daily Dose - Geronimo Gets JPA 2.0

Geronimo Gets JPA 2.0 Apache Geronimo 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5-SNAPSHOT, 2.2 and 2.2.1-SNAPSHOT servers are now able to get upgrades from JEE 5's JPA 1.0 to JEE 6's JPA 2.0. This can be done without upgrading to the full JEE 6 server. The JPA 2.0 is...

Mitch Pronschinske02/27/10
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Daily Dose - Vote for the New Eclipse Logo!

Vote for the New Eclipse Logo!A poll that includes 10 concepts for a new Eclipse logo has just opened and votes will be accepted until March 3rd. The Eclipse Foundation says that it wants an "update or modernization" for their logo, which is...

Mitch Pronschinske02/26/10
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Daily Dose - US Lobbyists Blacklist Open Source Promoting Counties

US Lobbyists Blacklist Open Source Promoting Counties

Mitch Pronschinske02/26/10
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Versant ODB as Easy as ORM

Yet another alternative to the relational database is the object database. Learning a new method for data storage can be scary for some developers, but there are a few ODB vendors that have built controls that are familiar to most. The Versant Object...