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Heroku Dataclips 2.0 - The Gist of Data
Heroku Dataclips 2.0 are a new way of sharing data - much like GitHub Gists. Exposing results of running SQL statements agains Postgres databases, Dataclips render in HTML, IFrames, CSV, XLS and JSON. Supporting revisions and versioning as well as forking they work as self-updating stand-alone data views or as simple HTTP based data APIs.
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H.265 Codec Standard Has Been Approved
The H.265 codec standard, the successor of H.264, has been approved, promising support for 8k UHD and lower bandwidth, but the patent issues plaguing H.264 remain.
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DevOpsDays New York 2013
The participants of the Food Fight Show podcast summarized DevOpsDays New York 2013 with one word: culture. They agreed that you can't go in and "make" a culture, but the culture depends on the character of the people. If you've got people on your teams who take responsibility for the bigger picture - who are seeing things through from end to end, chances are that they build a Devops culture.
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Making DevOps Work
Figuring out what it takes to get developers, QA staff, and operations staff to work collaboratively together is the first step to frequent releases of high quality software according to Neil Garnichaud's article "What Exactly is DevOps" in Dr. Dobb's. Neil shares his insight into the DevOps topics of developer needs, readiness, habits, partnership, and leadership
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Simba Technologies is bringing the power of SQL to Cassandra, Hadoop, BigQuery, and MongoDB
At its heart, SQL is a domain specific language designed to allow non-professional programmers to query databases and write ad hock reports. When a company moves from a relational database to a NoSQL offering the need for ad hock reporting doesn’t go away, it just becomes harder. Simba’s ODBC drivers shift the power back into the hands of the users.
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Microsoft Creates Catalog of Linux-based Virtual Machines for Windows Azure
Microsoft Open Technologies unveiled their first major offerings in the form of a repository for pre-configured virtual machines that can be quickly deployed to the Windows Azure cloud. The VM Depot is advertised as a place to discover and deploy Azure-friendly virtual machines, and may be Microsoft’s answer to the popular catalog provided for AWS users.
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Trends in the latest Technology Radar
ThoughtWorks's latest "Technology Radar" focuses on mobile, accessible analytics, simple architectures, reproducible environments, and data persistence done right.
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Amazon Web Services Launches AWS Tools For Windows PowerShell
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released tools for the Windows PowerShell scripting environment to enhance support for Windows administrators' management of cloud infrastructure.
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Windows 8 and WinRT - A Close Encounter with Microsoft
Windows 8 throws open a wide range of opportunities for developers. In this marathon interview, Microsoft official spokesperson discloses facts behind the various aspects of Windows 8 and Windows RT.
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ZeroTurnaround Launches New Java Research and Content Organisation
ZeroTurnaround, the vendor behind the popular JRebel and LiveRebel JVM plugins, which accelerate the Java development cycle and automate app deployments to live environments without downtime, have announced a new research and content organisation called Rebel Labs. The organisation will, they claim, offer free, vendor-neutral technical resources for the Java community.
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Community-Driven Research: Ruby On Rails State of Practice - Deployment and Management
InfoQ's research initiative continues with a 15th question about: "Ruby On Rails State of Practice: Deployment and Management". This is a new service we hope will provide you with up-to-date & bias-free community-based insight into trends & behaviors that affect enterprise software development. Unlike traditional vendor/analyst-based research, our research is based on answers provided by YOU.
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Oracle Releases Security Fix for Java 7
Oracle today released Java 7u11 with security fixes for remote code execution vulnerabilities related to escaping the applet sandbox through crafted reflection API calls. Read on to find out more about it, and how to find out if you are affected or not.
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A Fist Full of RIM, For a Few Mobile Devs More
All of the ducks are in the proverbial row for the much ballyhooed debut of Research In Motion’s Blackberry 10 (BB10). The all new OS is slated for release on January 30, 2013. InfoQ scrutinizes the salient facts and more to gain the most in-depth perspective on the new release from the venerable developer.
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QCon London in 8 Weeks (March 6-8): Barbara Liskov (MIT) Keynote; New Tutorials; Schedule Now Live
The QCon London 2013 schedule is now live, with new sessions and speakers being added daily. Hear MIT's Barbara Liskov on "The Power of Abstraction" during her Day 1 keynote, followed by Perl aficionado Damian Conway, who explores "The Power of Dead Languages". With less than 8 weeks left, you can still save up to £341, if you register by Jan 11th.
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Google Drops Free Apps Offering, Paying Customers can Downgrade to Free till January 9th
On December 6th, 2012 Google stopped to accept new registrations for free Google Apps domains, that could be used for up to 10 users. Existing free Google Apps users can continue to use the service without any change. Google Apps for Business domains can downgrade to the free version till January 9th if they have no more than 10 users and fit into the reduced features set.