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  • Eclipse Jubula: Automated Functional Testing Tool

    The recent release of Eclipse Indigo includes Jubula, an automated functional testing tool for Java and HTML applications. Tests are created via drag and drop of built-in test libraries, instead of application recording or test programming.

  • webOS 3.0 Is Based on Enyo, a New HTML Framework

    HP launched TouchPad, a tabled based on webOS 3.0, on July 1st. webOS 3.0 has a completely new application framework that generates web applications that can run in any WebKit browser.

  • Web 3.0 - Cult or Culture?

    In a recent article by Jonathan Strickland for HowStuffWorks the author addresses Web 3.0. This "long anticipated and disruptive new technology" is supposed to increase the possibilities of users and providers. But what exactly is the Web 3.0?

  • Mary Shaw and Dave Garlan have been honored for pioneering Research in Software Architecture

    The Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) have awarded Mary Shaw and Dave Garlan the Outstanding Research Award 2011. Both computer scientists have pioneered the work on Software Architecture at the Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

  • Rx 1.0 Solves the Problem of Asynchronous Data Access

    Microsoft has released version 1.0 of their Reactive Extensions (Rx) library after two years in incubation. Rx combines event-driven UI with LINQ, concurrency and asynchronous calls.

  • Developers Can Get a Taste of Mango with WP SDK 7.1 Beta 2

    An early access program allows developers to install Mango on their devices using the just released WP SDK 7.1 Beta2.

  • OpenJDK to be Java SE 7 Reference Implementation, Bylaws Ratified by Oracle

    The OpenJDK Community Bylaws have been ratified, with 70 votes in favour, no votes against, and nine abstentions. 61 of the votes in favour were from Oracle employees.

  • Using Xbase to Define a Generic Graphical View

    Jan Koehnlein, a core committer of the Xtext project, introduces how Xbase can be used to declaratively create graphical views of a given model, which is otherwise achieved by a hard-wired transformation between the model and its graphical representation.

  • Yahoo Hadoop Spinout Hortonworks Announces Plans

    Yahoo spun-out its core Hadoop team, forming a new company Hortonworks. CEO Eric Baldeschwieler presented their vision of easing adoption of Hadoop and making core engineering improvements for availability, performance, and manageability. Hortonworks will sell support, training, and certification, primarily indirects through partners.

  • Microsoft Releases Java-Friendly Interop Bindings for WCF Services

    In June, Microsoft released a set of open-source configurations to accelerate interoperability between Microsoft’s WCF platform and leading Java-based web service stacks. WCF bindings, which define transport details for invoking or consuming WCF services, are now available for Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Metro, IBM WebSphere and Apache Axis2.

  • IBM Workload Deployer – Continuing Maturation of Private Cloud Appliances

    IBM Workload Deployer is the next generation of the IBM WebSphere CloudBurst v2.0 appliance further driving the use of patterns, templates and automation to simplify and accelerate the definition and deployment of private cloud solutions.

  • AppHarbor Announces Add-On API For .NET Developers

    AppHarbor, a PaaS provider for hosting .NET Applications, has announced an add-on API. This will provide a self-service portal for third-party service providers. Developers can purchase cloud services through a single interface and integrate additional functionality into the applications they build on the AppHarbor platform. The initial catalog includes MongoHQ, Cloudant, Redis To Go and MailGun.

  • Add Spelling and Grammar Checking to Any Online Application for Free

    After the Deadline is a free REST based service that provides Spelling, Style, and Grammar checking support to any application that has Internet access. For personal use developers may use the free online server hosted by After the Deadline. Commercial users need to host their own server, the software for which is being offered under the GNU General Public License.

  • Janova and EdgeCase build Testing Tool in seven Months

    The experts of the software company EdgeCase have recently assisted the Enterprise Architecture Company Janova from Ohio in building a Web-based, automated testing tool. The tool is provided as a Cloud-based application that enables users to define the test scripts used for Batch Processing in plain English. For its implementation the developers leveraged the programming language Ruby.

  • Windows 8 – As we first saw it

    The public had its first glimpse of Windows 8 on June 1 at the D9 conference in Taipei. Windows 8, as claimed by Mike Anguilo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem, is designed ground up to work with "touch only" tablets and also devices with keyboard and mouse.

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