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Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 3 Released
Microsoft has recently released Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 3 with several bug fixes and features such as Reverse Engineer Code First.
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Windows Azure Store Expanded to More Countries
Windows Azure Store has been refreshed with new add-ons and expanded the availability the availability to 11 countries.
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jQuery's Github-Driven Plugin Repository Launched
The jQuery Foundation launched its new plugin repository on January 16th in an attempt to bolster and consolidate third-party development against the jQuery core library.
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LINQ Insight 2.0 Released with RavenDB
LINQ Insight 2.0 has been released with support for RavenDB, List<T>, array parameters and includes several performance improvements.
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Twitter Open Sources Flight, an Event-based Component Framework
Twitter has open sourced Flight, the JavaScript framework used internally in production to provide functionality for their website.
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Announcing QCon New York 2013 (June 12-14); Registration Open; Tracks Announced
Registration is now open for QCon New York 2013 (Jun 12-14). Some of this year's 15 tracks include: Polyglot Architectures, Hot Technologies in Financial Services, Java Innovations, Lean Startup Applied, Continuous Delivery, Applied Data Science, the JavaScript Ecosystem, HTML5, Mobile Development, and more. Register before Feb 15th and save $650.
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Phoenix: Running SQL Queries on Apache HBase [Updated]
Salesforce.com has open sourced Phoenix, a Java layer enabling developers to run SQL queries on Apache HBase. Update: An interview on Phoenix with James Taylor, Lead Developer at Salesforce.com, has been appended.
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Meteor 0.5.3 Released; Improved Performance and Real-Time Reactive Updating
The Meteor Development Group released version 0.5.3 of their full-stack framework on January 7th, balancing a short-list of new features with increased back-end stability.
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Visual Studio Gets Git
Git, the popular open source distributed version control system is now natively supported by Visual Studio 2012 and the Team Foundation Service. Microsoft's new plug in provides native support and provides an alternative to the centralized source control model.
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Oracle Will Stop Providing Security Updates for Java 6 Next Month
The last publicly available release of Java 6 is to be released on February 19th 2013. After that date all new security updates, patches, and fixes for both the runtime and SDK of Java SE 6 will only be available through My Oracle Support, and will therefore only be available to users with a commercial license with Oracle.
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Oracle's Head of Security Promises to Fix Issues and Improve Communication
Following a spate of high-profile security issues, Oracle's head of Java Security, Milton Smith, is promising that the vendor will fix issues with the platform, and improve its communication to community members.
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PhoneGap 2.3.0 with Windows Phone 8 Support
The latest release of PhoneGap provides support for Windows Phone 8, InAppBrowser and also several improvements and bug fixes.
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Greg Young on using Event Store as a Read Model
Greg Young, the lead architect behind the Event Store, recently talked about the Projections Library in the Event Store and how it can be used as a Read Model. In his presentation Greg explained what the Projections Library is, together with its main use cases. He also presented a number of examples of practical use.
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Stay Connected with HelpBridge
HelpBridge, a free mobile app for Windows Phone, Android and iOS platforms developed by Microsoft enables you to keep in touch with your contacts during emergencies.
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Kii Cloud Back End Features Analytics and Monetization
If you want to gain a significant presence in the Asian mobile community, Kii Cloud provides a snap in back end for your iOS, Android or HTML5/JavaScript mobile app. It’s free to add a comprehensive back end that features analytics and monetization to your app during its current Beta run.