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Eclipse Foundation launches European Subsidiary
Today at EclipseCon Europe, the Eclipse Foundation announced the creation of a European subsidiary to support and promote the open source community in Europe. Read on to find out more.
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Introducing Docker, Inc: dotCloud Goes All-In On Container Technology
PaaS provider dotCloud has changed its company name in order to align with the red-hot open source technology it sponsors. Docker, Inc will continue to offer a standalone PaaS product, but is shifting its primary focus to growing and commercializing its namesake software. To get additional insight into the explosive growth of Docker and where the product is going, InfoQ spoke to CEO Ben Golub.
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C++ Micro Services adds OSGi API to C++ applications
At EclipseCon Europe, Sascha Zelzer presented the C++ Micro Services project, which aims to bring an OSGi service layer to C++ programs, following a similar kind of API to the standard OSGi layer. Read on to find out more.
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OpenKit Brings back Cross-Platform Social Leaderboards
When OpenFeint was shut down in late 2012, lots of iOS and Android game developers were left without social functionalities or connection to social networks in their software. Popular games like Fruit Ninja, Fieldrunners or Pocket God were affected. Now, co-founders of OpenFeint released OpenKit, a successor API for cross-platform social services.
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Does Agile Drive Death March Projects?
A recent Gartner blog raised the issue of Agile projects driving "death march" behavior as each iteration becomes a drive to deliver more and more.
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New Relic Adds Node.js Support, Improved Rendering and Alert System
New Relic, the app monitoring software has released an update with support for Node.js, improved rendering with histograms and percentiles in addition to an enhanced alert system. The San Francisco based startup also released a sketch of new features of the upcoming Android based mobile app.
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CodeCube Offers Shareable, Runnable Code Samples
CodeCube is a new service and open source project that aims to improve collaboration by allowing developers to both share and run code samples in a secure manner via the browser.
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Oracle Releases 51 Security Fixes for Java
Last week, Oracle released a Critical Patch Update, which included 127 new security fixes for the Oracle ecosystem of products, including Java SE, amongst others. There were 51 critical security fixes for Java, which affects both client and server deployments.
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Google Espresso: Fast Automated Android UI Testing in the Cloud
Google has open sourced Espresso, an Android automated testing framework that enables one to run tests on x86 machines in the cloud in a multi-threaded environment, solving the concurrency issues associated with UI testing.
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QCon London 2014 Registration Now Open; March 5-7
The 8th annual QCon London (March 5-7) has been announced and registration is open! QCon London has become a mainstay conference for the UK and European software development community. This year continues in our tradition of practitioner-driven high quality content with over 15 tracks and 100 speakers. Register before November 6 & Save £415.
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Applying the Lean Startup Approach in Enterprises
Coming to decisions about which products to build or which features to add to existing products can be difficult. The lean startup approach can help to get insight into the needs of customers, and to build a sustainable business around a set of products and services that serves those needs. How can enterprises adopt the lean startup approach to become more innovative and competitive?
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Visual Studio 2013 Adds New Project Templates with Improvements and Social Accounts Authentication
The recently released Visual Studio 2013 includes new project templates with several improvements which enables developers to build projects and applications faster.
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MuleSoft Open Sources RAML Tools for Designing RESTful APIs
MuleSoft has just announced the release of three RAML-based tools for designing, evaluating and testing RESTful APIs.
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Oracle Releases NetBeans 7.4 with JDK 8 and Mobile Web Application Support
After previewing it at JavaOne, Oracle has now officially released NetBeans 7.4. The new release allows developers to work with the JDK 8 previews, adds support for integrating HTML5 into Java EE applications, and provides tools for developing mobile applications with Apache Cordova.
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YARN Brings New Capabilities To Hadoop
Hadoop 2 is now Generally Available, with YARN bringing ability to build data-processing applications that work natively in Hadoop. We spoke to Rohit Bakhshi, product manager at Hortonworks, about YARN and what it means for Hadoop users.