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Will Java 8 Solve PermGen OutOfMemoryError?
As part of Oracle's ongoing project to merge the HotSpot and JRockit codebases, Oracle has announced that they will remove PermGen from the Java 8 version of the HotSpot JVM. The effects of the removal of PermGen can now be checked with Java 8 Early Access builds, it is time to find out if all PermGen problems have been resolved.
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Final Preview of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Released
The anticipated final preview of VS2012/TFS2012 Update 2 has been released. It brings a few more updates including the highlighting of the new LightSwitch HTML client.
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Insight into the Phases of Scaling
Christopher Smith shared insight into approaching and solving the problems of scaling web applications in his presentation "The Five Stages of Scale" at Scale11x last month. In Christopher's presentation he made a case for approaching scaling in a stages with well defined components that are either added or optimized to improve the overall scale of a web application.
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HTC America Drops Ball on Mobile Security
Manufacturer HTC America affirmatively acknowledged Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that millions of its customers’ Android based mobile devices were using software with potentially serious security vulnerabilities. The leading mobile device making company was ordered to make a patch available before the end of March 2013 to all concerned parties.
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Expired SSL Certificates Break Azure and TFS
Windows Azure experienced a 9 hour outage on February 22 that affected all users who relied on the storage system, including those using Team Foundation Service. InfoQ examines the details that have emerged surrounding the root causes of the failure.
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Latest News from Microsoft and Amazon Regarding Android
Microsoft Azure now has an Android SDK including notification push to Android devices. Amazon makes available a Mobile Ads API that can be used to display adds from their network on any Android device in parallel with those from Google AdMob.
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PhoneGap 2.5 Enables Application Cache and InAppBrowser Geolocation
PhoneGap 2.5 has been released with support for application cache and InAppBrowser geolocation including several updates and bug fixes.
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Eclipse Orion 2.0 Now Runs Locally on Node.js
Eclipse Orion 2.0 has been recently released with support for Node.js, Projects, more and improved Shell commands, better JavaScript code assist and performance improvements.
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Anime version of Scrum overview diagram available from Scrum Primer website
The authors of the Scrum Primer, which includes a graphic explaining the Scrum process which is available for download and use under the creative commons license, have released an anime cartoon version of the diagram, also under a creative commons license.
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Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 with Code First Stored Procedures and Connection Resiliency
Microsoft has released Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 with support for code first stored procedures, connection resiliency, pull request from iceclow and UnaiZorrilla.
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Casablanca's C++ SDK Whitelisted for Open Source
Microsoft's C++ REST SDK, codenamed Casablanca, has been open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license. Casablanca provides developers with a multiplatform way to write C++11 code that interacts with REST services.
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Reactions to Yahoo!’s Decision to Forbid Employee Telecommuting
Yahoo!’s recent decision to call all employees to work from company’s offices has raised some questions especially throughout the telecommuting community. Is this a disguised move to lay off people? Is it a misunderstanding of how remoting is to be managed? Is this the right move for Yahoo!?
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Eclipse RAP 2.0 Released - Same Acronym, Different Name
On January 11th, Eclipse RAP 2.0 was released, after 6 years of development. InfoQ talked to the project lead about the release.
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How Swarming Helps Agile Teams to Deliver
Swarming is a technique that helps agile teams to deliver working software fast and frequently. What is swarming, what are the benefits of swarming, and when and how to apply it?
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Vaadin 7 Arrives with GWT as an Integrated Component
Vaadin has released version 7 of its Java-based web application framework. The Vaadin 7 platform is the framework's first major update since 2009.