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DZone Daily Dose - 2009/10/23

Firefox may release its upcoming version 3.6 as a so-called "minor update" even though it is actually a fairly major one.  Mike Beltzner, director...

0 replies - 3081 views - 10/22/09 by lyndsey in News

Web Tech Skills PHP, Java, in High Demand

A new report released by the job site Elance shows a growth in tech contractor hiring, up 46% from this time last year on Elance.com.  After job losses in IT...

1 replies - 3370 views - 10/15/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Oracle Taunts IBM with $10M Challenge

In the keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld this week, CEO of Oracle Larry Ellison fired back against rumors (that he believes were spread by IBM) about the...

1 replies - 4370 views - 10/13/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Oracle's Effect on Java

With Oracle just after buying Sun, maybe it's time to consider what this means for the Java community. There's no doubt that enterprise Java is something...

20 replies - 21545 views - 04/20/09 by James Sugrue in Articles

A Bunch of Innovations in the Line of JetBrains Products (as of April 1st ;-))

Several popular products from JetBrains have simultaneously introduced a bunch of innovations, to improve user experience and productivity.The brand-new Voice...

5 replies - 3825 views - 04/01/09 by Ann Oreshnikova in News

Flash Content Is Now Searchable

Adobe has announced new technologies that will allow SWF content to be indexed and searchable, not just text in the SWF, but also data...

0 replies - 3706 views - 07/01/08 by BenForta in News

SWF is Searchable

Adobe SWF files that run in the flash player will now be searchable. Adobe published SWF searchability FAQ earlier this morning explaining the details of what...

0 replies - 3444 views - 07/01/08 by Shashank Tiwari in News

Oracle Claims $1b in Damages from Arch-Rival SAP

 

0 replies - 759 views - 06/30/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

So It’s a Fight to the Last Algorithm Then

 Microsoft, which recently bought Fast Search, is buying the three-year-old semantic search engine start-up Powerset for $100 million, according to...

0 replies - 687 views - 06/28/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Kernel Developers Want Linux Purity

 Not that long ago Linux barely had two drivers to rub together.  Now it claims to support “more hardware devices than any other operating system in...

1 replies - 649 views - 06/28/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Little ISV Sues Google for $1 Billion

 A little Chicago ISV called LimitNone is suing Google for nigh on to a billion dollar charging it with misappropriating its trade secrets to beat back...

0 replies - 669 views - 06/28/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo Looks to the Cloud for Some Salvation

 With the stock market crashing, or giving a good approximation of a crash Thursday, Yahoo, poor thing – well, it has behaved like a sick lost puppy,...

0 replies - 586 views - 06/26/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Nokia Pees on Android’s Slippers

 

0 replies - 655 views - 06/24/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

HP Open Sources Advanced File System

 HP has open sourced the Tru64 Unix Advanced File System (AdvFS) that it got from DEC by way of Compaq. It’s sent the 16-year-old Alpha-based source...

0 replies - 698 views - 06/23/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Salesforce & Google Create Multi-Cloud Platform

 Salesforce.com, which has already linked its CRM software to Google Apps and integrated AdWords tracking into its platform, is deploying a free new...

0 replies - 854 views - 06/23/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News