Java & Eclipse


Java 8 Arrives

It's official: the Java Platform Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) and the latest Java SE Development Kit (JDK 8) are now generally available.

Pivotal Adds Hadoop Distribution to In-Memory Big Data Parade

Pivotal Software Inc. today announced the release of a new version of its enterprise Hadoop distribution based on the recently upgraded Apache Hadoop 2.2.

Microsoft Opens Up Office 365 and SignalR to Android

Microsoft announced two new open source SDKs that let Android users access Office 365 data and use SignalR for real-time Web connectivity between clients and servers.

Java 8 Survey Finds Developers Ready To Upgrade

Typesafe found that 65 percent intend to upgrade to Java SE 8 within the next 24 months.

Open Source ZX Spreadsheet Offers Direct Functionality in Browsers

ZK Spreadsheet 3.0.1 comes with an overhauled API "for simpler usability to perform common user actions," the company says.

Upcoming Crypto Software Aims To Protect Enterprise Java Apps

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based whiteCryption this week announced Cryptanium Code Protection for Java, designed to allow enterprise developers to harden Java-based mobile applications.

Jelastic Updates 'Platform-as-Infrastructure' Solution

Jelastic has updated its namesake Java-and-PHP cloud hosting platform and further combined its PaaS and IaaS capabilities, according to the company.

CloudBees Java PaaS Now on Verizon Cloud

Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider CloudBees is partnering with Verizon to offer a version of its platform on the new Verizon Cloud.

Splunk Big Data Adds Eclipse Plug-in, Updates Python SDK

Splunk has announced the general availability of the Splunk Plug-in for Eclipse

Updated Algorithm Library for Java Released

The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) has just announced an update of more than 100 routines in the NAG Library for Java.

Facebook Launches Java APIs for Encrypted SD Storage

Dubbed "Conceal," the APIs are designed to encrypt large files on disk, initially for Android smartphones.

JDK 8 Shipping in March, Even if Not Bug Free

Oracle's JDK 8 Release Manager has offered assurances that this version the Java SE 8 Platform will ship in March, even with a few bugs.

Zulu OpenJDK Adds Java 6 & 7 Support on Linux & Windows

Azul Systems announced this week that its build of the OpenJDK, known as Zulu, is now available for both Java 6 and Java 7 running on Linux and Windows.

PaaS Provider Apprenda Adds Java Support

The newly launched Apprenda 5.0 also comes with a revamped developer portal and dynamic scaling enhancements.

Oracle's Quarterly Patch Fixes 36 Java Security Flaws

On Tuesday Oracle issued a Critical Patch Update for 144 vulnerabilities in their products, including 36 fixes for Java Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7).

Neo4j 2.0: The Graph Database Has Arrived

Neo Technology on Tuesday announced the general availability of Neo4j 2.0, which adds a new schema construct Cypher query language improvements, among other changes.

Coverity Testing Platform Expands Java Web App Coverage, Revamps C# Analysis Engine

Coverity this week released a new version of its namesake software development testing platform.

Spring Framework 4.0 Unifies Java App Architecture and Big Data in the Cloud

Pivotal has released the first major update of the Spring Framework since 2009.

JNBridgePro 7.1 Allows Access to Java Code from Visual Studio 2013

JNBridge has upgraded its flagship product, JNBridgePro, to allow developers to access Java code from Visual Studio 2013.

IntelliJ IDEA 13 Adds Full Support for Java EE 7, Android Dev

JetBrains released the annual update of its flagship Java integrated development environment (IDE) this week.