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NetBeans 7.1 Released

Oracle on Thursday announced the availability of the NetBeans 7.1 IDE, the first upgrade of the open source development environment since the 7.0 release in April.

Plans for Linux Server Hosting on Azure Outlined in Report

A report discussing a planned Microsoft move to allow customers to host Linux servers on its Windows Azure cloud service was released by All About Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley today.

Oracle Releases Java 7, Java 6 Updates

Oracle has released software updates for Java Standard Edition 6 and 7.

Open Source Tool Tracks Java Performance 'Hiccups'

Java runtime maker Azul Systems this week unveiled a new open source tool designed to measure the response-time fluctuations known as "hiccups" associated with an application's underlying Java runtime (RT) platform.

New CollabNet Framework Looks To Bring ALM Tools Together

CollabNet, the Brisbane, Calif.-based provider of distributed software development solutions, recently released a new integration framework for its TeamForge Agile ALM platform.

Embedded Pivot Tables for Java Web Apps

Potix Corporation this week released ZK Pivottable 1.0, which it's billing as one of the "first true pivot tables" that can be embedded in Java Web applications.

Microsoft Releases Silverlight 5 for Download

Silverlight 5, Microsoft's .NET development tool, was released as a final product on Friday by Microsoft.

Tasktop Updates Mylyn-based Task Federation Platform

Tasktop Technologies has released Sync 2.0, the first major upgrade of its tool for synchronizing existing application lifecycle management (ALM) servers from multiple vendors and open source projects.

Mono for Android 4.0 Released

Xamarin this week released Mono for Android 4.0, a set of tools designed to allow developers to build C# apps that run on the latest version of Google's operating system.

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c To Feature Cloud, Java EE 6 and Java 7 Support

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is being billed as the corner stone of the company's Cloud Application Foundation and a core component of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product line.

Kendo: New Unified Framework for HTML5 and JavaScript

Developer tools and solutions provider Telerik today launched a new front-end development framework for building applications and Web sites with HTML5 and JavaScript.

Microsoft Report Finds Java Exploits Top Vulnerability List

According to a Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released last month, the most common software exploit type in the first half of 2011 was associated with vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Microsoft Releases IE 10 Platform Preview 4

The fourth platform preview version of Internet Explorer 10 was released by Microsoft today.

ScrumWorks Pro Goes Codesion Cloud

Collabnet on Friday announced the availability of its ScrumWorks Pro Agile project management tool on its Codesion Cloud Services platform.

Joyent Joins VMware's Community Leads Program To Support Node.js

In an effort to lend its Node.js expertise to VMware's Cloud Foundry project, cloud software and services provider Joyent has signed on to VMware's Community Leads program.

Android Surpasses 50 Percent Share in Smartphone OS Market

Once again leading the smartphone OS race is Google's open source Android platform, which according to Gartner shipped on 60.5 million units worldwide in Q3 2011.

Zend Studio 9.0 Goes GA

Yesterday Zend announced the general availability of Zend Studio 9.0.

Windows Phone 7 Developer Interest On the Rise

According to a survey conducted by IDC and Appcelerator, interest in developing for Windows Phone 7 has increased.

Mobile Flash, 750 Employees Cut in Adobe Corporate Restructuring

In an announcement made this week by Adobe, the company will cut 750 workers and discontinue its browser-based Flash Player for mobile devices.

New JVM Specially Designed for Linux

Java runtime maker Azul Systems released a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) today specifically architected and optimized for the Linux operating system and x86-based servers.