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Toad for Oracle 11 Adds Code Analysis Tools

Version 11 of Quest Software's Toad for Oracle database management solution offers a new code analysis feature for developers.

Visual Studio 11: Microsoft Eats Its Own Agile 'Dog Food'

Microsoft popularized the "dogfooding" phraseology, and the practice of a company using its own products was again in evidence at this year's Microsoft Build conference, with a strong emphasis being placed the agile methodology.

Sonatype Leverages Open Source Java Repository

Sonatype this week launched a new suite of products and services designed to help companies better manage their usage of open source Java components.

'Mango' Update for Windows Phone 7 Could Start Next Week

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it expects manufacturers and carriers to begin offering Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" updates in the next couple of weeks.

Rackspace Adds OpenStack to Its Infrastructure

Rackspace announced plans this week to deploy the OpenStack open source cloud platform across its entire infrastructure.

Spring Social 1.0 Connects Java Apps to Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, More

Spring Social lets developers connect Java applications to SaaS APIs from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, GitHub and others, and to interact with those services on behalf of their users.

Java Component Repository Adds JBoss Community Projects

Another family of Java components will soon be available from the open source Maven Central Repository.

Cloudify Deploys Java on Azure

GigaSpaces Technologies has just rolled out the public beta of its Cloudify for Azure enterprise Java application platform for on-boarding JEE, Spring and big-data apps to Microsoft's Windows Azure platform.

Build, Day 2: Keynote Focuses on Visual Studio 11, MVC Changes, Cloud, More

Microsoft's Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander dove into the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview (and more) in the Wednesday Build keynote.

UPDATED: Windows 8 Details Revealed, Developer Preview Live

Microsoft kicked off the preliminaries of its Build conference on Monday by previewing the "Windows 8" operating system.

New Zend Server 5.5 Bridges Dev Ops for Enterprise PHP Apps

Zend Technologies, the creator and commercial maintainer of the PHP dynamic scripting language, today released a new version of its PHP Web application server.

FireMonkey: Embarcadero's New Enterprise RIA Tool

FireMonkey is Embarcadero's new application platform and development framework for building business apps with "ultra-rich" user experiences.

Salesforce.com's Future Laid out in Keynote by CEO Benoiff

During his Wednesday Keynote at the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff left no doubt about his company's direction.

VMware Brings the Cloud to Developers' Desktops

VMware has released the beta of Micro Cloud Foundry, a complete version of its Cloud Foundry PaaS designed to run on developers' PCs or Macs.

Java.net Projects Now on Maven Central Repository

Sonatype, the chief commercial supporter of the open-source Maven project, is working with Oracle to bring Java.net project artifacts to the Maven Central Repository.

Judge Dismisses Google's Complaint in Android Lawsuit

The judge overseeing the dispute between Motorola and Microsoft over Android use threw out Google's attempt to disqualify an expert witness this week.

Google To Pay $12.5 Billion for Motorola Mobility Acquisition

Google has made a huge move in the smartphone market with today's announcement that it will be shelling out $12.5 billion in cash for phone handset maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.

Google Improves 'Native Client' for HTML 5 Web Apps

Google announced on Thursday that it has released a new beta of its Native Client plug-in, which is integrated into its Chrome browser.

Android Leads Pack in Global Smartphone Race; Apple's iOS Third

In the latest report by Gartner, 428.7 million new smartphones have been sold globally in the second quarter of 2011.

Motorola Wants Partnership with Microsoft for Mobile OS

A top executive at Motorola suggested on Tuesday that the company is open to a deal with Microsoft on Windows.