The Linker is drowning his A’s-based sorrows in gallons of alcohol. You should do the same. Google launches cloud platform for startups. Rust guide by Steve Klabnik… Awesome Node.js packages… Peter Thiel Ask Me Anything… Rethinking Prolog… Audio fingerpriting and recognization in Python… Automatic Docker service announcement with registrator… The state of ZFS on Linux… … continue reading
Enterprise software provider Micro Focus has entered into an agreement to acquire and merge with The Attachmate Group for US$1.2 billion in shares. The Attachmate Group is a software holdings company with a stable of Linux distribution, device-management and file hosting products, including Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE. Micro Focus triples the size of its … continue reading
CloudBees (the Java PaaS company) is no more. It has now become an enterprise Jenkins company. Until now defined as a Java PaaS for mobile and Web deployment and delivery, CloudBees announced it’s shuttering its Run@cloud offering for enterprise Java developers. The company will transition completely to Continuous Delivery with a focus on Jenkins, the … continue reading
The software component vendor Text Control announced the immediate availability of its cross-platform, cross-browser product to create reporting templates on the Web. “Our new HTML5 rendering technology is a radical change in the way documents are edited in browsers – it is not ‘yet another HTML editor’. Developers integrate a Microsoft Word look & feel … continue reading
It’s no secret that agile has dramatically sped up the software development life cycle. But faster development means less time to test, and with the rise of mobile, it also means tests have to done at a larger scale. To help simplify and speed up testing in the agile world, HP is releasing a new … continue reading
First Impressions of the Apple Watch: Surprised that it’s not called the iWatch. The user interface looks surprisingly cool. Distressed that the Apple Watch needs to be charged every day, but if the docking station is sufficiently easy to use, it shouldn’t be a deal breaker. The watches look like real watches, beautiful as well … continue reading
HP acquires cloud startup Eucalyptus HP has revealed plans to buy cloud startup Eucalyptus Software, with Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos joining HP to manage the company’s cloud business. The deal is expected to close in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014, and Reuters reported the acquisition will be for less than US$100 million. Eucalyptus offers … continue reading
While Continuous Delivery practices for applications have gone mainstream, Continuous Delivery for the database is still lagging behind. A recent survey by DBmaestro revealed that organizations are hesitant to adopt Continuous Delivery for the database because of a mistrust in automation, lack of awareness, inability to change organizational culture, budget restraints, and opposition from management … continue reading
New from Application Craft UK is Codio, a powerful web based coding platform, commonly known as an IDE, that allows software developers to write and execute code for free using just a browser. Unlike web-based code editors, Codio automatically and instantly creates a dedicated virtual server for each individual coding project. This allows developers of … continue reading
#1: Shout Shout is a Web Internet relay chat client that users can host on their own server. Created by Mattias Erming, Shout features multiple user support, the ability to stay connected even when the browser is closed, the ability to connect from multiple devices at once, and a responsive layout that works well on … continue reading
When was the last time you dropped off a roll of film to be developed at the local drug store or supermarket? Walgreens software developers were sure there was a way to get people to come back in to pick up pictures again. But the competition was removing its photo development in the face of … continue reading
Twitter’s first mobile developer conference Twitter has announced a new developer conference with a focus on mobile. Twitter Flight will take place on Oct. 22 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, and will feature a keynote from CEO Dick Costolo as well as a series of technical sessions. “Flight is a gathering … continue reading
