Worldwide IT spending to grow this year, Gartner says
Enterprises that buy new mobile devices and invest in security and storage management will give worldwide IT spending a boost this year.
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Mozilla compromises on x64 Firefox after user backlash
Mozilla on Friday backtracked from a decision to suspend all work on a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, acknowledging that user criticism had changed its mind.
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DOE wants 5X battery boost in 5 years
The U.S. Dept. of Energy has set a goal to develop battery and energy storage technologies that are five times more powerful and five times cheaper than today's within five years.
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Google Play grows in Japan, other Asian countries
Apple's App Store generates four times the revenue of Google Play, but Google's sales of apps are growing fast in South Korea, Japan and India, according to a new monthly index.
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Mozilla ships Firefox 18 beta with faster JavaScript, Retina support
Mozilla yesterday released a first beta of its next browser, Firefox 18, touting a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution 'Retina' displays.
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Microsoft's SQL Server will have in-memory technology
The next version of Microsoft's SQL Server will allow users to host database tables, or even entire databases, within a server's memory.
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Is anyone really using Windows 8's preview?
Although millions have downloaded Microsoft's Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show.
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Google ships Chrome 16, patches 15 vulnerabilities
Google yesterday patched 15 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying $6,000 in bounties to bug hunters who reported some of them, and updated the browser to version 16.
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China beefs up its HPC training
China can use its power of government control to bring major changes quickly, and it is moving to expand parallel programming training to help <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179008/Five_reasons_why_China_will_rule_tech">its supercomputing efforts</a> -- and possibly its outsourcing industry, too.
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Java apps have most flaws, Cobol apps the least, study finds
There is a lot of badly engineered software in the world that's creating a lot of risk to businesses and organizations, according to an analysis of 745 applications.
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'Occupy Flash' movement wants Adobe's plug-in dead
A small group of website and mobile app developers have kicked off an "Occupy Flash" campaign to put a stake in the heart of Adobe's popular browser plug-in.
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Linux loses its luster as a darling among developers
Linux had a big birthday recently -- its 20th -- but the event may have been a tad bittersweet for its most devoted fans. According to recent results of the annual application development survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based researcher <a href="http://www.evansdata.com/">Evans Data Corp.</a> , Linux has slipped to third place in popularity, behind Mac OS and, of course, Windows.
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Flash Player demise on desktop inevitable, but years away, say analysts
Adobe's decision to stop Flash Player development for mobile browsers will likely be repeated for browsers on the desktop, just not anytime soon, analysts said today.
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Adobe explains ditching Flash for mobile
Adobe Systems said Wednesday it is abandoning the Flash Player in future mobile browsers to focus on HTML5, a decision that immediately ignited concerns among mobile app developers, many of whom are working with Android apps.
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Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8?
Now that developers have in their hands a pre-release version of Windows 8 running on a special edition of the Samsung Series 7 tablet, analysts are weighing in on how many developers will ultimately build Windows tablet applications.
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