From InfoWorld: Once-faltering Java is beginning to run away with the Tiobe language popularity index, with the language getting a shot in the arm from last year's Java 8 release.
Previously mired in second place behind the C language for more than a year, Java resumed the top spot in the Tiobe...
Here at APH Networks, we love to tell stories in the introduction of our reviews. I am not entirely sure how this started, but this tradition became one of our unique aspects after being in the industry for the last ten years. There are usually quite a number of sources for our inspiration; ranging from elements intrinsic to the product itself, to snippets of life with people around us. In my Datacolor Spyder4PRO review last year, I told of a...
Last weekend was our annual church-wide summer camp, and it was a great time of hanging out with friends, and getting away from the city. Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan mentioned in his SanDisk Ultra II review about some of his conference traditions, but there were some differences this time around. For example, none of us had a case of missing identity by swapping nametags, nor did we buy engine oil for the fun of it. On the other hand, the...
From ComputerWorld: Data-integration giant Informatica has made itself a private company in a $5.3 billion deal that includes investments from Microsoft and Salesforce.com.
The deal, said to be the biggest leveraged buyout this year, means Informatica's stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq on...
From InfoWorld: IBM plans to buy Merge Healthcare in a $1 billion deal that promises to bring new image-focused capabilities to its Watson Health platform.
Under the terms of the acquisition, which was announced Thursday and is expected to close later this year, Merge shareholders will receive $7...
From PC World: Amazon Web Services now lets companies run Oracle’s database for about 3 cents per hour, while at the same time adding more options for enterprises that want to move high performance workloads to the cloud.
The offering that makes this possible is Amazon RDS (Relational Database...
From CNET: Nvidia's Shield tablet recall includes the "vast majority" of devices the company has sold, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said.
Nvidia on Friday announced that 8-inch Shield tablets sold between July 2014 and July 2015 have a battery that is susceptible to overheating and could pose a fire hazard...
From InfoWorld: IBM's year-long partnership with Apple took a new turn on Wednesday with the PC giant's announcement of new cloud services designed to help large companies incorporate Macs into their IT infrastructures.
With the new offering, which is part of IBM's MobileFirst services portfolio...
From PC World: Qualcomm has entered into an agreement to acquire Ikanos Communications in order to speed up its efforts to build home gateways with integrated support for G.fast, which promises to offer hundreds of megabit per second over copper.
If all goes according to plan, Ikanos will become...
From ComputerWorld: Facebook is giving businesses more reasons to use Facebook Messenger to reach customers.
Businesses using the site now have more ways to send private messages, through Messenger, to Facebook users who interact with businesses' pages or ads. Previously, businesses could only...
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