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Container software maker CoreOS Inc. has often criticized its blue-chip rival Docker Inc. for security flaws, saying the CoreOS own design is a lot safer. Now, the company has gone a step further in its quest to secure containers with the general …
Stack Overflow survey: JavaScript is No. 1, but Spark is where the big bucks are
Stack Overflow, the popular developer forum and online hangout, has just released the results of its 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, which is considered by many to be one of the best takes on the state of the software industry. More than …
Google gives up on robots, looks to sell Boston Dynamics
If you were worried that Google was plotting to take over the world with its impressively horrifying robotic creations designed with the military in mind, well there’s good news – that’s not going to happen, because Google is reportedly looking to sell …
Google open-sources its load balancing train, Maglev
Google says it’s going to open-source its Maglev load-balancing tool to developers, in a move that will also provide a boost to its own infrastructure. Google engineers Daniel Eisenbud and Paul Newson explained in a blog post that Google has a long …
Google takes marketing to the extreme with Analytics 360 suite
Google is throwing down the gauntlet to Adobe Inc.’s Marketing Cloud service with the release of several new tools aimed at enterprise marketers. Launched on Tuesday,Google’s Analytics 360 suite encompasses several integrated data and marketing analytics tools that are designed to help …
Amazon files ‘pay-by-selfie’ patent application for online purchases
Instead of entering a password or credit card number every time you want to purchase something online, soon you might just be able to take a selfie and have done with it. Retail giant Amazon.com, Inc., has just filed a patent application …
VMware adds HTML-5 Host Client to vSphere 6.0
VMware Inc. has added a new HTML-5 Web interface to vSphere 6.0 in what is the second major update for the tool. vSphere 6.0’s new Host Client is derived from what VMware calls a “Fling”, that is, unsupported code the company has …
Software to account for almost half of all Big Data revenues by 2026, Wikibon says
The growing usage of Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS-based, applications in the enterprise means that software will displace traditional services to account for almost half of all Big Data revenues by the middle of next decade, Wikibon CTO David Floyer asserted in a new …
Dell’s in the doldrums ahead of EMC merger
Dell Inc. has enjoyed the luxury of not needing to post it’s financial results for almost two-and-a-half years following its decision to take itself private again, but with the company firmly setting its sights on an EMC Corp. gobble, its been forced …
Oracle posts mixed Q3 earnings: Cloud grows but profits slide
Oracle posted a disappointing set of Q3 fiscal 2016 numbers, blaming the strong dollar for cutting into its profits. The database giant reported revenues of $9 billion for the quarter, a three percent decline from one year ago, and net income of …