Oracle Takes Action on Java Security
Jun 03, 2013Lead Java developer vows policy changes and more attention to fixing problems.
more »Eclipse Releases Hudson 3.0
Jan 31, 2013The Eclipse Foundation announces the release of Hudson 3.0 – a continuous integration (CI) server used to improve the software development process.
more »Qt Project Releases Qt 5
Jan 03, 2013Qt 5 offers developers enhanced productivity, flexibility, and easier cross-platform portability.
more »Splunk Announces SDKs for Java and Python
Dec 21, 2012New SDKs aim to integrate Splunk with big data applications.
more »AMD Joins OpenJDK Project Sumatra
Oct 04, 2012AMD announces its participation in OpenJDK Project “Sumatra” in collaboration with Oracle and other members of the OpenJDK community to help bring heterogeneous computing capabilities to Java for server and cloud environments.
more »Red Hat Releases JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
Jun 27, 2012Platform 6 offers updated architecture, increased integration, and Java EE 6 support.
more »Fedora 17 Released
May 31, 2012The Fedora Project announces the availability of Fedora 17, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution.
more »oVirt Open source data center management with Red Hat’s oVirt
May 29, 2012The days when administrators were forced to manage virtual machines at the console are gone. Competitors of VMware and Citrix now offer equally sophisticated GUIs. One promising alternative is Red Hat’s oVirt – a free Java interface for Libvirt.
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