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Ki injects Lisp into JavaScript

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 06/18/2014 - 11:00

JavaScript is getting another option for functional programming, called Ki.

Categories: IT General

Paging IT: Please report to the emergency room stat!

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 06/18/2014 - 11:00

As tech pros, we know to never, ever overlook the basic root causes for a tech problem.

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Cloud-based analytics offer insight to all

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 06/18/2014 - 11:00

The ubiquitous phrase "big data" has worn out its welcome. For most businesses, the emphasis lies in useful analytic results, not the size or the source of data that produces insight. But that doesn't mean analytics technology should stand still.

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Big data log analysis thrives on machine learning

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 06/18/2014 - 11:00

Machine-generated log data is the dark matter of the big data cosmos. It is generated at every layer, node, and component within distributed information technology ecosystems, including smartphones and Internet-of-things endpoints. It is collected, processed, analyzed, and used everywhere, but mostly behind the scenes.

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5 no-bull facts you need to know about the 'no-Internet-fast-lane' bill

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 18:04

The Washington Post reports that a new bill is about to be put before Congress

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Last stand? Microsoft fights a U.S. warrant for the future of the cloud

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:00

Microsoft is challenging a federal search warrant that targets private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft took this action to a higher court after a judge quashed the company's opposition to the warrant in April.

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Stop sneaky hackers from launching DMA attacks

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:00

Credit: iStockphoto

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Last stand? Microsoft fights a U.S. warrant for the future of the cloud

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:00

Microsoft is challenging a federal search warrant that targets private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft took this action to a higher court after a judge quashed the company's opposition to the warrant in April.

Categories: IT General

Project Panama builds a bridge between Java and C/C++

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:00

Advocates of open source Java are moving forward with an effort to let Java programmers access non-Java APIs, including many interfaces used by C programmers.

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Code boot camps finally go MOOC

Top Tech Stories - Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:00

Credit: Goodluz

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Video: John Oliver lays a dingo trap for FCC chairman

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 20:55

In the midst of a piece about the FCC and Net neutrality, comedian John Oliver unflatteringly compared FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to a dingo (though one wonders if there's a flattering way to compare someone to a dingo). It was a good metaphor that doubled as a quality joke, and we all had a good laugh. Then came an unexpected turn: A reporter asked Wheeler if he had heard Oliver's metaphor, and Wheeler replied with a denial that he is, in fact, a dingo.

Categories: IT General

IE11 patches blocked until Windows 7 users install KB 2929437

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 18:54

The situation isn't as dire as it was (and is) with the forced march of users to Windows 8.1 Update 1

Categories: IT General

The Java IQ test: Round 2

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:00
Overview: 

Can anyone truly get their head around Java? Seven major revisions; untold minor ones; hundreds of official APIs; thousands of third-party libraries, some of which, like the Apache Commons, might as well be part of the language -- given Java's breadth and ongoing dominance, it's entirely possible that no one person knows more than 2 percent of the stack, regardless of what anyone claims during a job interview.

[ More InfoWorld quizzes: Programming IQ test: Round 3 | "Hello, world": Programming languages quiz | The JavaScript IQ test | The Java IQ test | The 2012 InfoWorld geek IQ test | Microsoft Windows IQ test round 2 | InfoWorld's Linux IQ test: Round 2 | Malware IQ test: Round 2 | The Google IQ test | The Android IQ test ]

Of course, that's not going to keep us from quizzing you again about the seemingly infinite world of Java. You may have aced our first Java IQ test, but let's see how you do as we further probe your knowledge of this incredible universe of code.

Categories: IT General

Windows 2003: Microsoft's next support sinkhole

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:00

Quick: Name a Microsoft operating system whose end of support will soon create major problems for the businesses that depend on it.

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The Java IQ test: Round 2

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:00
Overview: 

Can anyone truly get their head around Java? Seven major revisions; untold minor ones; hundreds of official APIs; thousands of third-party libraries, some of which, like the Apache Commons, might as well be part of the language -- given Java's breadth and ongoing dominance, it's entirely possible that no one person knows more than 2 percent of the stack, regardless of what anyone claims during a job interview.

[ More InfoWorld quizzes: Programming IQ test: Round 3 | "Hello, world": Programming languages quiz | The JavaScript IQ test | The Java IQ test | The 2012 InfoWorld geek IQ test | Microsoft Windows IQ test round 2 | InfoWorld's Linux IQ test: Round 2 | Malware IQ test: Round 2 | The Google IQ test | The Android IQ test ]

Of course, that's not going to keep us from quizzing you again about the seemingly infinite world of Java. You may have aced our first Java IQ test, but let's see how you do as we further probe your knowledge of this incredible universe of code.

Categories: IT General

Apache or Nginx? Go with both

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:00

Credit: Teerawut Punsorn

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The open source way of being

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:00

Open source software is now the shortest route to bringing innovation to market.

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