Tuesday, June 3, 2014

IT News Head Lines (InfoWorld) 04/06/2014





IBM aims to bring faster development to the cloud
While practices to speed programming have been around for a decade, only recently have they caught the eye of the enterprise manager looking for a competitive edge. Now, IBM is updating its Bluemix portfolio of cloud services to help companies save time in deploying new applications by using these new programming methodologies.

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Apple unveils Swift programming language
Apple has a new programming language, Swift, intended to provide modern programming capabilities for Apple application development and streamline the building of applications.

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Windows 8.1 market share inches ahead of Windows 8
Windows 8.1's market share has finally inched ahead of Windows 8's, according to the May 2

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Flaws in popular SEO plug-in put WordPress websites at risk
Many WordPress websites could be at risk of compromise if their administrators don't upgrade a popular search engine optimization (SEO) plug-in to a newly released version that fixes serious vulnerabilities. Researchers from Web security firm Sucuri found two flaws in a plug-in called "All in One SEO Pack" that potentially allow attackers with access to non-administrative WordPress accounts to elevate their privileges and inject malicious code into the administration panel.

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SAP: Put a little more HANA in your Red Hat
Two of the bigger names in enterprise software, Red Hat and SAP, are preparing to expand their ongoing collaboration, with the former having its platform certified to run the latter's software.

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Asus adds 'laptop' to shapes its Transformer phone-tablet hybrid can adopt
Taiwanese PC maker Asus has added laptop to the forms that its latest Transformer phone-tablet hybrid can adopt -- potentially taunting Microsoft and Google once again with the device's ability to run both Windows and Android. The Transformer Book V combines a 5-inch smartphone running Android 4.4 with a 12.5-inch Windows 8.1 tablet. The smartphone slides into the tablet, enabling it to run the Android operating system.

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ARM developing processors to make wearables 'invisible'
In the gold rush for wearables, the key to success is invisibility and long battery life. ARM is pursuing the development of tiny processors that fit the profile. The new CPUs and microcontrollers are being developed for the whole range from tiny data-collecting wearables to sophisticated wearables such as smartglasses that require more processing power, ARM executives said Monday at a press conference at Computex in Taipei.

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Dell brings Ubuntu to tablets with new Inspiron hybrids
The Linux-based Ubuntu OS is finding its way into tablets with Dell's latest Inspiron hybrids, which can function as tablets and laptops. The PC maker is offering Ubuntu as an OS option alongside Windows 8 on its new hybrids, the Inspiron 11 3000, which has an 11.6-inch screen, and Inspiron 13 7000, which has a 13-inch screen.

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Samsung introduces Tizen smartphone, with Tizen TV coming next year
Samsung today introduced its first smartphone built around the Tizen operating system, with a TV running the OS planned for next year. Featuring a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display and a 2.3GHz Quad-core application processor, the Samsung Z, described by the South Korean company as the first commercially available Tizen smartphone, will run Tizen 2.2.1.

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Socket.IO JavaScript framework ready for real-time apps
The Socket.IO real-time framework for mobile and Web applications is now available as a 1.0 release.

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