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Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility

The project, three years in the making and still in beta, is just starting to be rolled out by government and planning agencies.
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HP moves load testing software to the cloud

With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement.

HP to let partners host LoadRunner

Hewlett-Packard's LoadRunner performance validation software will become available on a hosted basis through HP partners, the company announced Tuesday.

Microsoft drops Start button from Windows 8, reports say

Microsoft will scratch the 17-year-old Start button from Windows 8, according to reports based on a purported leak of the latest beta build.

Appeals court denies Google bid to keep email out of Oracle trial

Google has failed in its latest attempt to keep a potentially damaging email out of the lawsuit Oracle filed against it over alleged Java intellectual-property violations in the Android mobile OS.

RIM offers free PlayBook to attract Android developers

Research in Motion is trying to woo developers by giving a free BlackBerry Playbook tablet to coders who port their Android application for its BlackBerry Tablet OS.

Firefox 10 relieves add-on updating pain

Mozilla today patched eight vulnerabilities in Firefox as it shipped the latest iteration in its rapid release schedule.

IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform

IBM on Tuesday announced plans to buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.

HP extends asset mapping into Amazon, VMware clouds

Hewlett-Packard has updated its Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced (DDMA) software package so it will allow administrators to map their IT assets in the cloud.

Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week

Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.

Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review

MongoDB shines with broad programming language support, SQL-like queries, and out-of-the-box scaling

The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server

Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser -- but it has limits developers must beware

Even the best patching programs probably miss this

Kenneth Van Wyk warns that vulnerabilities in programming frameworks are slipping through the cracks. (Insider; registration required)

How to cope with HTML5's dueling standards bodies

Pay no attention to those chattering consortia -- when it comes to charting a course for HTML adoption, the browser is the new standard.

First look: Zend's PHP developer cloud

Zend Developer Cloud woos PHP developers with enterprise-grade development features, snapshots for easy recovery and project sharing, and promises of single-click cloud deployment

Ira Winkler: Facebook is giving hacking a good name again

Its Hacker Cup celebrates creative computer talent instead of rewarding the destroyers.

The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services

InfoWorld's Test Center unveils the 2012 Technology of the Year Awards

Three HTML5 animation tools: Adobe Edge, Sencha Animator, Tumult Hype

HTML5 developers might want some help in dealing with a steep learning curve. We review three applications that can help. Insider (registration required)

10 questions for Box CFO Dylan Smith

-- Name: Dylan Smith, co-founder and CFO

Adobe's no-choice embrace of HTML5

As Flash gives way to open technologies, Adobe is retooling to support the new developer reality