Shortly after Dart2js outperformed hand-written JavaScript, the latest Dart VM now beats JVM 7 64-bit Server, and other versions, in the DeltaBlue benchmark. By Abel Avram

Gary Gale revisits some of the important milestones in map development over time up to the digital maps of the present time, noting some of the current developments. By Gary Gale

Ken Kousen introduces Spock, a logical testing framework written in Groovy, providing code samples for developers. By Ken Kousen

Creating a simple immutable class in C# is easy, but eventually you’ll want to create deep graphs that, for efficiencies sake, should be created via a builder. Or perhaps you want to make non-destructive updates by creating methods. Buil...

10gen recently announced limited release of their MongoDB Backup Service providing incremental backups and point-in-time recovery. By Roopesh Shenoy

AIDE 2.0 adds support for C/C++, a new Design View, better UI and improved Git integration. AIDE is an Android IDE running on Android. By Abel Avram

Objective Sharpie is the child of Aaron Bockover. This tool creates C# bindings suitable for use in Mono for Objective C SDKs. Objective Sharpie works by using Clang to parse Objective C header files. Since the process is automated, and ...

Paul Webster provides some history and context for the evolution of the Eclipse 4 project, and sketches out where it is going with the Eclipse Kepler (4.3) and Luna (4.4) releases in the future. By Paul Webster

Stephane Dubois shares insight in Xignite’s road building a business model providing APIs for accessing financial data. By Stephane Dubois

Darach Ennis investigates data distribution biased for occasionally connected near-real-time data streaming in low fidelity environments with traditional messaging and discusses the nuances, tradeoffs and considerations that require a ve...