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A-Z of Programming Languages: Scala

A Twitter developer has said that Scala could become the language of choice of the modern Web 2.0 startup. LinkedIn also uses the language. So do with many other big corporate names including Sony Pictures, EDF and SAP. Martin Odersky tells us about Scala’s history, its future and what makes it so interesting.

By Dahna McConnachie | 18 August, 2009 11:32

Tags: a-z of programming languages, LinkedIn, programming, scala, twitter

After early fame, DataPortability Project matures

The DataPortability Project tasted early fame in January 2008 when an indignant Robert Scoble joined the group after Facebook canceled the tech celebrity's account for exporting his friends list to Plaxo.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 31 March, 2009 07:30

Tags: data portability, social networking

Polycom CEO Robert Hagerty talks telepresence

Videoconferencing is available for desktops and even through specially designed rooms called telepresence systems, but on wireless handhelds? According to Robert Hagerty, who has been CEO of Polycom for 10 years, it could be widely available soon.

By Matt Hamblen | 10 March, 2009 09:48

Tags: polycom, video telepresence

Wikia co-founder on the good, the bad and the ugly of collaboration

Wikis could take a trick or two from Facebook and social networking sites in order to draw more contributors in the new year, says co-founder of Wikia, Angela Beesley, one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming linux.conf.au. She shares her thoughts on wikia, wikis and wikipedia as well as their place in the enterprise with Computerworld.

By Dahna McConnachie | 13 January, 2009 07:42

Tags: wikia

'Valley Girl' loves to live in a Web 2.0 world

With the recent rise of Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, it's hard to believe that just a few years ago, the tech industry, along with many investors, were taken for a loop when the dot-com bubble burst and many companies went under.

By Maxine Cheung | 26 September, 2008 09:59

Tags: blogs, corporate issues, finance, industry verticals, social networking, wikis

The A-Z of Programming Languages: ASP

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of AWK fame, Chet Ramey about his experience maintaining Bash, and S. Tucker Taft on the Ada 1995 and 2005 revisions. In this article we chat to Microsoft about its web application framework ASP.NET, used to build dynamic Web sites, applications and Web services

By Naomi Hamilton | 11 June, 2008 11:18

Tags: a-z of programming languages

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