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C is still leading over Java, but Tiobe index's accuracy is questioned

An important PHP developer dismissed the validity of Tiobe's language survey, which has C continuing to displace Java as the most popular language
Java loses out to C in coding language popularity contest

C takes the top ranking in Tiobe's monthly assessment on the popularity of programming languages.
Microsoft issues first Windows 8 patch for Consumer Preview

Microsoft has delivered six security updates to patch 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and several other products, including one bug that attackers are already exploiting, while the company also issued the first patch for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta-like build Microsoft released at the end of February.
Microsoft extends SharePoint application building to the cloud

Microsoft will launch a cloud-based application build service and improvements to its Visual Studio IDE to make it easier to build SharePoint programs.
Google programming languages Go and Dart rank poorly in Tiobe Index

Tiobe Programming Community Index cites lack of usage of Go and Dart, while programming languages from Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple rank prominently with Java still the most used.
Microsoft ASP.Net model view controller updated for mobile web

Mobile web functionality will also be featured in the beta release of Model-View-Controller platform version 4.
Java beats C in Tiobe index of language popularity

Java is hanging on to its ranking as the most popular programming language, but only by a thin margin. It edged out C in this month's Tiobe index of programming language popularity.
Apple iPhone and iPad drive Objective-C growth

The language used to build apps for the iPad and iPhone has the most momentum for 2012.
C# wins developers, but Java reigns and mobile developers choose C++

Microsoft's C# language appears set to overtake C++ in popularity with developers, a monthly survey of programming languages finds. But the language could be held back because C++ is better for mobile application development, an official in charge of the survey said.
Java losing popularity with developers

Java is losing popularity despite the recent release of a major upgrade to the platform, according to the latest monthly assessment of programming languages by Tiobe Software.

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Cobol on the mainframe: Does it have a future?

David Brown is worried. As managing director of the IT transformation group at Bank of New York Mellon, he is responsible for the health and welfare of 112,500 Cobol programs -- 343 million lines of code -- that run core banking and other operations. But many of the people who built that code base, some of which goes back to the early days of Cobol in the 1960s, will be retiring over the next several years.
Windows 8 could tempt tablet developers over to Microsoft

Microsoft's emphasis on touch cited as new opportunity for developers looking to target tablets in the post-PC era.
Twenty glorious years of Windows malware

Windows PCs have been under siege for 20 years. What a difference those two decades make.
The future's bright ... the future's Cobol

Cobol may not make headlines much these days, with technologies such as Java and .Net viewed as the glamorous, contemporary platforms and Cobol seen as legacy code. Stephen Kelly, CEO of MicroFocus talked to our sister publication, Infoworld, about how the language has still got a future.
What LINQ will offer

At TechEd, Microsoft talked up its new set of query operators for .NET. We set out what it all means and the impact it has on C# programmers.
Users mix open source, Windows for server apps

There's a growing wave of users opting not exclusively for Linux or Windows, but for a third way -- open source apps on top of Windows. Advocates say that it provides the best of both worlds.
The battle in your pocket: Microsoft versus Nokia

PDAs and smartphones look good but Nokia can build on its market share in phones.
Making the right connections: relational databases

Relational databases are at the centre of most businesses. In this RTFM we look at the core concepts.
Microsoft .NET: What is it?

Is .NET a radical new development in software inter-communication or a load of marketing waffle? We take the polythene wrap off another big idea.
Diving into the cache while on the road

One of the less well-known features of Windows 2000 is the capability to use cached server files, while working away from the office. Everything that a well-informed road warrior would need.

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