Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

RaaS - the latest malicious file that takes up to $500 from its victims

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RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) is the latest virus that infects various machines whenever users click the malicious file, which proceeds to download without letting the users know.

IBM new open source project to speed up Ruby and Python

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Ruby and Python are the first two languages that IBM has selected to use as concept proofs for its new project.

How will life after Java 9 look like?

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Java chief architect Mark Reinhold gave a presentation titled Java 9 and Beyond at the EclipseCon keynote that was held this year from March 9-12 in San Francisco.

NodeOS 1.0 to base entirely on JavaScipt and make developers&#39 life easier

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According to Java World, by using Node.js and Npm, NodeOS will make the life of developers way easier.

Java 9 release postponed, new version to launch in May 2017

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Java chief architect Mark Reinhold has recently announced that Java’s major release will be delayed due to several complexities that need more time.

Java Magazine: Jython 2.7 - Python and Java’s best integrating option

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An integration of Python and Java, Jython makes it easy for developers to create projects and there are plenty of reasons why many choose it.

Databricks offers Spark 1.6 Preview, developers’ wish for an efficient memory usage finally fulfilled

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Spark 1.6 is now fulfilling developers’ wish by making its memory usage more efficient.

ECMAScript 2016 (ES7) to feature async functions and SIMD capabilities

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Brian Terlson, Senior program manager at Microsoft, said at the QCon conference in San Francisco that ES6 will be available on June 16, 2016.

Apache Spark and Java 8 helping developers with machine learning and Big Data applications.

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Developers with no experience in Big Data can use Spark and Java 8 to develop machine learning and other Big Data applications.