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Google Ramping Up Chrome Releases

 Already the pace setter in stable updates in the browser space, Google is planning to begin releasing new versions of Chrome twice as quickly. -  more information

The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook

 The head of Facebook's open source products details how the company delivers social networking to 500 million people. -  more information

Microsoft Visual Studio Power Tools Get Update

 New improvements, features and big fixes are on tap for users of Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010. -  more information

Microsoft Ramping Up Windows Phone 7 Rollout

 As it moves gears up for the holiday release of a new crop of mobile devices, Microsoft is accelerating the distribution of test copies of Windows Phone 7 handsets. -  more information

Puppet System Configuration Gets Bumped to 2.6

 The popular, open source configuration management tool receives a handful of enhancements -- including basic Windows support -- while its backer, Puppet Labs, gets new financing. -  more information

Rackspace Teams With NASA in Cloud Play

 Space agency and cloud player join forces in the OpenStack project, an effort to build an ecosystem around large-scale computing and storage services. -  more information

Will New PDK Attract Perl Developers?

 An update to the Perl language has been out since April, but developers are slow to adopt it. Will a new kit change that? -  more information

A Look Inside Novell's openSUSE Build Service

 Novell's openSUSE community Linux distribution gets a lift from the recently unveiled openSUSE Build Service 2.0, which offers developers new features to improve their workflow. -  more information

New Linux Kernel, Btrfs in Novell openSUSE 11.3

 The community Linux distribution gets a slew of enhancements, like new support for a filesystem that's gaining ground among major Linux players. -  more information

Say What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes

 The technology world's most quotable quips and comments from around the Web. -  more information

Microsoft Ships Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools

 A beta version of developer tools for Microsoft's ambitious Windows Phone 7 is now available that developers can use to build apps for the new device. -  more information

Will Tools Alliance Lead to Better Software?

 Coverity and Armorize bring their specialty code-analysis tools together for a joint solution designed to improve performance and security. -  more information

Wind River Pushes Linux Security Further

 The soon-to-be-released EAL 4+ certified 'secure' embedded Linux from Wind River could result in new market opportunities. -  more information

The Planet Jumps on KVM Virtualization

 The hosting provider is taking a different approach with its new cloud hosting service based on Linux KVM virtualization. -  more information

Is This the End of the Line for Python 2.x?

 The final Python 2.x release is now available, but does that mean developers need to jump to Python 3.x now? -  more information

Microsoft Unveils Tech Certification Program

 The new Microsoft Technology Associate certification is available to college students who don't have an IT major. -  more information

Faster Apache Cayenne 3 for Java Framework

 The open source Java framework sports enhanced performance and ease of use. -  more information

Oracle's Agenda Favors NetBeans and Eclipse

 Now that Oracle owns Sun Microsystems the database giant's plans for supporting Java developers are becoming clearer. -  more information

Silverlight Gains PivotViewer Visualization

 The free Silverlight control is designed to help users better analyze complex sets of data. -  more information

Apache Tomcat Update Adds Java Features

 Four years after its last major release, the Apache Tomcat project has unveiled Tomcat 7, a significant update that delivers several new Java features. -  more information