Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 ...

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Thirty years ago, Java 1.0 revolutionized software development. Every Java demo featured a simple "Hello World" dialog window with the only available option: Java's Abstract Window Toolkit, the first ...

Parallels has just released the brand new Parallels Desktop 20 for Mac. The new version includes an AI-ready virtual machine toolkit that can be securely downloaded and operated offline, making it ...

Qt Jambi is a new and noteworthy alternative to Swing and Java 2D for developing rich, cross-platform desktop-application interfaces. In this article JavaWorld contributor Jeff Hanson introduces the ...

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MEMS Studio—an all-in-one tool for MEMS sensor evaluation and development—claims to unify the sensor-development workflow from evaluation to configuration and programming for MCU-centric designs ...

Development on the operating system will stop as the company pivots to work ‘solely on the enterprise space’ Development on the operating system will stop as the company pivots to work ‘solely on the ...

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Microsoft is reportedly preparing to remove the compiler toolchain from its Windows SDK for Windows 8, in what appears to be an attempt to force developers into building Metro style apps. Microsoft is ...