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How to use Spring Java Config

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With Spring framework you can configure your beans with Java code instead of xml files, however mixing the two might cause unexpected results, if you don’t use Java config correctly. One example we were facing when we used mixed configuration methods (xml and java) is that beans you reference in your Java config are not yet [...]

Dad sues Apple for pushing cash-draining ‘free’ games at kids

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An iPhone-owner whose daughter downloaded dollarsignr200 worth of “Zombie Toxin” and “Gems” through in-app purchases on his iPhone has been allowed to pursue a class action suit against Apple for compensation of up to dollarsignr5m. Garen Meguerian of Pennsylvania launched the class-action case against Apple in October 2011 after he discovered that his nine-year-old daughter had [...]

Android grabs more than half of US smartphone market

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Android increased its US smartphone market share to more than 50 percent for the first time during the three months to February 2012. Digital measurement firm ComScore found that Android’s market share hit 50.1 percent, up from 46.9 percent in November 2011 and up 17 percentage points compared to February 2011. Google announced this week that [...]

HTML5 Now On Wix

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It has been a long journey here at Wix.com, but I’m happy to announce that the best web site builder is now even better with HTML5. For the past 6 months we at Wix have been working very hard to switch from a single platform that is based on creating Flash web sites to a multi-platform [...]

Continuous Rollback

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Continuous delivery is the next step in continuous integration. When you work in continuous delivery, the application deployments should be very easy and automated. As easy as we can deploy, rollbacks should be easy to perform too, and also automated. However automated deployments and rollback can cause unexpected problems if you are not careful. One [...]

Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Let me tell you about a browser. An innovative browser that was the first to implement new Web technologies that allowed for greater interactivity. A browser with a striking new interface. Chrome? No: Internet Explorer 6. There’s a reason that Microsoft’s browser took over 95 percent of the Web browser market from Netscape (Firefox’s ancestor): IE6 [...]

New zero-day vulnerabilities found in Adobe Flash Player

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Recently a vulnerability was found in both Mac and Windows versions of Adobe’s Acrobat and Reader products that could allow an attacker to crash the programs and gain control of the system. So far only attacks on Windows machines have been found, but Mac systems could be affected as well. Now two similar vulnerabilities have been [...]

Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More

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Google has expanded its search blacklist to include many of the top file-sharing sites on the Internet, including The Pirate Bay. The changes were quietly processed and appear to be broader than previous additions. Google’s blacklist prevents the names of sites appearing in their Instant and Autocomplete search services, while the pages themselves remain indexed.

Mobile “rootkit” maker tries to silence critical Android dev

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A data-logging software company is seeking to squash an Android developer’s critical research into its software that is secretly installed on millions of phones, but Trevor Eckhart is refusing to publicly apologize for his research and remove the company’s training manuals from his website. Though the software is installed on millions of Android, BlackBerry, and Nokia [...]

Bug silences Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone, which went on sale last week, is suffering from a particularly annoying bug. The glitch sees the handset drop the audio volume of its own accord. The phone goes suddenly silent, without warning, many an owner spent the weekend complaining on the intertubes. Others have grumbled about the volume key [...]

Adobe abandons Flash plug-in for mobile devices

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Apparently experiencing what Adobe Systems called the “full Web” on mobile devices isn’t so important after all. In what appears to be a momentous about-face, Adobe Systems is scrapping its high-profile effort to bring its Flash Player software to smartphones and tablets, Jason Perlew at sister site ZDNet reported today. Such a move would mean Adobe’s [...]

Google Giving you fresher, more recent search results

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Search results, like warm cookies right out of the oven or cool refreshing fruit on a hot summer’s day, are best when they’re fresh. Even if you don’t specify it in your search, you probably want search results that are relevant and recent. Gogle Search uses a freshness algorithm, designed to give you the most up-to-date [...]

Steve Jobs passed away, 1955 – 2011

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Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder, chairman and former chief executive of Apple Inc., passed away Wednesday. A visionary inventor and entrepreneur, it would be impossible to overstate Steve Jobs’ impact on technology and how we use it. Apple’s mercurial, mysterious leader did more than reshape his entire industry: he completely changed how we interact with technology. He [...]

Java one keynote - Live report from San Francisco

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This year I have the pleasure to attend the Java one convention and I’m currently present at the Java one first keynote. There are literary hundreds of people here at the Hilton’s grans ballroom 09:57 Announcing NeBeans IDE 7.1 Beta Announcing JavaFX Scene builder Announcing JavaFX developer preview for MacOS X Announcing JavaFX 2.0 general avilability - Download at javafx.com/download 09:40 Java [...]

Oracle announces NoSQL database

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At the JavaOne convention Oracle announced a new NoSQL database system. The NoSQL database is a key-value store. Later today Oracle will formally announce this new product