Scala upgrade improves tooling, sheds runtime overhead

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	Scala upgrade improves tooling, sheds runtime overhead Scala, a prominent, statically typed language for the Java Virtual Machine, will be fitted with improvements for classes, asynchronous programming, and development tools as part of an upgrade due soon. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar Final Days to Register! BYOD & Mobility Management Seminar Attend and learn how to use your organization's appetite for risk as the foundation of your enterprise mobility management policy. BYOD & Mobility Management Tech Seminar – 10/16 – Denver Click to continue In this Issue 5 reasons to focus on Windows 7 not Windows 8 Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa BlackBerry sales fell again in Q2 but RIM's loss narrowed Facebook-Datalogix deal may violate privacy promises Disk drive shipments rebound from Thai floods WHITE PAPER: Accelrys Accelerate Science-Led Innovation for Competitive Advantage Companies adopting an approach that effectively connects the innovation cycle and commercialization cycle with high fidelity data that maintains the context as a project moves through discovery into manufacturing should experience greater operational visibility and improved decision making in all areas. Learn More Now! 5 reasons to focus on Windows 7 not Windows 8 With its new Start screen made of live tiles and its bold redesign, Windows 8 will have a challenging time getting consumers to embrace such radical change. But the enterprise will be even worse, according to a new report and webinar from research firm Gartner. Read More Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa With the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, though, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. In prepared remarks delivered at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president, presented a plan to add 20,000 H-1B visas and an equal number of STEM visa green cards to help companies get qualified workers Read More BlackBerry sales fell again in Q2 but RIM's loss narrowed Shipments of its BlackBerry smartphones fell in the quarter ended Sept. 1 as Research In Motion posted its third straight loss. There were 7.4 million BlackBerrys sold in the quarter, down from 7.8 million in the company's March-to-May quarter. RIM's revenue fell to $2.9 billion, compared with $4.2 billion a year earlier. But the company's revenue beat the consensus estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, of $2.5 billion. Read More Facebook-Datalogix deal may violate privacy promises Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. Read More Disk drive shipments rebound from Thai floods A year after a flooding disaster in Thailand took out a large portion of hard disk drive production, the industry has fully recovered with shipments to the computer market expected to hit a record level this year. According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, hard drive sales have rebounded, driven by demand in the enterprise market as well as the upcoming arrival of the Windows 8 operating system next month. Read More
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