Like it or not, closures are coming to Java

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	Like it or not, closures are coming to Java Project Lambda, a much-talked-about Java technology effort, is expected next year to bring closures capabilities and related features to Java that are promised to aid multicore programming. Java is the lone holdout among mainstream object-oriented languages in not having closures. Experts disagree, however, on just how valuable closures are for Java, and whether they're worth the effort for developers. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Extend the Virtual Edge of the Data Center to the Branch Organizations today are faced with the challenge of satisfying both end-users and IT. While end-users require flexible and reliable access to their data and applications, IT organizations need to meet those demands while keeping budgets under control and company assets secure. Learn More In this Issue Developers praise Windows Phone 8 SDK, but virtualization and upgrades rankle More VMware ESX hypervisor source code leaked by hackers AMD announces fastest 16-core server chips as ARM future looms OS X Snow Leopard shows signs of becoming Apple's XP WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Deliver an end-to-end desktop virtualization solution This guide provides a detailed explanation on how to deliver a new, improved, end-to-end desktop virtualization solution that will make it easier and more cost-effective for businesses to deploy high-definition virtual desktops and applications to all users across an entire enterprise. Learn More Developers praise Windows Phone 8 SDK, but virtualization and upgrades rankle With its newly released Windows Phone SDK 8.0, Microsoft is offering a better story for smartphone software developers, but the SDK itself may force some developers to undergo system upgrades. Technologists and developers who have sampled the SDK -- mainly Microsoft partners with early access, such as officials at Sencha, Telerik, and Crittercism -- mostly like what they've seen. But software architect and blogger Tad Anderson has given the SDK itself a thumbs-down, calling it a "big-time flop" in a blog entry. Still, he likes Microsoft's overall prospects in the smartphone realm. Read More More VMware ESX hypervisor source code leaked by hackers VMware warned on Sunday that more of its source code for its ESX hypervisor technology could become public after another batch of code was released by a hacker. The source code dates from 2004 and is related to other code released in April, wrote Iain Mulholland, VMware's director of platform security. Read More AMD announces fastest 16-core server chips as ARM future looms With a future in ARM servers looming, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced its fastest 16-core Opteron 6300 server chips as the company continues to enhance its x86 line-up. The five new Opteron chips, code-named Abu Dhabi, are up to 40 percent faster on enterprise application workloads than the 1-year-old Opteron 6200 chips code-named Interlagos, which also had 16 cores, AMD said. Read More OS X Snow Leopard shows signs of becoming Apple's XP One in four Macs now run OS X Mountain Lion, Apple's newest operating system, data released last week showed. But there are signs that OS X Snow Leopard, an edition shipped in August 2009, may be the Mac's equivalent of Microsoft's Windows XP, an OS that stubbornly refuses to go away. Read More
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