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Mike Cohn and the Daily Standup Meeting
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 17:35Although the idea of having daily standup meetings seems pretty ubiquitous in our world of software and agile, it’s nice to remember that not everyone in the general workforce has caught on to our methods. Sarah Gardner of Marketplace recently chatted with Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software about the rise of daily standup meetings in today’s workplace.
GE to Open Technology Center in New Orleans
Mon, 02/20/2012 - 16:24Do you currently live in the Big Easy (New Orleans) and need a job in software? You might want to check out General Electric, which announced that it will be opening its new GE Capital Technology Center in New Orleans. Over the next three years, GE plans to hire up to 300 IT professionals who will work on developing "new software, processes and technologies to drive excellence for its financial services business, GE Capital."
From the announcement:
Google Releases New Test Version of Chrome Designed to Work With Dart
Fri, 02/17/2012 - 13:23This week, Google released a new test version of its Chrome browser, which can apparently run programs written in the company’s Dart programming language.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.8 Developer Preview
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 15:06Apple is taking its OS X release cycle to one major release per year, according to industry writers who got an early review. The company will release OS X 10.8, or "Mountain Lion," this summer, just one year after the release of OS X 10.7, or "Lion."
If you're a member of the Apple Developer Program, you can download a preview of the operating system now.
Attend the Jubula Training Day in Florence, Italy
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 09:22Learn from the Jubula experts in a one-day intensive course.
This one-day workshop is designed to make it easier to get started with Jubula in a small amount of time. If you have tried Jubula, are thinking of trying it, or are using it already, then you should consider attending the Training Day.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implements Cloud, Open Source, and Agile
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 16:15While we know that many federal agencies (cough cough...FBI) are having difficulties getting their technology in order, it’s nice to hear that the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seems to be on top of any potential IT and data issues, according to Information Week.
FBI Issues Requirements to its Cloud Vendors
Thu, 02/09/2012 - 17:42Even though the tech world seems so gung-ho about the rise of cloud computing, potential security issues seem to be stressing out the FBI. Computerworld reports that all cloud vendors doing business with U.S. law enforcement agencies must now abide by the “ FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) security requirements.”
Jaikumar Vijayan writes that the FBI will not make any compromises to the new requirements, which Google says “are incompatible with cloud computing.”
VMware Launches vCloud Integration Manager
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 13:39Palo Alto’s VMware, Inc. launched its vCloud Integration Manager this week, which the company says is “designed to help service providers automate the delivery and operations of VMware vCloud Director(TM)-based clouds.”
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Mozilla Developing Push Notifications
Mon, 02/06/2012 - 15:10If you work as a developer on a website, you probably know how annoying it is to be able to successfully communicate site updates to your loyal followers. I attribute this to the limitations of the technology that a site is built upon (for example: a content management system that malfunctions when trying to send automatic emails to users). Mozilla’s development of “push notifications” just might solve this dilemma. According to Mozilla, “push notifications are a way for websites to send small messages to users when the user is not on the site.”
Mark Zuckerberg and The Hacker Way
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 18:12The Hacker Way
