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Telerik Releases New Version of Kendo UI CompleteTelerik, an application tool company, announced a new version of its Kendo UI Complete tool, which now supports tablet UIs and contains server-side wrappers for ASP.NET MVC.
GitHub Scores $100 Million Venture Capital InvestmentGitHub, an online source code repository, scored a $100 million investment, brought to you by Menlo Park’s esteemed venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz.
Leaked Passwords and Better Security PracticesLinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm all had their password databases leaked in June. Many commentators opined—some more lucidly than others—on what was wrong and right with their password-handling practices. As testers, how do we assess whether or not our software is handling passwords securely?
Enterprise Social Software Market to Hit $4.5 Billion in 2016A new report by market intelligence firm International Data Corporation predicts that the global enterprise social software market will hit $4.5 billion in 2016.
Google Software News RoundupGoogle's had a busy week announcing new Android software features and Google Glasses as well as taking part in a software mentorship program for high school girls.
Not Your Father's C++

Because C++ is not owned by a single company, it only gets updated every decade or so; therefore, it has been leap-frogged many times in terms of features by Java and C#. The latest version not only catches up with other modern languages but leaps ahead of them with a few killer virtues of its own.

Enterprise Application Spending to Hit $120.4 BillionGartner, the information technology-research firm, announced this week that 2012 will see global spending on enterprise application software reach $120.4 billion.
Oracle: HTML 5 and JavaScript Will Dominate App DevelopmentAn Oracle executive predicts HTML5 and JavaScript (along with other new development technologies) will dominate the world of application development.