Calling all startups - JAX needs you!

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Calling all startups - JAX needs you!

We're hunting for some Java-focused startups to feature on the site and at conference level. Can you help?

Groovy 2.1 completes JDK7 ‘invoke dynamic’ support

Groovier?

Groovy 2.1 completes JDK7 ‘invoke dynamic’ support

A new update for the dynamic JVM language has arrived, ushering in concurrency framework GPars as well as important features.

New GitHub search faces technical difficulties following privacy outcry

Not what they were looking for

New GitHub search faces technical difficulties following privacy outcry

A high-profile new search feature on GitHub has been plagued by technical and security problems.

Friday Five: Vine launches, meat gets printed and EMC discover Gangnam Style

Thank god it's...

Friday Five: Vine launches, meat gets printed and EMC discover Gangnam Style

As the weekend approaches, we look back at some of the web’s most interesting (off topic) links of the past seven days.

“My code is so bad it makes people’s eyes bleed”

The asses of OSS

“My code is so bad it makes people’s eyes bleed”

Community sticks up for developer whose open source code was publicly mocked on Twitter.

Op-ed: Have you seen my monkey?

Critical thinking

Op-ed: Have you seen my monkey?

Originally appearing in October's JAX Magazine, Jessica Kerr thinks you're smarter than a regular code monkey

VMware invest additional $30m into Puppet Labs

No strings to hold them down

VMware invest additional $30m into Puppet Labs

New funding from the virtualisation giant begins “strategic partnership” with the automation tool startup

Hudson 3.0 takes on Jenkins

The butler did it

Hudson 3.0 takes on Jenkins

First Hudson release under Eclipse Foundation brings plug-in manager and reduced footprint, but is it enough?

Google opens up Cloud Platform code on GitHub

Platform to build upon?

Google opens up Cloud Platform code on GitHub

Seeking to make a dent in AWS, Google make another attempt to encourage developers to its all-singing cloud project with starter projects.

Gartner: Big Data hype set to burst soon

Taking a big fall?

Gartner: Big Data hype set to burst soon

Analyst says that data-crunching craze is on its way to Gartner hype cycle’s trough of disillusionment.

Developer preview Firefox OS phones revealed

Spanish company debuts handsets

Developer preview Firefox OS phones revealed

The first dedicated hardware for Mozilla’s web-based OS is unveiled, albeit without release dates or price tags.

Behind Google’s “JavaScript killer” Dart

Aiming for bullseye

Behind Google’s “JavaScript killer” Dart

“It’s much harder to do a language than a virtual machine,” Dart co-founder Lars Bak has admitted.

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