Programmer personality types: 13 profiles in code

Coding culture offers no shortage of character. Here are the specs for determining your developer breed... more

Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier

Amazon, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM, and MapR mix simpler setup of Hadoop clusters with proprietary twists and trade-offs... more

The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services

InfoWorld's Test Center unveils the 2012 Technology of the Year Awards ... more

11 programming trends to watch

From JavaScript everywhere to everything on the JVM, new tools, techniques, and troubles are changing how developers work... more

First look: Google Dart vs. JavaScript

Dart fixes a number of problems with Web programming, but introduces new problems of its own... more

First look: Oracle NoSQL Database

Oracle's take on the distributed key-value data store is fast, flexible, and enterprise-grade serious... more

Beyond jQuery: JavaScript tools for the HTML5 generation

Here are three dozen JavaScript libraries tuned for mobile devices, Canvas-based animation, HTML5 video, local databases, server interaction, and more... more

From PHP to Perl: What's hot, what's not in scripting languages

Scripting languages now do 'real' programming -- so the race is on to get developers on board with just-in-time compilers and other advanced tools... more

Review: 4 Java clouds face off

CloudBees, Google App Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, and VMware Cloud Foundry reveal the pleasures and perils of coding on a public cloud platform... more

Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source software of the year

Open source software continues the march toward world domination, but the bright open promise dims... more

11 hard truths about HTML5

HTML5 offers Web developers powerful new features, but spec limitations may prevent it from unseating native apps ... more

NoSQL standouts: New databases for new applications

Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, Redis, Riak, Neo4J, and FlockDB reinvent the data store... more

10 apps pushing HTML5 to the limit

HTML5 is breathing new life into Web applications, hinting at major shifts in programming to come... more

Attack of the mobile browsers

Firefox, Opera, and a horde of mobile upstarts give iPhone, iPad, and Android users plenty of alternatives... more

13 essential programming tools for the mobile Web

HTML5 and a vibrant ecosystem of libraries are making the mobile Web a compelling alternative to developing native code... more

JavaScript conquers the server

Node.js, Jaxer, EJScript, RingoJS, and AppengineJS combine the familiarity of JavaScript, low overhead, blazing speed, and unique twists... more

13 features that make each Web browser unique

Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE -- innovative features set each browser apart... more

Battle of the Web browsers

Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari square off on speed, features, and HTML5 compatibility... more

Open source programming tools on the rise

13 open source development projects making waves in the enterprise... more

HTML5 in the Web browser: Geolocation, JavaScript, and HTML5 extras

Geolocation, Web Workers, History manipulation, undo, iFrame sandboxes, and other HTML5 specs laying the groundwork for a safer and smarter Web... more