Developer

Best-paid tech jobs, malware warnings and shadow IT: Research round-up

All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.

July 5, 2019 by Mark Samuels

HackerOne's top 20 public bug bounty programs

These are the top 20 biggest, fastest, and most lucrative bounty programs on the HackerOne platform.

June 19, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu

Cloud computing trends, where developers want to live, AI skills, and 5G: Research round-up

All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.

March 11, 2019 by Mark Samuels

The rise of Julia, Brexit woes, tech investment, and digital transformation: Research round-up

All the charts that matter from the last month in technology news.

February 8, 2019 by Mark Samuels

WordPress 5.0 is out. Here's a tour of the new features!

WordPress' first major upgrade in years is here, and it was worth the wait. New WordPress 5.0 comes with a revamped and totally gorgeous WYSIWYG editor.

December 6, 2018 by Catalin Cimpanu

Photos: Retro computer games that Eastern Europe played as Iron Curtain fell

Video games gave Eastern Europeans an escape from the harsh realities of everyday life, yet few had the opportunity to play them.

August 23, 2018 by Andrada Fiscutean

Photos: Cold War ZX Spectrum clones spawned behind the Iron Curtain

Fitted inside telephone cases, or even toy organs, these Speccy replicas were less expensive but arguably more creative than the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

April 20, 2018 by Andrada Fiscutean

10 reasons why Romania's capital Bucharest is a great place to work in tech

With high salaries, low living costs, and warp-speed internet, Bucharest is an appealing destination for techies.

September 21, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean

19 caffeine-laced foods to replace coffee

Because sometimes you're in your fifth dev meeting, the beta still isn't done, and you're both tired AND hungry.

September 22, 2016 by ZDNet Staff

The most epically bad tech product launches of all time

In "go big or go home" world of tech, these products went home.

September 21, 2016 by Lisa Bernier

17 fascinating tech pioneers who are not Steve Jobs

Contrary to what Mac lovers may think, Steve Jobs wasn't the most important person the tech world has ever seen

September 21, 2016 by Lisa Bernier

The 25 biggest events in Linux's 25-year history

A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date.

August 25, 2016 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

10 alternatives to the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi might be the name that springs to mind when people think of single board computers for homebrew projects, but there are other boards out there worth considering.

June 16, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Google I/O 2015: Inside the developer show turned theme park

Jungle gyms, unlimited candy and free toys. Those might sound like the things that make up the stuff of childhood dreams, but really, they're just par for the course at this annual technology summit for grown adults.

May 29, 2015 by Rachel King

Six Clicks: How to make learning to program a breeze

Whether you wish to retrain or learn the lingo of tech staff, you don't need to spend a fortune on programming education.

May 28, 2015 by Charlie Osborne

Tor Project to fix old bug used against dark web (.onion) websites.

Tor vulnerability has been exploited for years and has been used for censorship, sabotage, and extortion of Onion sites.

21 hours ago by ZDNet Editors

How AI will transform the next wave of computing software and hardware

Machine learning, especially deep learning, is forcing a re-evaluation of how chips and systems are designed that will change the direction of the industry for decades to come.

July 9, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

News Firefox Preview to challenge Google's mobile browser dominance

The new browser is the result of Mozilla developers' work on Firefox Fenix.

July 5, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

LG and Qt partner up to expand webOS to automobiles and smart home devices

LG Electronics and The Qt Company will collaborate to apply webOS open source platform to automotive, robotics, and smart home devices.

July 2, 2019

Turning a Raspberry Pi computer into an air monitoring station with a few add-ons

Pimoroni's Enviro+ Raspberry Pi hat lets you start to measure the quality of air around your home.

June 28, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Which tech contractors are in the most demand?

Demand for tech contractors continues to rise, but some skills are more sought after than others.

June 27, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Microsoft's plan to split Windows 10 from shell is happening

Windows 10 preview shows signs of Windows OS separating from the shell in line with Microsoft's modular plans.

June 26, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Demand for data science talent continues to grow

Pay rates for data science jobs and trends in programming languages are revealed in a new report.

June 24, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Developer, architect or engineer: Which tech job pays best?

The best-paid tech jobs, and the best cities to live in while doing them, are outlined in a new report.

June 17, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

How Salesforce builds loyalty by investing in the success of its developers, admins, and customers

At Salesforce TrailheaDX 2019, Sarah Franklin spoke with TechRepublic about what makes the company's relationship with developers, admins, and customers.

June 16, 2019 by Bill Detwiler

Popular Python is set to gobble up C and Java

Python's ascent continues among software developers, bolstered by its usability compared with Java and C.

June 12, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

WWDC 2019: Everything Apple announced and what really matters to business

TechRepublic's Karen Roby and Bill Detwiler break down the important news from Apple's 2019 WWDC, but more importantly, they discuss why certain applications are important to business users. Read more: https://zd.net/2Wb8mpN

June 3, 2019 by Karen Roby

Google keeps track of your online shopping habits via Gmail

Google puts all your online orders into a single page using purchase receipts stored in Gmail.

May 29, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

iRobot 2.0: How the company set itself up for its next-gen robots

iRobot launched the Roomba S9 and Braava Jet M6 with plans for a lawnmower on deck. It took a lot of IoT, data science, product design and cloud to make it all happen. Read more: https://zd.net/2K2L8iU

May 28, 2019 by Karen Roby

Microsoft offers preview of blockchain-based identity system

Microsoft has improved the scalability of its ION bitcoin blockchain-based distributed identity system. But it's still early days.

May 24, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Brandcast for Salesforce, first take: Create customer-focused microsites

June 7, 2019 by Mary Branscombe

Apple Mac Mini (2018) review: The little Mac that could

November 7, 2018 by Jason Cipriani

Atlassian Stride, First Take: A relaxed approach to collaborative chat

December 29, 2017 by Simon Bisson

FileMaker 16, First Take: Powerful but still usable

June 16, 2017 by Mary Branscombe

Sphero SPRK: The robot ball which teaches you how to code

April 11, 2016 by Charlie Osborne

Visual Studio 2015 RC, First Take: A one-stop shop, from phone to cloud

June 19, 2015 by Simon Bisson

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium review

There are features in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 that many people will never use, but its core dictation capability is excellent, while the context-sensitive sidebar help is a big improvement.

September 14, 2012 by Sandra Vogel

Office 2013: a pleasant surprise

After a week of using Office 2013 we're pleasantly surprised. The changes Microsoft has made to support Windows 8 — and specifically Windows 8 tablets — are logical, and they work well with more traditional ways of using Office.

July 16, 2012 by Simon Bisson

Windows Intune 3.0: Preview

Version 3.0 of Microsoft's cloud-hosted management platform is now available, adding support for mobile devices — including iPhones, iPads and Android.

July 12, 2012 by Simon Bisson

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 supports everything from departmental servers to large-scale enterprise clouds. With Hadoop integration imminent there's much to be said for upgrading — if only to prepare your datacentre for big-data private clouds. Just keep an eye out for the effect of per-core licensing on your costs.

April 16, 2012 by Simon Bisson

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

The latest update to Corel's venerable vector drawing package brings several overdue features, does some catching up with Adobe and adds useful new tools for working with vectors. It all adds up to a powerful but still-challenging graphics suite.

April 2, 2012 by Mary Branscombe

LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice continues to improve, but it's still playing catch-up to Microsoft Office, and there's no sign of a vision that would make it a significant competitor on anything but price.

February 21, 2012 by Mary Branscombe

Nitro PDF Reader 2.0

For a free product, Nitro PDF Reader 2.0 delivers a lot of functionality, and for the most part delivers it very well. Apart from the odd interface niggle and its restriction to the Windows platform, we have no hesitation in recommending it.

July 13, 2011 by Charles McLellan

Internet Explorer 9

IE9 is Microsoft's best version of its browser to date, although its lack of Windows XP support is unfortunate. Otherwise, it's fast, usable and standards-compliant.

March 15, 2011 by Simon Bisson

OpenOffice.org 3.3

This is a welcome update, but it's definitely a point release: unless you're looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office on financial or philosophical grounds, 3.3 may not be the version to make you switch.

January 27, 2011 by Mary Branscombe