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Programming languages, 5G connections, remote-working strategies, tech spending, and more: ZDNet's research round-up

From popular programming langauges to a long-term rise in 5G connections and short-term concerns over IT spending, here's the facts and figures from the past month in tech news.

July 6, 2020 by Mark Samuels

Programming languages, IT spending, security incidents, and more: ZDNet's research round-up

From assessments on the impact of COVID-19 on the IT industry to patent registrations and a boom in cloud computing, here's the data that matters from the past month in technology news.

May 6, 2020 by Mark Samuels

Top programming languages, 5G worries, cloud computing, and more: Research round-up

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

March 6, 2020 by Mark Samuels

Python skills boom, in-demand jobs, self-driving cars, and more: Tech research round-up

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

December 5, 2019 by Mark Samuels

Julia programming language, cloud computing, cybersecurity worries: Research round-up

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

September 6, 2019 by Mark Samuels

The biggest events in Linux's history

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

August 27, 2019 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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

Programming language popularity: Python beats Java and Rust continues to climb

For the first time since 2012, Java is not in one of the two top spots in RedMonk's programming language popularity list.

August 6, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

What do serverless computing users like and dislike about the technology

The current Serverless Community Survey​ reveals serverless developers are a prolific and busy bunch.

July 27, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Open source: GitHub buries archive in Arctic vault for 1,000 years

GitHub ships a snapshot of all public repositories taken to an archiving vault in the Arctic.

July 23, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Coding skills: Teachers and parents get free Apple Swift courses and tools

Apple's new coding course helps teachers learn how to teach students to develop apps for iOS and macOS.

July 16, 2020 by ZDNet

What is behind R programming language's recent popularity surge?

Statistical programming language R has climbed back up to 8th place in Tiobe's latest programming language popularity index.

July 9, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Deleted something you badly need? Windows 10 has an incredibly helpful tool for you

Microsoft's new command-line app can help advanced Windows users recover deleted files and photos.

July 6, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Apple macOS 11 Big Sur will bring some major design changes

Startup chime returns in revamped design, plus new battery section.

June 30, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Apple gives developers new ways to challenge the App Store decisions

Facing scrutiny by European competition regulators, Apple now lets developers challenge its App Store guidelines.

June 29, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Developers! Apple has a Arm-based Mac mini for you to work with

It's the big little machine that won't die. The Mac mini comes to the rescue one more time by leading the charge to Apple's new chip architecture.

June 26, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Salesforce announces developer productivity tools built for coders working remotely

Ryan Schellack, Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce, talks with TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler about a new set of developer productivity tools Salesforce announced in the run up to its TrailheaDX 2020 virtual event.

June 25, 2020 by Bill Detwiler

iOS 14 best features: Widgets, Messages, and more

Apple has announced iOS 14. It'll bring a major refresh to the home screen, minimized call notifications, pinned messages, an enhanced map, and more. Read more: https://zd.net/3hSKBih

June 24, 2020 by Elizabeth Mauder

Bug alert: Windows 10 2004 and Windows Server 2004 come with a glitch

Windows 10 users find a new glitch with certain configurations, missed by Microsoft in testing the latest feature update.

June 24, 2020 by ZDNet Editors

Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead brings AI to Salesforce's online learning platform

Bill Detwiler speaks with Sandeep Bhanot, SVP of Trailhead Product at Salesforce, about Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead.

June 23, 2020 by Bill Detwiler

WWDC 2020 highlights: iOS 14, Apple Silicon, and more

ZDNet's Beth Mauder breaks down the most important highlights from Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, including what's new in iOS 14, WatchOS 7, Apple Silicon, and more. Read more: https://zd.net/3dw4NTA

June 23, 2020 by Elizabeth Mauder

First look at Apple Silicon

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes tells Karen Roby about what we know, and what Apple didn’t tell us. Read more: https://zd.net/3eteROC

June 23, 2020 by Karen Roby

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