The number of jobs for agile developers has outnumbered qualified candidates by nearly 5 to 1 over the past two years, according to a new study
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Microsoft Committed To Metro User Interface
Microsoft is to stick with its Metro user interface for the foreseeable future according to a number of reports
Cloud And Mobile To Power Enterprise Budget Increases
As the new year looms a survey has predicted that IT spending will be driven by the Cloud and mobile
Splunk SDKs Ramp Big Data Application Development
Splunk's new software development kits for Java and Python allow development on top of the big data platform
MoD Spectrum To Be Sold Off For 4G By 2014
The Ministry of Defence becomes first government department to sell off spectrum for 4G
Tasktop Syncs With IBM Rational Team Concert 4.0
Tasktop Technologies, a provider of application lifecycle management integration solutions, now provides full support for IBM's Rational Team Concert 4.0
Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own App Store
Software for the miniature computer grows into a separate ecosystem
Open University Bids For Global Lead In Online Education
The OU gathers online higher education courses from top UK universities for a global education push
IT Life: Making Online Adverts Personal
Aaron McKee of Struq needs the cloud and Big Data to serve people ads they can use
IBM Predicts More Personalised Shopping Experience
A survey has predicted that future consumers will be seeking self-service opportunities and increased personalisation
Typemock Offers Free Code Testing Tool
Developers can now use a free code testing tool that is touted as an alternative to open-source unit-testing tools
European Parliament Votes In Favour Of Patent System Reform
The new rules will make patents more accessible to smaller businesses
Public API Repository Launched By MuleSoft
MuleSoft has launched a public repository containing 13,000 APIs for application developers
Microsoft C# Expert Joins Coverity
Eric Lippert, a former lead developer on Microsoft's C# team, has moved to Coverity's research and development organisation
Tweetro Forced To Charge Users Due To Twitter API Changes
The Windows 8-inspired app is no longer free, thanks to Twitter’s hostile policy
MPs Say HMRC Failing To Police ‘Immoral’ UK Tech Tax Arrangements
Public Accounts Committee wants multinational companies like Google and Amazon to pay more UK tax
ARM R&D Chief: Intel Can’t Beat Us Without A New Business Model
ARM's diverse group of partners will beat the monolith of Intel, says ARM R&D chief Krisztian Flautner
TechWeekEurope Announces Tech Success Awards Shortlist
Our Tech Success awards scheme is off to a flying start with a strong shortlist for the first year
Tech City: Let’s Get Over Our Silicon Valley Obsession
London has a Silicon Valley obsession but it should get over it, says Benjamin Southworth, deputy CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation
Twitter Criticised After Ruining Free Client
Tweetro developer forced to charge money to keep the user numbers down
Mozilla Revenue Grows 33 Percent
Royalties paid by Google keep the free software community well-supplied
Microsoft Research: Beyond Kinect, And Open Source Robots
Scanners, sensors and a football-playing chair – just another day at Microsoft Research Cambridge
RIM Opens Enterprise Partner Portal For BB10
RIM has launched the BlackBerry Partners portal to keep developers and vendors in the loop before BB10's January release
Microsoft Spurs Azure Development With Training Camps
Microsoft's 23 day-long training camps around the US trained developers how to use the Windows Azure application platform for creating cloud applications
Mozilla Bigs Up ‘Digital Literacy’ at MozFest 2012
Mozilla Foundation launches new projects aiming to teach children how to code
Microsoft ‘Appathon’ Promotes Windows 8, Phone Development
Microsoft's application development workshops at 110 locations around the world last week aimed to teach developers how to write Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications
Jim Zemlin: Proprietary Software Is Doomed
SPAIN: Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation tells Silicon News that Linux and open source must win in the end
VMware Updates Micro Cloud Foundry
VMware has delivered scaling improvements in an update to its Micro Cloud Service platform as a service (PaaS)
Terracotta Launches ISV Partner Programme For Big Data Memory
Terracotta is to work with software vendors on offering real-time big data access to their customers using the BigMemory Go big-data memory product
European Software R&D Investment Is Increasing Says Truffle
EUROPE: SAP tops rankings again as European software R&D investment continues to rise