HP acquires cloud startup Eucalyptus HP has revealed plans to buy cloud startup Eucalyptus Software, with Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos joining HP to manage the company’s cloud business. The deal is expected to close in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014, and Reuters reported the acquisition will be for less than US$100 million. Eucalyptus offers … continue reading
Microsoft announces Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC Microsoft has announced the release candidate for version 2.1 of Python Tools for Visual Studio. The open-source plug-in, which enables features such as CPython/IPython editing, IntelliSense and interactive/cross-platform debugging in Visual Studio, adds support for more Web frameworks, free Express SKUs, and improved syntax highlighting in … continue reading
Kids programming robots to learn new skills With just a smart tablet and Angry Birds, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are making it possible for kids to program robots. The researchers have paired an Android tablet paired with a small humanoid robot, and kids are teaching it how to play Angry Birds just by dragging … continue reading
Four month after its launch, Amazon opens up the streaming app to all developers, adding Mac support and new features … continue reading
Amazon’s cloud offers many benefits to developers, but there are some precautions to take … continue reading
The streaming company is running the artificial intelligence algorithms on GPUs in Amazon’s cloud … continue reading
Skepticism is giving way once developers see what the latest version of Hadoop can do … continue reading
Financial data and application monitoring are available … continue reading
In June, cloud developers will gather to share what they’ve learned and what more they can gain from cloud computing … continue reading
Cloud-based utility allows Amazon developers to build business intelligence into their apps … continue reading