Spring Data JPA 1.1.0 GA comes with CDI integration, new query keywords, declarative locking and a ton of bug fixes and improvements.

Want to know how much uptake Java SE 7 has seen since its release? Which IDE has grown most in user base since last year? Which application server has jumped 300% in popularity by Java developers since 2011? You’ll also get the latest numbers on Oracle WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, Eclipse, JBoss, Jenkins/Hudson, Maven, Subversion and Tomcat (alert: shameless SEO plug). It’s all in there!

I constantly study the Web regarding new articles on C/C++/C++11 programming. If I find them interesting, I post links to them in twitter @Code_Analysis, on Reddit /r/Viva64 and like them on StumbleUpon. If you are present on one of these websites, I invite you to follow me. You will find a lot of interesting articles in time. To get you interested, I decided to create a small selection of materials.

How's this for hypocrisy: Mozilla says that Apple banning Firefox from iPads and iPhones is no problem, but Microsoft restricting the browser from using some features on some Windows 8 tablets may be illegal.

After 1 year of Release Candidates OrientDB reaches the 1.0! Many news like Multi-Master replication, new Object Database interface to bind POJO automatically without Hibernate, new Server Side Scripting feature and much more.

"Leading the Lean|Agile Enterprise: A Two-day Workshop" held by Dean Leffingwell @ Scrum-Day Dean Leffingwell one of the worldwide most accepted experts about scaling agile in large enterprises - is going to talk at scrum-day about "Leading the Lean|Agile Enterprise" beside this he teaches his two day Workshop about the same theme.

Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) is a set of telephony signaling protocols which are used to set up most of the world's public switched telephone network telephone calls. Other uses include number translation, local number portability, short message service (SMS), and a variety of other mass market services. Mobicents SS7 is compatible with Dialogic boards and also has inbuilt support for SIGTRAN (M3UA). This release includes ASN library, ss7 protocols including ISUP, SCCP, TCAP and MAP, Mobicents Service and Shell Management Interface.