FarmVille creator Zynga earns riches from social network platforms, but the walled-garden approach poses risks for independent developers.

How Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, Redis, Riak, Neo4J, and FlockDB are reinventing the data store.

Sensor networks, 3D printers, virtual humans, and other technologies now being developed will drastically change our world in the decade to come.

Enterprise IT is MIA among Google's list of priorities; this omission may play a crucial role in its fight with Microsoft.

We survey the cloud's effects on nine classes of IT jobs: Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose -- what about you?

Don't believe the hype: building serious applications still takes more than mere Web markup.

Automated software builds and testing improve code quality and increase developer productivity.

NetBeans, MySQL, and GlassFish are all likely to remain in Oracle's software portfolio as they have profit potential.

With companies scrambling to build mobile apps, there's a gold rush on for developers willing to retool their technical skills and adopt a new design mind-set

Today's schools are actually turning kids away from computer science, and it will take innovative programs to reverse the trend.

Ex-Google engineer argues that Google's software infrastructure hasn't kept up with open source alternatives -- and won't.

Frustrated by infighting and unclear strategy, even enterprise developers may soon start looking elsewhere.

Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. CTO, tells InfoWorld about his ambitious plans to modernize IT, address Internet privacy, and increase transparency.

Next-gen information services will treat browsers and devices as equal clients. The challenge is building them.

Node.js, Jaxer, EJScript, RingoJS, and AppengineJS combine the familiarity of JavaScript, low overhead, blazing speed, and unique twists.

Apple's iOS and Mac app stores have popularized the concept, but Microsoft, Google, and others are now adopting it.

Don't ignore Chromebooks because they're not the right solution for each and every user in your company.

Could taking on Hudson leave the Eclipse Foundation holding the bag on a struggling project?

Whether developing, testing, or deploying your apps in the cloud, you have to unlearn some beliefs and learn new ones to make it work.