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• C keeps its lead over Java, but index's accuracy is questioned

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 03:25

  The C language, which displaced Java as the most popular language in the Tiobe Programming Community monthly assessment in April, has maintained its number 1 spot in the May report released this week. But a high-profile member of the PHP community is questioning the accuracy of the index itself.

• PHP patches actively exploited CGI vulnerability

  By Lucian Constantin | 09 May, 2012 22:44

  The PHP Group has released PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 on Tuesday in order to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited by hackers.

• PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed

  By Lucian Constantin | 07 May, 2012 21:51

  The PHP Group plans to release new versions of the PHP processor on Tuesday in order to patch two publicly known critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which was improperly addressed in a May 3 update.

• WampServer delivers a smart, Windows-friendly platform for Apache, MySQL and PHP-based apps

  By Susan Perschke | 23 April, 2012 14:36

  While many popular website applications (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) are open source and therefore freely available, running these PHP-based apps on a Windows IIS web server requires a bit of retrofitting.

• Review: 2 PHP tools rise above the rest

  By Peter Wayner | 21 March, 2012 21:17

  The news is now old that investors will be given a chance to trade big piles of cash for a piece of the pile of code known as Facebook.com. Just a short time ago, few of us would have predicted that a pile of PHP would be worth billions of dollars, but clearly we underestimated the power of the platform.

• Bullish on PaaS

  By Christine Burns | 27 February, 2012 16:36

  As early as 2008, Bullhorn Inc., a fast growing Boston-based provider of front-office staffing and recruiting management software, was considering the cloud to help streamline development and distribution of its Software as a Service (SaaS) products to over 2,500 customers and 25,000 users in 35 countries.

• Public attack code aimed at Windows Web servers works, says Symantec

  By Gregg Keizer | 12 January, 2012 05:16

  Researchers at Symantec yesterday confirmed that working attack code published Jan. 6 can cripple Web servers running Microsoft's ASP .Net.

• First look: Zend's PHP developer cloud

  By Rick Grehan | 11 January, 2012 22:06

  When you consider the cloud, you typically imagine a realm of deployed, production applications. Zend Developer Cloud (ZDC) adds a twist: ZDC creates a place in the cloud where PHP-based applications can be developed for the cloud. No more developing locally, then deploying into the cloud -- ZDC pushes both into the ether.

• Websites, apps vulnerable to low-bandwidth, bot-free takedown, say researchers

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 December, 2011 06:02

  Hackers armed with a single machine and a minimal broadband connection can cripple Web servers, researchers disclosed Wednesday, putting uncounted websites and Web apps at risk from denial-of-service attacks.

• Indian vs American programmers

  By Meridith Levinson | 07 July, 2011 07:23

  If there were ever an IT Olympics, in which software developers could compete to solve programming problems, the event would likely take place on Gild, an online career development community where IT professionals from around the world do just that.

• Open source Horde groupware reaches version 4

  By Rodney Gedda | 08 April, 2011 11:20

  After nearly three years of development the fourth generation of the Horde open source e-mail and groupware suite was released this week bringing with it a more modern code base and social networking features.

• PHP floating point bug crashes servers

  By Joab Jackson | 06 January, 2011 03:55

  A newly unearthed bug in certain versions of the PHP scripting language could crash servers when the software is given the task of converting a large floating point number, raising the possibility that the glitch could be exploited by hackers.

• Cloud computing underwhelms PHP developers

  By Paul Krill | 03 November, 2010 11:40

  While technology vendors continue to pound home the message of cloud computing, PHP developers Tuesday viewed the concept as overhyped and were not in agreement on its benefits.

• Zend looks to optimize PHP for mobile devices and the cloud

  By Paul Krill | 03 November, 2010 02:48

  PHP development tools maker Zend Technologies will make mobile access to applications a critical part of its product strategy on Tuesday, along with emphasizing cloud computing.

• PHP development comes to Google Android

  By Paul Krill | 17 July, 2010 07:28

  Developers at an open source company in Spain are leading an effort to boost PHP application development for Android-based phones.