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  Java 9 release is delayed again

The original Java 9 planned release date is March 2017. But latest source shows that Java 9 release will be delayed again to July 2017. It's four months later than the planned date.Oracle Chief Architect of Java Platform group Mark Reinhold proposes this new release date in a message sent on the OpenJDK mailing list. Despite this progress, at this point it's clear that Jigsaw needs moretime. We recently received critical feedback that motivated a redesignof the module system's package-export feature [5], without which we'dhave failed to achieve one of our main goals. Ther...

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  PHP 7 is coming soon

After a few RCs, PHP 7 will be officially released on November 12, 2015. This is a major release of PHP since PHP 5.6. @Laruence, one of the core contributors of PHP, has posted this news on Weibo(China's Twitter). This is a one month later than the expected time as recorded in PHP 7 timeline. But it's not that late.The new release will come with a few features including:Scalar type declaration, you can define variable like int nowReturn type support. Besides declare scalar type for variable, you can return typed data from function as wellNull coalesce operator(??). It is a syntactic...

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  Windows 8.1 will be released on October 18

According to TheVerge, Microsoft Windows 8.1 will be released on October 18. Windows 8 users can download the free update on Windows Store one day before the release date, There will be a formal release press on October 18. In next few weeks, Windows 8 RTM will be open to PC manufacturers and partners.In this year's WPC, Microsoft demonstrated their latest Windows 8.1 on various devices most of the time, including the 8-inch Tablet PC, laptops, desktops and even streamed content from PC to Xbox One. The Windows 8.1 highlights include the come back of "Start button", support for multi-screen ap...

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