From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

Perhaps, after your last marathon, you had this epiphany: “If I train a little harder, I bet I can get a proof of time that could get me into Boston!” Without the ability to run specific qualifying ...

Veracode, the global leader in application risk management, today announced significant platform innovations introduced through the second half of 2025. Headlining the release is Package Firewall, an ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...