Updates to Java & Mono
Both Java and Mono (the open source implementation of C# and .NET) will be receiving pretty big updates this year. These represent two very popular virtual machine based coding platforms that offer portability and a slew of helpful standard libraries. Here are just a handful of the improvements each will see in the coming release.
Java SE 7.0
While no tentative release date has been scheduled for Java 7 yet, the team has recently completed milestone 10 of 10.