Google is arming itself to take on eBay -- even if they don't admit to it. I spent some time with Google Base and confirmed a suspicion I had about a month ago.

JavaScript saw big growth in 2010, unsurprisingly. In fact, it surpassed Java, which dropped off. C is still the most popular, and actually had a small bump between 2009 and 2010.

Google’s Dart language, which attempts to address JavaScript’s supposed weaknesses, is getting a mixed reaction from the inventor of JavaScript itself, Brendan Eich.