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eWeek: Sun to open source Java under the GPL

According to a comment on my last post, eWeek has posted a story saying that Sun will open source Java using version 2 of the GNU General Public License the GPL. However, clicking on the link leads you to eWeeks home page which means one of two things: either the...

Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Legal, eWeeks, GPL

Blog posts 2006-11-12

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BlackBerry CEO: here's why there won't be any more major outages

In an interview with eWeek, Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie thats him says the BlackBerry blackout of last month has been "unambigiously solved" and whats more, wont hapen again.eWeeks Wayne Rash noted "that the improbable combination of events, which included the failure of a minor software upgrade...

Tags: News, Outages, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-05-14

TJX's failure to secure Wi-Fi causes $1B damage

Most of the major retailers during that time were running WEP and many are STILL running some form of WEPThe news TJ Maxx data breach has rocked the the retail and banking industry and many estimate that it will cost hundreds of millions or even a billion plus dollars in...

Tags: Servers, Security, News, Networking, Mobile/Wireless, Infrastructure, Desktop

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Oracle to unveil 'Project X'

Oracle co-president Charles Phillips is expected to unveil Project X, a composite applications strategy, in a few hours at the Oracle Applications Users Group conference.eWeeks Renee Boucher Ferguson reported late last week that Project X is an applications integration framework that will allow customers to pull together functionality from various...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Oracle, General

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Some vacation. A week's worth of RSS feeds to read in a day. A lot of it about servers, AMD and Intel.

Of course, thats a rhetorical question. Sadly, I know Im not alone when it comes to the pile of work that you come back to after taking a vacation. You know. The one where, its so big that its depressing and youre not sure where to start? That pile also...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-13

Details in tech journalism - a Sun Shiny example

Last Thursday Sun issued two sequential press releases signed by the same spokesman. The first, under the title "Sun Expands Solaris/SPARC CMT Innovation Leadership", announced the widespread availability of the 4GB DIMMS in the UltraSPARC T1 line, the corresponding megahertz rate increase to 1.4Ghz, progress on the "Neptune" TCP/IP...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp.

Blog posts 2007-01-22

Find a Vista or IE 7 flaw, reel in $8,000

VeriSigns iDefense Lab is paying hackers $8,000 for code execution flaws in Vista and IE7. Is this behavior we should encourage? If it serves the greater good I suppose, but it feels strange. The rules of engagement from the quarterly iDefense vulnerability challenge: ...

Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Security, Vista, Microsoft, iDefense, vulnerability

Blog posts 2007-01-10

News to know: Cyber attacks; Blackberry cracks; precarious PINs

Notable headlines from here and elsewhere...CNET editor James Kim and his family are missing. Please contact San Francisco police immediately if you have any information.U.S. government warns of an al-Qaida call for a cyber attack against online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning today.Vista is ready for business, but...

Tags: General, Security

Blog posts 2006-12-01

Macworld keynote roundup

In his blog post, technology journalist Sandy McMurray does the best job I've seen today summarizing Steve Jobs' keynote presentation at Macworld and laying out the parade of announcements in its entirety in easy-to-read point-form format. A pair of ZDNet videos provides a close look at the new Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2005-01-11