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Latest news:
 InfoWorld: Drizzle project plans a stripped-down MySQL
The open-source MySQL database began life as a lightweight alternative to big, resource-hungry database management systems, such as Oracle or Sybase. Over the years, however, users have clamored for more and more features, causing MySQL 's codebase to swell with capabilities that had previously only been found on its commercial cousins.But not every MySQL de ...
InfoWorld: Microsoft bolsters Ruby efforts
Microsoft on Thursday plans to delve deeper into Ruby programming, with plans to ship Ruby libraries and participate in a testing project for the language.The libraries are akin to any other software library, helping developers build software.The company at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) also will announce intentions to participate in the RubySp ...
InfoWorld: Not so fast, 3G
You can't miss the slogan--it's plastered everywhere. "Twice as fast. Half the price." Just this morning, in fact, Apple posted a bunch of new ads that repeatedly drive the point home about the 3G wireless speeds of the iPhone 3G as surely as if we were all strapped to that chair from A Clockwork Orange.While there's been no end to the dispute over ...
InfoWorld: Mozilla fixes nine flaws in Thunderbird
Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird Wednesday, the first time it's plugged holes in the e-mail software since early May.Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla's download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched last week in Firefox , the company's open-source browser. The remainder ...
InfoWorld: Forrester survey: Enterprises reject Vista like 'new Coke'
Fewer than one in eleven of the PCs being used in large or very large enterprises runs Windows Vista , according to survey results released Wednesday by Forrester Research Inc.Of the 50,000 enterprise users surveyed by the Cambridge, Mass. analyst firm, 87.1% were still running Windows XP at the end of June, compared to 8.8% for Vista. According to author Th ...
InfoWorld: Despite financial losses, Microsoft looks to increase investment in online services
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sought to justify to financial analysts the losses from the company's online services group and to defend plans for increasing investment in the group.Ballmer stepped in to speak for Kevin Johnson on Thursday at the company's annual financial analysts meeting. Johnson has been president of the Platforms andServices division, and h ...
Computers:
 BuilderAU: No Yahoo talks; Windows 7 on track
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday in the US that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo were firmly in the "off-again" phase.
BuilderAU: Vista is "New Coke"
In a new study, Forrester Research uncovers some good news for Microsoft: Vista usage among US businesses is up by more than 40 percent since January. The bad news: still, less than 10 per cent of the 50,000 companies surveyed use Vista.
BuilderAU: Google's Blogger number one for malware
Search giant Google has catapulted itself to the top in the ranks of web hosts with the most malware, courtesy of its blogging website Blogger, according to security vendor Sophos.
 Computerworld: Microsoft veteran to be CEO of Juniper
After news that Kevin Johnson was out at Microsoft, purportedly over the company's failure to buy Yahoo, he was named the next CEO at networking vendor Juniper Networks.
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internetnews.com: Microsoft to Keep Spending Big on Search
During its annual financial confab, Microsoft brass says the company has no plans to retreat from sizable -- and costly -- investment in online ads and search.
Telecom:
 DM Europe: Ericsson's 40Gbps DWDM solution in commercial use at Deutsche Telekom
Ericsson's Marconi MHL 3000 MultiHaul WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) platform is nationwide commercially deployed with 40 Gbps functionality.
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Personal Technology:
UberGizmo: Maplin A19HH Media Player
Maplin's new A19HH Media Player comes with 320GB of storage space, touting to be "the complete digital home theatre system." I have my doubts on that though, as it 320GB just doesn't quite make the cut these days. You will find the following features to keep you entertained at home all summer long :- Download and store mediaDVD playback feature Standard exte ...
UberGizmo: Kyocera Touch Panel LCD Display
Kyocera will be rolling out a couple of 5.7" LC-Displays that feature transflective technology. These displays will proportionally reflect most of the ambient light, taking it in as a light source instead. This will go a long way in reducing power consumption and making it possible to usesuch displays even under bright sunlight. The 5.7” V-series trans ...
UberGizmo: Samsung Series 8 LCD HDTV
Samsung's new range of LCD HDTVs, known as the Series 8 will aim to bring both form and function into a single device. Measuring a mere 1.9" wide at the thickest point, all these models will come with the following features :- Full 1080p resolution 120Hz refresh rates50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratioSRS TruSurround XT audioFour HDMI-CEC portsDual component inp ...
UberGizmo: NEC PaPeRo Helps You Get Home
NEC's PaPeRo robot is one cute critter, and there is now an added dimension to its functionality. It is able to input information such as the destination and purpose of an outing into a vehicle navigation system, helping you arrive there safe and sound within the shortest route possible. For example, when a user tells the PaPeRo in the house that one is head ...
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 IOL: Cloned animals: We need more data
Cloned animal products may not be safe and further study is needed, according to the European Unions top food safety agency.
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Business:
 E-Commerce Times: Key Microsoft Exec Jumps Ship to Take Juniper's Helm
Juniper Networks, a provider of networking systems, has tapped 16-year Microsoft veteran Kevin Johnson to be its CEO. Johnson led Microsoft's platforms and services division, which oversees product development, marketing and strategy for the Windows and online services businesses. Johnson was also a key voice at Microsoft in urging the company to make a bid ...
E-Commerce Times: UK ISPs to Fling Wide Net for Music Pirates
British parents who don't know what their kids are downloading on the family computer may want to start paying more attention, thanks to a new antipiracy agreement among the six largest Internet service providers in the United Kingdom. The U.S. music industry will no doubt track developments in the UK.
E-Commerce Times: Amazon Delivers Many Happy Q2 Returns
As though in defiance of current economic trends, Amazon delivered Q2 earnings that gave investors little to complain about. Net income increased 102 percent to $158 million, compared with net income of $78 million in the year-ago quarter. Net sales, or revenue, jumped 41 percent to $4.06 billion in Q2, compared with $2.89 billion for the same quarter in 2007.
E-Commerce Times: Google's Knol: More Rules, More Accountability, More Money
While the beta testing seems never to end at Google -- Gmail is still in beta well past age 4 -- the world's largest search engine and advertising machine has released to the public a new knowledge base called "Knol." A "knol," according to Google, is a unit of knowledge. More specifically, Google says Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, ...
E-Commerce Times: Court Nixes Law Aimed at Protecting Kids Online
Proponents of the beleaguered Child Online Protection Act suffered yet another blow Tuesday when a federal appeals court deemed the law unconstitutional once again. The 1998 law, known as "COPA," aims to keep children from viewing pornographic materials on the Internet by making it a crime for commercial Web site operators to let children access "harmful" ma ...
E-Commerce Times: Customer Feedback: Mind if I Ask You a Few Questions?
Never before has the voice of the customer been so loud. And never before have companies been so keen to not only pay close attention to the wants, likes, experiences, preferences, opinions, suggestions and complaints of customers, but to carefully analyze and act upon the informationin a systematic fashion.
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 Network World: Sun offering support for OpenSSO
Sun Wednesday said it would offer support to corporate users of OpenSSO open source identity technology and introduced a new version that also protects companies against patent infringement suits.
Network World: Start-up led by Sun veterans readies data access for Web 2.0 world
A start-up founded by Sun veterans is building data access products for Web 2.0 and enterprise customers.
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Network World: The Texas whirlwind is back
She's ba-a-ck. The woman a called a "Texas whirlwind," the ebullient, peripatetic, indefatigable Sara Gates is back in the saddle.
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