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Microsoft to study Japan's digital lifestyle
Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit plans to study more closely the use of digital technology in the lives of average Japanese to gain insight that it might use overseas.
Google Bags Postini to Shore Up Applications
Google today took a major step toward protecting its Web applications business by bidding to acquire partner and on-demand security software maker Postini for $625 million in cash.
Bay Area leaders meet to chart telecommunications infrastructure
A number of Silicon Valley employers will join a meeting to chart "a major rework" of the Bay Area's information and communication technology infrastructure.
Among those joining the planning session on Monday at San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation will be Cupertino-based Apple, Cisco , Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp.
Clinton urges Indian businesses to invest in U.S.
In a conference of Indian business leaders gathered in Santa Clara, California, Clinton said Friday that many global businesses are eager to sell to American consumers, while at the same time American jobs are being exported to lower wage countries.
Offshoring eliminates good-paying jobs in the U.S. and threatens the middle class, she said. While the U.S. accounts for only 5 percent of the world's population, it accounts for about 20 percent of the world's gross domestic product, a measure of economic activity.
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Rich
Internet Applications were supposed to be the solution to
client-installed software
No more dealing with upgrades or version updates, because the latest
version of the application would be sent down to the client and
accessed via a browser. Then a funny thing happened: Supporters of RIAs
and software as a service (SAAS) started turning on-demand
applications into local applications. Making on-demand applications
available when an Internet connection exists is the whole point of
Google Gears, Adobe AIR and JavaFX, but doesn't that turn them into
desktop applications?
The
Sea Phantom is a prototype high speed boat which almost flies above the
water
The Sea Phantom can reach speeds of 70mph, with a 100mph version
expected
soon. Still in development, the Sea Phantom has been evolving since
boat designer David Borman, who made his first boat at 12 years old,
came up with the idea.
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Solution to the Black Hole Information Paradox
Three researchers from Case Western Reserve University have concluded
that there's nothing inside a black hole:
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NetBeans 6.0 Preview. More Tutorial
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Benchmark Results for Sun Fire X4600 Server Running Solaris 10 Demonstrate Industry-Best Speed and Reliability in Processing Heavy Market Data Workload The Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC) benchmark test measured the performance of the Sun Fire x4600 servers running Wombat Financial software on the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS). Handling the heaviest possible data load a client site could demand, the server achieved an exceptionally rapid processing speed - processing 359,000 messages per second, while reducing latency to just 511 µsec.
New Support Plan From Sun Microsystems Offers One Point of Contact for One Low Pri
New SunSpectrum Enterprise Service Plan Supports Solaris(TM) Operating System(OS) Across Non-Sun x64/x86 Servers at Prices that Beat Red Hat Linux
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Want My E-Mail? Get a Warrant
The federal government can no longer seize and read e-mail without a search warrant, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Americans, the court said, have the same reasonable expectation of privacy for e-mail as they do telephone calls and snail mail.
FCC Chairman: Everybody in US must be in on "broadband revolution"
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin made a case for increased investment in broadband infrastructure, saying that the FCC's role is to ensure everyone in the country is able to take advantage of the "broadband revolution.
The YouTube effect: HTTP traffic now eclipses P2P
In the Internet traffic race, P2P used to be way out in front. For years, P2P traffic eclipsed HTTP traffic as broadband users slurped down music and movies, some of which were actually legal. But P2P fell behind this year; for the first time in four years, HTTP traffic is out in front.
Matsushita claims that it has begun making chips, based on its new 45-nm process technology
Within its fab in Japan, the company has developed the 45-nm process, thanks to 193-nm immersion lithography, stress-induced mobility-enhanced transistors, low-k dielectrics and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) technologies.
Is Apple working on car navigation and sound systems?
Apple is said to be working for an introduction in 2009, working with Mercedes exclusively for 6 months.
The system is reported to include "entertainment, communication, and navigation," similar to devices already on the market .
Google accounted for 65.13% of U.S. search traffic in May
Just a fraction below the 65.26% share in April, but up from the 59.27% recorded in May 2006, according to traffic tracker Hitwise .Yahoo's share in May was 20.89%, up from 20.73% in April, but down from 21.95% a year ago. Microsoft's was about flat at 8.40%, versus 8.46% in April, but down from 12.10% a year earlier.
Google security API spots dangerous URLs
Google has released an API that enables other applications to access its blacklist of URLs of Web sites that may have malicious programs.
Developers can incorporate the API into their applications that deal with user-generated links.
Three-month average of world chip sales to be $20.2 billion in May verses $19.9 billion in April
'Handset chips should sell well, with Apple's iPhone ramp-up boosting sales and average selling prices. Handset indicator is pointing to a 15 percent increase in handset sales in Q2, reaching 263 million units. We see 2007 handset sales rising 12 percent.
M'soft extends IPTV software to PC and beyond
Microsoft Mediaroom,:rebranded its Internet TV platform and introduced several new features that include the ability to access PC-stored photos and music through a TV
3 degrees aren't enough for 16-year-old UW grad
Andrew Hsu has not yet been on a date or taken his driving test. But he does have three degrees — in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry. This month, just weeks after his 16th birthday, Hsu became the second-youngest person to graduate from the University of Washington, and the youngest with a triple degree.
Google turned on the solar panels covering nearly all the roof space on its corporate campus and announced that its philanthropic arm plans to dole out over US$10 million in grants to support hybrid cars.
Smarts Make For a Better Network Experience
The IP networks of tomorrow, according to a panel at the NXTcomm conference here that included Juniper Networks, Verizon, BT Group and Microsoft, will be more open and offer degrees of dynamic control that improve the network experience for all.
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Open ESB
Easily integrate web services to create loosely coupled enterprise class composite application
Click on a component in the diagram to see a discription of the component.
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China exports 385 million mobile phones in 2006, says Research and Markets
In 2006, the mobile phone output of China reached 455 million units, accounting for 43.75% of world total output of 1.04 billion units, according to market research firm Research and Markets. Of the number of mobile phones produced, 385 million units were for export, noted the firm.
TOKYO EDGE: June's coolest gadgets
This month Sanyo Electric Co.'s Xacti video camera has gone waterproof -- perfect for those days on the beach or even snorkelling -- and Casio Computer has packed a high-res digital still camera function into its new cell phone -- great for when you're wearing light clothes and don't have a million pockets for gadgets.
Zero-power display market expected to grow by factor of 12 by 2012, says iSuppli
Bi-stable displays have the capability to sustain images with zero-power consumption. This makes them well suited for use in flash-memory storage devices, smart cards and e-book applications. More than likely, heated competition between bi-stable displays and low-power LCDs will flare up soon as manufacturers of both technologies vie for the Electronic-Shelf-Label, Point-of-Sale and mobile-phone markets.
EPA plans Energy Star program for servers
The US Environmental Protection Agency will propose extending its Energy Star program used for desktop PCs and consumer appliances to computer servers later this year. If the trial goes well, Energy Star metrics for power consumption could be applied to other data center equipment including networking switches and storage arrays.
IBM dives deep into virtual realms
IBM's Rational Software Development Conference is physically taking place this week in Orlando, but a good chunk of Tuesday morning's keynote on "The Future of Software Delivery" took place elsewhere: the virtual realm of Second Life, where IBM has invested in some sizable chunks of "metaverse" real estate.
Next billion PCs shipping soon
All the talk is about cell phones and consumer electronics, but PCs suck up much more silicon per box and remain a major driver for the chip industry.
Intel Reportedly Plans 50% Price Cut On Core 2 Quad Processors
Intel plans to cut prices on Core 2 Quad processors by 50% on July 22, which attributes the information to an Intel document given to clients. The Quad core processors are designed to be used in servers and very high end desktop PCs.
Are PC chip sets passe?
The kitchen sink ,the CPU single chip .Merging the chip set and microprocessor.
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The NetBeans IDE offers a red 'x' icon when the BPEL process is in an incomplete state
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Sun Tunes Solaris Express Developer Edition for Enhanced Multicore Development
Sun Studio 12 and Improved Wireless Access Provide New Speed and Agility for Developers
Sun, today announced new functionality for Solaris Express Developer Edition, including new compilers and development tools, to help application developers create better applications faster:
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New York state to debate open document format legislation
Moves towards open source software and open formats have also been made in Europe – often with more success. The French government has announced that it will make Paris a centre of excellence for open source software development.
A New York politician has launched a bill that would order the US state to examine a switch to open document formats for official business.
Bloomberg: Connecticut Attorney General Says Microsoft Anti-Trust Measures at “Turning Point”
ollowing on reports in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times this weekend that U.S. State authorities may pursue anti-trust accusations against Microsoft brought by Google, Bloomberg News reports today that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the State is considering demanding that Microsoft change aspects of its Windows Vista operating system to address Google's complaints.
Google Shortens Hold Time on User Data
From now on, or at least until another government complains, Google will anonymize its search server logs after 18 months. The company made the announcement this week in response to another round of European Union objections. Previously, Google held onto user search data for as long as 24 months, a length of time the company decided on in reaction to past European Union (EU) concerns.
Second impression for nanoimprint
After years of hype and false starts, the nanoimprint lithography market is set to explode--or, perhaps, implode. In one scenario, nanoimprint tool vendors--whose business thus far has been largely limited to small R&D markets--are poised to fulfill past promises, enabling a low-cost paradigm shift for the production of optoelectronics, semiconductors, storage and other products. But nanoimprint vendors could also be on the brink of a shakeout, wrought by too many vendors chasing too small a market.
Apple offers developers Web 2.0 apps for iPhone
Apple says it plans to let developers build Web 2.0 applications for the iPhone, a move that slightly opens the door to a mostly closed environment.
Tech companies set goals for energy efficiency
A group of some of the biggest technology companies said they've committed to a plan to improve the power efficiency of equipment they make and use:
Can a Tiny Microphone Save the Bees — and the Food Supply?
Colony collapse disorder is bad news for anyone who eats. Typically, almost a third of an American's diet comes from fruits and vegetables, which require pollination, and no technology gets the job done as effectively as Apis mellifera , the humble honeybee. Wild bee populations in the US have declined steadily over the past half century, and today most of the remaining 2.4 million colonies are domesticated. To pollinate their crops, farmers rely almost completely on the latter — and now these hives are endangered, too.
Device Helps Autistic Adults Read Body Language
A device being developed by an MIT grad may help autistic adults with interpersonal communication. Rana El Kaliouby's Emotional Social Intelligence Prosthetic uses intelligent software and a computer/video camera apparatus worn by the user to determine a listener's level of interest in a conversation; the device vibrates to warn the user when the listener's attention strays. The goal is to enhance autistic individual's ability to pick up other's emotional cues.
No Data Can Outrun This 'Cheetah'
Informix isn't ready to retire.IBM said today it has refreshed its Informix Dynamic Server (IDS), adding continuous availability and disaster-recovery features to its online transaction-processing database.
Heat generates electricity
Acoustically coupled transducers can directly generate electricity from heat, researchers reported on June 8 during the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America here. "We have a new source of renewable energy from waste heat," said University of Utah professor Orest Symko.
U.S. Mortgage Foreclosure Filings Rise 90% in May (Update4)
U.S. foreclosure filings surged 90 percent in May from a year earlier as more homeowners fell behind on their monthly mortgage payments, RealtyTrac Inc. said. A jump in foreclosures at a time of year that traditionally is the busiest for home sales means the slide in prices probably isn't over, said James Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. Typically, more than half of all home sales occur in the April to June period, according to Freddie Mac, the No. 2 mortgage buyer.
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The Network is the Computer Sun Video
Sun Software Helps With Network Inventory
Sun Microsystems on Monday is expected to introduce new software designed to help IT managers understand their server and application inventory so they can better organize and report on their IT assets
A Buyback Boost for Sun Micro
Sun, its latest effort to goose its stock price as it recovers from the tech bust, the company announced plans May 17 to buy back $3 billion in stock.
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IBM Acquires Telelogic For Its Rational Software Unit
IBM announced Monday that it has offered $745 million to acquire Telelogic AB and that it plans to integrate the software development firm into IBM's Rational Software unit.
What Does Apple's Steve Jobs Have Up His Sleeve?
Apple: Jobs Keynote At The WWDC
Apple's annual world wide developers conference opens this morning at San Francisco's Moscone and the town is abuzz with speculation about what secrets Steve Jobs will reveal in the keynote speech.
Computer failure triggers worst flight delays of the year
A federal computer system that processes pilots' flight plans went down for two hours Friday morning, causing a domino effect of problems and hours of delays for travelers.
IP business model 'broken,'
The IP business is "broken" and needs consolidation to better serve customers, according to Mike Kaskowitz, vice president of semiconductor IP at Mosaid Technologies.
Nintendo Wii video game console has a dark side. Dr. Julio Bonis couldn't figure out why his right shoulder was so sore after awakening one Sunday morning. He hadn't suffered any trauma or recent injuries, which made the pain even more puzzling After consulting with a colleague, the 29-year-old family practice physician in Madrid, Spain, determined that he suffered from acute tendonitis caused by what Bonis calls "Wiiitis." Yes, the popular Nintendo Wii video game console has a dark side.
Wireless sensor nets get a boost from Dust Networks
When the Sensors Expo opens next week in the Chicago suburbs, Dust Networks . may be pulling ahead in wireless sensor networks by exploiting industrial applications ranging from process control to cold storage:
Circuit design algorithm compensates for tangled nanotubes
Researchers from Stanford University reported Thursday (June 7) at the Design Automation Conference here on a way to design circuits that should work even when many of the nanotubes in them are twisted and misaligned.
NASA chooses Web suite for moon, Mars spacecraft design
On the morning of its space shuttle launch, NASA announced that its engineers and scientists will use a Vignette Next-Generation Web Suite to design spacecraft for the upcoming Constellation Program.
Yahoo Hacker Uses Story To Find, Exploit Yahoo Messenger Bug
Exploit code has hit the Internet for the critical flaws in Yahoo Messenger that could enable a remote hacker to take control of a user's system.
Taiwanese Tea Leaves Auger Well for Intel, Drive Makers
A note today from A.G. Edward & Sons analyst Dr. David Wong tells of a robust market for personal computers, including desktop computers, based on data Wong has inspected from Taiwanese motherboard shipments, which showed a sharp 19% rise in May following lackluster growth the beginning of the year. Wong thinks that bodes well for Intel and disk-drive makers Seagate and Western Digital.
SAP's Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto
SAP brought out its top brass to show off the big iron inside its new Co-Innovation Lab here today. Executives from a number of tech companies, including HP, Intel, Cisco and NetApp joined SAP CEO Henning Kagerman and other top execs at the unveiling of the lab which includes computer products and systems donated by the above-mentioned companies.
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Sun Blackbox on a Shake TableYouTube
A complete datacenter we're introducing to allow customers to leave behind traditional raised floor facilities for vastly less expensive, more power efficient and faster to deploy alternatives.
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Apple Leopard will use Sun's file system
Apple's HFS+ file system will be replaced by Sun's open source ZFS, Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz revealed on stage ahead of Apple's WWDC developer conference.
Sun Microsystems ranked No. 187,on the Fortune 500 ranks companies based on revenues:
The Palo Alto, CA-based company was ranked No. 11 on the 2006 list.
Other companies in the Computers, Office Equipment sector on this year's Fortune 500 include: Intl. Business Machines ranked No. 15; Dell ranked No. 34; Apple ranked No. 121; Xerox ranked No. 145 and Sun Microsystems ( SUNW ( Charts , Fortune 500 )) ranked No. 187.
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Bill Gates finally gets degree Bill Gates returned to Harvard University
"I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: 'Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree,'" Microsoft Chairman Gates said to hearty audience laughter as he began his speech.
Vietnamese fishermen 'salvage' Internet lines
Fishermen who were allowed to take unused war-era undersea copper cables have gone too far, "salvaging" fibre-optic lines providing some of Vietnam's Internet and other international communications.
China's IT services industry set to overtake UK
China's strength comes from robust software engineering programmes for students, according to Developing the Future 2007 , a series of essays and reports on the U.K.'s IT industry.
SOA World Conference & Expo 2007 East Charter Sponsors Announced
The Largest SOA, Enterprise Open Source and Virtualization Event of the Year Will Offer Three Days and Seven Tracks of Content
Hollywood Goes High Tech
The Visual Effects , Spider-Man 3 , the two-minute "Birth of Sandman" sequence, which involved groundbreaking particle dynamics and control over individual grains of virtual sand, took up 37 terabytes of data. The entire Spider-Man 2 movie was only 4.5 terabytes.
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Clemson University and Sun Microsystems Boost Computational Research for Transportation Industry
Sun's Solaris10 Operating System-based High Performance Computing Platform Enables State-of-the-Art Computer Modeling for Clemson's Computational Center for Mobility Systems
Sun, in the opening of a world-class automotive research facility in South Carolina,and Clemson University are helping the United States transportation sector shift to a higher gear with the opening of its Computational Center for Mobility Systems (CU-CCMS):
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The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online lifeMozilla has issued the last security update for its open source Firefox 1.5 browser. It included an automatic update mechanism to give users the option of upgrading to Firefox 2.0.
Firefox 1.5 Gets Its Last Update
Mozilla ends Firefox 1.5 support
Google gears up for offline applications Google is using its first worldwide Developer Day today to launch Google Gears, an open source technology for building web applications that can work offline.
The latest Fedora release improves that customization and puts Red Hat squarely in the face of custom Linux appliance builders, such as rPath, that have recently begun to challenge Red Hat's dominance in the Linux market:.
Apple Partners With YouTube Apple today announced it's giving its floundering Apple TV something it has yet to gain, besides an audience: content. The company struck a deal with Google's YouTube video streaming service to provide originally-created content on Apple TV.
D: Google's Eric Schmidt On The Viacom Lawsuit And MoreNow at the D: All Things Digital conference, we get the other side of the Viacom (VIA) /Google (GOOG) battle.
D: RealNetworks Unveils New Version Of Real Player With Web Video CaptureRealNetworks (RNWK) today unveiled a a new version of its RealPlayer media player software , adding the ability to capture, store and burn non-protected Web-based video. Real CEO Rob Glaser unveiled the software today at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California.
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Sun today announced that Singapore Airlines has rolled out StarOffice software in its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft
Singapore Airlines is the first and only airline to install a productivity suite for the benefit of its passengers who can now continue to work after boarding the plane without having to power up their laptops.
Jonathan's Latest; No amount of fear can stop the rise of free media, or free software (they are the same, after all) The community is vastly more innovative and powerful than a single company. And you will never turn back the clock on elementary school students and developing economies and aid agencies and fledgling universities - or the Fortune 500 - that have found value in the wisdom of the open source community. Open standards and open source software are literally changing the face of the planet - creating opportunity wherever the network can reach. That's not a genie any litigator I know can put back in a bottle.
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NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9)Cookbooks.
These CookBooks cover some new functionality that will be available in NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9):
Vista no more secure than XPOne of Microsoft's big promises with Vista was a more secure operating system. But when stripped to the bare bones and thrown into the wild, wild Web, Vista's security failed to impress Test Center engineers.
Microsoft Surface Teaser One of Microsoft Corp.'s biggest secrets looks like a normal coffee table. Until it's switched on. After years of covert development, Microsoft says it will release a computer that uses the tabletop as its high-resolution display, recognizes objects placed on the surface and skips the traditional keyboard and mouse in favor of fingers on the screen. The company envisions a variety of uses. In one example, people place a card on the table to call up a virtual stack of digital photos from a computer server and then rotate, resize and spread them across the table using their hands. In another, diners split a tab by dragging icons of their meals to their credit cards.
Microsoft Surface brings computing to the table
Ballmer is set to take the stage this morning at D Today at The Wall Street Journal's D: All Thing's Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled a new product called Microsoft Surface, a multi-touch sensitive surface computer running a highly customized version of Windows Vista that the company hopes will “change the way people interact with technology”.
D:Apple's Steve Jobs On Macs, Music, iPhone and More; Adding YouTube To AppleTV
Jobs says Apple has three businesses and a hobby. Mac business, the music business, the third one will be the phone business. The hobby is AppleTV; a lot of people have tried to make that a business; we're trying; hundreds of thousands of units a year, hasn't crested to be millions of units a year.
Shopping Kiosk Brings Online Benefits To The Store HP previewed the latest work from its HP Labs here, an interactive shopping kiosk it expects to pilot with a few retail customers later this year. The HP Retail Assistant is meant to help improve what HP said is an ecosystem of manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
Adobe Gives ColdFusion A Big Overhaul ColdFusion is the latest Macromedia product to get a long-needed overhaul from Adobe Systems, with the announcement today of a beta release of ColdFusion 8. ColdFusion is a Web site development tool and previously part of the Macromedia family, which merged with Adobe back the 2005.
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NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9)Cookbooks.
These CookBooks cover some new functionality that will be available in NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9):
The fourth edition of the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, D4 returned to the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, California from May 30 to June 1, 2006 with a complete buy-out of the property and a number of other improvements that made it the best D yet. At D4 , Bill Gates shared a sneak peek at Microsoft's next version of Office; Nicholas Negroponte gave attendees a first look at the working prototype of his low-cost computer for children in developing countries; Terry Semel defended Yahoo!'s involvement in China; and Stanford's Larry Lessig warned of the chilling effects produced by copyright law in a spirited debate with Random House's Richard Sarnoff. speakers:
Bill Gates | Chairman, Microsoft
Steve Jobs | CEO, Apple
Steve Ballmer | CEO, Microsoft
George Lucas | Film director and producer
Eric Schmidt | Chairman and CEO, Google
Steve Case | Chairman and CEO, Revolution
John Chambers | Chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems
Les Moonves | President and CEO, CBS
Ann Moore | Chairman and CEO, Time Inc.
Peter Chernin | President and COO, News Corp.
Jeff Hawkins | Founder of Palm Computing
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen | Founders of YouTube
Philippe Dauman | President and CEO, Viacom
Senator John McCain | United States Senator from Arizona
Complex Events? BEA Has 'Em Covered BEA WebLogic Event Server, a Java application server geared to handle loads of streaming data and complex event processing (CEP) in real time
Google: Gaining Share In Search. AgainGoogle's share of the U.S. home, work and university query market was 49.7%, up from 48.3% in March. Yahoo's share slipped to 26.8%, from 27.5%; Microsoft fell to 10.3% from 10.9%; Ask dipped to 5.1% from 5.2% and Time Warner's AOL unit had 5% share, flat with March.
Google Apps business Google Apps is a collection of software - Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Docs and Spreadsheets - offered for free in a standard version and for $50 per user in a premium version that provides additional support and contains no advertising. Weinstein thinks Gmail could be a powerful way for the company to move more aggressively into the host software business, and asserts that the company's email service alone could be addressing a $23 billion market by 2009. He notes that the small business market alone could be a $5 billion addressable market by 2009.
Intel researchers focus on parallel softwareWith the rise of multicore CPUs the push for parallel software has become job number 1 for Intel's microprocessor R&D labs
Microsoft cancels key developer conference citing inconvenient timing for the show in light of the launch of important new infrastructure and developer-platform.
Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers Hoping to tackle the growing problem of pump-and-dump stock scams Microsoft Corp. has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who it says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks.
Chip forum dials up next-gen cellular The struggles for more performance, less power and tighter silicon integration in cell phones took center stage at the Microprocessor Forum here last week. ARM Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. detailed upcoming architectures for 2008-class 3G phones, and a researcher at Japan's NTT Docomo sketched out the road to the next two generations of systems.
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NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9)Cookbooks.
These CookBooks cover some new functionality that will be available in NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9):
Sun Gains Market Share for Fifth Straight Quarter According to Analyst Firm
Sun is the Top Unix Server Vendor as Solaris Momentum Continues. Sun Microsystems saw its year-to-year total server revenue market share grow for the fifth straight quarter in Q107, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, which was released today.
Sun and Redflag Chinese 2000 to Collaborate on OpenOffice.org Projects
Announce Engineering Effort in the Ongoing Development of the World's Leading Free Productivity Suite.
Sun, the OpenOffice.org community and Redflag Chinese 2000 Software, today announced a joint development effort that will focus on integrating new features in the Chinese localization of OpenOffice.org, as well as quality assurance and work on the core applications. Additionally, Redflag Chinese 2000 made public its commitment to the global OpenOffice.org community stating it would strengthen its support of the development of the world's leading free and open source productivity suite.
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Senator skeptical about permanent Internet tax break
The chairman of a key Senate committee Wednesday (May 23) expressed reservations about a proposal to permanently ban state taxes on Internet access.
Dell to ship Ubuntu-loaded PCs
PC maker Dell said Thursday it will start taking orders for notebooks and desktops today that are pre-loaded with Ubuntu 7.04, at starting street prices between $599 and $849.
Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze into mobile phones, think again. Nokia Corp. hopes someday to add a new feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting strikes.
Nvidia graphics chips perform double duty as CPUs
CUDA ( compute unified device architecture),Nvidia Corp. is promoting the idea that the graphics processing units (GPUs) it makes can also operate, when needed, as additional CPUs (central processing units) to vastly increase computing power.
The NAC: Can't They All Just Get Along?
Decisions, decisions -- especially network access control decisions (NAC). Should enterprises choose Microsoft's NAP, Cisco's NAC or Juniper-backed TNC for their NAC needs? And, most important, can they all get along?
NAC has been one of the most-hyped new networking technology approaches over the past few years, but plenty of work remains regarding interoperability between vendors' solutions.
Microsoft Aims for 'Identity Metasystem'
Microsoft announced Wednesday a set of initiatives aimed at aiding interoperability between competing online identity management systems based on information card technologies.
Opsware Plants a 'Virtual' Leg Up
Opsware Inc. has fortified its server automation in a bid to improve its chances of gobbling more market share against IBM, HP and CA in the multi-billion dollar market for datacenter automation software.
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I-SPY with my little eye... a new spyware actThe House has just passed the Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2007 —otherwise cleverly known as "I-SPY"—in order to lay the smack down on spyware purveyors whose actions are already illegal and who are currently being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission . Wait, what? :
China backs off mandatory blogger identity registration The Chinese government has surprisingly backed down on a proposal to require all bloggers in the country to register their real identities. The government-regulated Internet Society of China said that real-name registration would now only be "encouraged" but not required, according to the Xinhua news agency. Blog service providers will be required to take measures to ensure the privacy of those who have chosen to register so that there are no concerns over identity theft.
New Internet Radio Royalty Fees Pressure Webcasters
Under the new rules, Webcasters would no longer pay royalties as a percentage of earnings. Instead, they would pay a fee each time a user listens to a song.
Why Is Networking Growing So Fast? According to Germanow's IDC data:
The No. 1 reason is voice and video.
The No. 2 reason for the growth of networking is the rise of network-based businesses. Because the network is the business, networking-based business is all businesses and not just Amazon, Google and eBay.
The third reason for the growth of networking, With all the applications and users coming onto the network, the need for intelligent networking gear is a key enterprise requirement.
The fourth reason for the growth of networking is end-point growth. Germanow noted that their has been an explosion of network touch points, which means that more items are connecting to the network.
Microsoft trademarks logo for on-demand IPTV service Microsoft has filed for a trademark for software that will enable consumers to watch television and movies on-demand. The trademark itself is for a logo, described as "arrowheads diverging from disc." That's the boring part of the trademark, though. The goods and services described along with the trademark are what raises some eyebrows, as Microsoft hopes to offer software that will allow users to watch "broadcast-quality video and television programming" over their broadband Internet connections.
Micron predicts flash memory will replace disk drivesMicron Technology believes it's only a matter of time before solid-state flash-memory drives used today for storage in digital cameras and MP3 players become an alternative to disk drives in the data center.
JP Morgan says hardware, telcoms next buyout sectors The next wave of leveraged buyouts in the technology industry is likely to extend to computer hardware and telecom equipment sectors, a managing director of JP Morgan predicted.
Next Market Transition is Collaboration Cisco CEO John Chambers, who delivered the opening keynote of the Interop conference in Las Vegas, says the next wave of innovation will be driven by user needs to collaborate in real time over IP networks. "Watch how often we've been accurate in the past," Chambers said, referring to Cisco's acquisitions to move into new market segments. "The reason we're pretty accurate–we keep our fingers on your pulse pretty tightly," he reminded Interop conference attendees.
Posted at 02:06PM May 23, 2007 by barkodar in General | Comments[0]
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NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9)Cookbooks.
These CookBooks cover some new functionality that will be available in NetBeans 6.0 Preview (M9):
Sun Helps Insurance Industry Open New Markets Through New Distribution Channels
Sun Distribution Channel Portal Solution Lets Insurers Reach New Customers, Reduce Costs and Improve Client Service, without Extra Operational Risk or Complex IT Processes
Sun Microsystems Expands Leading Storage Virtualization Platform with Latest Addition to High-End Storage Portfolio
Sun StorageTek(TM) 9990V Enterprise Storage System Complements the Solaris Operating System, Affirms Ongoing Relationship with Hitachi Data Systems.
The new Sun StorageTek 9990V storage system delivers industry-leading performance and scalability along with new thin provisioning capabilities with Dynamic Provisioning software that improves storage utilization, saves money and gives customers an easy, transparent way of adding additional storage as needed over time.
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Power shift in the laptopAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. are pulling neck-and-neck in the race to define the core high-end silicon for notebook computers. Competition among chip and system makers is keen, because notebooks are edging out desktops as the dominant platform in client computing.
Microsoft shuffles server, developer groups in reorg Microsoft said it would move its server and tools group, led by Bob Muglia, into its business division. The change positions Jeff Raikes, president of the business division, to control over half the company's revenue and the bulk of its earnings growth, said Robert Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "It puts him in a strong position to succeed CEO Steve Ballmer, should Ballmer decide to start a retreat from day-to-day management," he said.
LG.Philips LCD shows next-generation display technologies at SID 2007 LG.Philips LCD is demonstrating a number of advanced displays including; a hair-thin flexible AM OLED display which can reproduce a full 16.7 million colors, along with a 14.1-inch flexible color A4-size electronic paper (e-paper) display and a 6-inch e-paper display which could replace a number of current paper products because of their crisp output and low power consumption.
Posted at 12:58PM May 22, 2007 by barkodar in General | Comments[0]
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Java Technologies Extend Global Distribution with Canonical's Latest Ubuntu Linux Release
Sun and Canonical today announced the immediate availability of a complete, production quality Java technology stack and developer tools with the latest release of Ubuntu, v7.04, making it easier for GNU/Linux developers to leverage the Java platform in their applications. This stack, which is comprised of key popular Java technologies such as GlassFish(TM) v1 (the open source Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 implementation), Java Platform, Standard Edition (JDK 6), Java DB 10.2 (built from Apache Derby) and NetBeans(TM) IDE 5.5 -- will be available in the Multiverse component of the Ubuntu repository on April 19. These technologies will be available for Ubuntu users to install easily over the network with apt-get and other standard software management tools.
Jonathan's Latest: What Brand Means,"For those that deliver service via the network (or free software), brand is all you've got
But a brand must go beyond a promise. To me, a brand is a cause - a guiding light. For fulfilling expectations, certainly, as well as dealing with the ill-defined and unexpected. It's what tells your employees how to act when circumstances (and customers) go awry, or well beyond a training course. My first real experience with that was a personal one.
Sun Microsystems Inc. has pledged to shrink its carbon footprint by 20 percent by 2012 from its 2002 total, As the 27th anniversary of Earth Day approaches on Sunday, more companies are realizing that embracing energy conservation is good business, not just good public relations:
Many technology companies highlight energy-efficient products they make for their customers, but more than 100 U.S companies, including AMD, have pledged to reduce energy consumption in their own operations, taking steps as complicated as converting to renewable energy or as simple as selling a vacant office building.
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North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00 in March, up from 0.98 in February, according to SEMI: The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
Intel's Silverthorne applying its 45nm process technology to a new processordesigned for ultramobile PCs:
Intel is applying its 45nm process technology to a new processor designed for ultramobile PCs . The chip, code named Silverthorne, is Intel's first ground up design aimed at a new class of mobile systems smaller than notebooks but larger and more feature rich than cellphones.
Cisco build one of the largest Wi-Fi deployments to date
Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled that the Italian Province of Brescia is using its Wi-Fi mesh equipment to deploy a wireless network that stretches across 4,800 square kilometers. The network will deliver broadband services and applications like voice-over-IP to over 200 rural towns.
Google buys Marratech video conferencing company: A Stockholm-based developer of video conferencing software, taking it further into the sphere of collaborative work tools. Marratech will continue to support its customers and resellers following the acquisition, it said on Thursday. Google said Marratech's engineers will remain in Sweden and continue to develop the desktop conferencing software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
EPIC, CDD ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick merger
Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google Inc.'s planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
High-brightness LED market to grow to US$9 billion in 2011, says Strategies Unlimited
The market will see growth for the next three to five years driven by lighting, display backlights and automotive, while the mobile appliance sector will decline slowly, the firm indicated.
Broadcasters, Content and the Un-YouTube
The broadcast and cable companies' recent deal to bring thousands of hours of movies and television shows to the online realm, and for free, is another example of platform integration among broadcasters, and just giving viewers content for Web consumption, said Todd Chanko, a Jupiter Research analyst who advises television and film entertainment industries.
TurboTax Servers Overwhelmed by Late Filers
Last-minute electronic filers late yesterday swamped the servers at Intuit, the maker of the popular TurboTax tax-preparation software and the Web preparation service of the same name. This morning, the company said it was working with the Internal Revenue Service and that the agency would accept late returns without penalty.
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North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00 in March, up from 0.98 in February, according to SEMI: The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
Intel's Silverthorne applying its 45nm process technology to a new processordesigned for ultramobile PCs:
Intel is applying its 45nm process technology to a new processor designed for ultramobile PCs . The chip, code named Silverthorne, is Intel's first ground up design aimed at a new class of mobile systems smaller than notebooks but larger and more feature rich than cellphones.
Cisco build one of the largest Wi-Fi deployments to date
Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled that the Italian Province of Brescia is using its Wi-Fi mesh equipment to deploy a wireless network that stretches across 4,800 square kilometers. The network will deliver broadband services and applications like voice-over-IP to over 200 rural towns.
Google buys Marratech video conferencing company: A Stockholm-based developer of video conferencing software, taking it further into the sphere of collaborative work tools. Marratech will continue to support its customers and resellers following the acquisition, it said on Thursday. Google said Marratech's engineers will remain in Sweden and continue to develop the desktop conferencing software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
EPIC, CDD ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick merger
Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google Inc.'s planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
High-brightness LED market to grow to US$9 billion in 2011, says Strategies Unlimited
The market will see growth for the next three to five years driven by lighting, display backlights and automotive, while the mobile appliance sector will decline slowly, the firm indicated.
Broadcasters, Content and the Un-YouTube
The broadcast and cable companies' recent deal to bring thousands of hours of movies and television shows to the online realm, and for free, is another example of platform integration among broadcasters, and just giving viewers content for Web consumption, said Todd Chanko, a Jupiter Research analyst who advises television and film entertainment industries.
TurboTax Servers Overwhelmed by Late Filers
Last-minute electronic filers late yesterday swamped the servers at Intuit, the maker of the popular TurboTax tax-preparation software and the Web preparation service of the same name. This morning, the company said it was working with the Internal Revenue Service and that the agency would accept late returns without penalty.
Posted at 03:48PM Apr 20, 2007 by barkodar in General | Comments[0]
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North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00 in March, up from 0.98 in February, according to SEMI: The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
Intel's Silverthorne applying its 45nm process technology to a new processordesigned for ultramobile PCs:
Intel is applying its 45nm process technology to a new processor designed for ultramobile PCs . The chip, code named Silverthorne, is Intel's first ground up design aimed at a new class of mobile systems smaller than notebooks but larger and more feature rich than cellphones.
Cisco build one of the largest Wi-Fi deployments to date
Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled that the Italian Province of Brescia is using its Wi-Fi mesh equipment to deploy a wireless network that stretches across 4,800 square kilometers. The network will deliver broadband services and applications like voice-over-IP to over 200 rural towns.
Google buys Marratech video conferencing company: A Stockholm-based developer of video conferencing software, taking it further into the sphere of collaborative work tools. Marratech will continue to support its customers and resellers following the acquisition, it said on Thursday. Google said Marratech's engineers will remain in Sweden and continue to develop the desktop conferencing software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
EPIC, CDD ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick merger
Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google Inc.'s planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
High-brightness LED market to grow to US$9 billion in 2011, says Strategies Unlimited
The market will see growth for the next three to five years driven by lighting, display backlights and automotive, while the mobile appliance sector will decline slowly, the firm indicated.
Broadcasters, Content and the Un-YouTube
The broadcast and cable companies' recent deal to bring thousands of hours of movies and television shows to the online realm, and for free, is another example of platform integration among broadcasters, and just giving viewers content for Web consumption, said Todd Chanko, a Jupiter Research analyst who advises television and film entertainment industries.
TurboTax Servers Overwhelmed by Late Filers
Last-minute electronic filers late yesterday swamped the servers at Intuit, the maker of the popular TurboTax tax-preparation software and the Web preparation service of the same name. This morning, the company said it was working with the Internal Revenue Service and that the agency would accept late returns without penalty.
Posted at 03:44PM Apr 20, 2007 by barkodar in General | Comments[0]
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North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00 in March, up from 0.98 in February, according to SEMI: The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
Intel's Silverthorne applying its 45nm process technology to a new processordesigned for ultramobile PCs:
Intel is applying its 45nm process technology to a new processor designed for ultramobile PCs . The chip, code named Silverthorne, is Intel's first ground up design aimed at a new class of mobile systems smaller than notebooks but larger and more feature rich than cellphones.
Cisco build one of the largest Wi-Fi deployments to date
Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled that the Italian Province of Brescia is using its Wi-Fi mesh equipment to deploy a wireless network that stretches across 4,800 square kilometers. The network will deliver broadband services and applications like voice-over-IP to over 200 rural towns.
Google buys Marratech video conferencing company: A Stockholm-based developer of video conferencing software, taking it further into the sphere of collaborative work tools. Marratech will continue to support its customers and resellers following the acquisition, it said on Thursday. Google said Marratech's engineers will remain in Sweden and continue to develop the desktop conferencing software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
EPIC, CDD ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick merger
Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google Inc.'s planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
High-brightness LED market to grow to US$9 billion in 2011, says Strategies Unlimited
The market will see growth for the next three to five years driven by lighting, display backlights and automotive, while the mobile appliance sector will decline slowly, the firm indicated.
Broadcasters, Content and the Un-YouTube
The broadcast and cable companies' recent deal to bring thousands of hours of movies and television shows to the online realm, and for free, is another example of platform integration among broadcasters, and just giving viewers content for Web consumption, said Todd Chanko, a Jupiter Research analyst who advises television and film entertainment industries.
TurboTax Servers Overwhelmed by Late Filers
Last-minute electronic filers late yesterday swamped the servers at Intuit, the maker of the popular TurboTax tax-preparation software and the Web preparation service of the same name. This morning, the company said it was working with the Internal Revenue Service and that the agency would accept late returns without penalty.
Posted at 03:44PM Apr 20, 2007 by barkodar in General | Comments[0]