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Friday - May 9, 2008
Taking on the likes of Adobe and Microsoft, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday unveiled its new JavaFX family of products for building rich Internet applications. Based on Sun's longstanding Java platform, JavaFX includes a runtime and a tools suite that Web scripters, designers and developers can use to quickly build and deliver rich interactive applications for desktop, mobile devices, TV and other platforms. JavaFX Desktop for desktop browsers and applications will be available this fall, while JavaFX Mobile will ship in spring 2009. JavaFX TV is due to be available summer 2009. [More...]
Thursday - May 8, 2008
In early 2002, the founders of Azul Systems wagered that Java was going to become a prominent enterprise platform. If that happened, they suspected enterprise customers of Java would soon need relief from the pain points caused by poor scaling and disappointing deployment costs. [More...]
Wednesday - May 7, 2008
IBM plans to launch an initiative that centers on a Linux-based platform and a Web-based marketplace tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Set for later this year, the rollout will provide users with a range of products and services from independent software vendors. It will also allow them to tap into IBM's computing horsepower. [More...]
Tuesday - May 6, 2008
Personal computers with Linux preinstalled have been springing up all over the place in recent months. Now Shuttle, the company famous for perfectly formed PCs, have got in on the act with the LinuXPC SD3002Q, which comes with openSuse 10.3 Linux preinstalled. It has an Intel Core 2 Duoprocessor, 1 GB RAM, a 250 GB HD, integrated Intel graphics, memory card reader, DVD writer, 6 USB ports and wired networking. [More...]
Monday - May 5, 2008
Sun Microsystems and the OpenSolaris community it created a few years ago have officially released the Unix-based OpenSolaris operating system into the wild. The two organizations shared the news at the CommunityOne Developer Conference Monday in San Francisco. OpenSolaris is based on Sun's Solaris kernel, but it has since been transformed into a more open and developer-friendly OS. [More...]
Monday - May 5, 2008
After the exuberance that followed Hardy Heron's landing not long ago, the mood on the Linux blogs shifted considerably last week in the wake of the conviction of ReiserFS file-system designer Hans Reiser of first-degree murder. Before the highly publicized trial, Reiser and his team were working on Reiser4. [More...]
Monday - April 28, 2008
Red Hat will look primarily to emerging markets, not the United States, to expand service sales in the coming years, chief executive Jim Whitehurst said. Red Hat sells services that support open source software, or software whose underlying code is shared freely by professionals and amateurs worldwide. [More...]
Monday - April 28, 2008
With the arrival of Ubuntu's Hardy Heron last week, it is perhaps an understatement to say that conversation on the Linux blogs was plentiful. The news was picked up on virtually every forum out there, including Slashdot (where more than 600 comments had already been made just a day after the release), the Linux Loop, All About Linux and Foogazi, to name just a few. [More...]
Saturday - April 26, 2008
It resembles an alarm clock -- except it's squishy like a beanbag. You can buy charms to hang on it. To say it's being marketed as cute would be an understatement. Say hello to Chumby, a tiny Linux computer disguised as a snugly toy -- sort of a Tickle Me Elmo for gadget geeks. [More...]
Friday - April 25, 2008
It seems there's no love lost between FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Comcast. In testimony before a Senate committee about the practice of blocking peer-to-peer traffic on the Internet, Martin said Comcast lied when it described its practices to the FCC. Comcast maintained that it was merely engaging in justifiable management of network traffic in order to preserve the Internet experience for all customers. [More...]
Thursday - April 24, 2008
Months of eager anticipation came to an end Thursday with the long-awaited release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Both desktop and server editions of Ubuntu 8.04 were released as free downloads, and both are Long Term Support releases, meaning that they come with commercial support for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. [More...]

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