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Sun: MySQL buy 'most important in software history'
The company says its acquisition of open-source database provider MySQL will enable it to dominate in open-source server software. Read more »
Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1bn
Sun is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open-source database developer MySQL for US$1bn. Read more »
Questions remain after Oracle's BEA takeover
Oracle's acquisition of BEA Systems was a logical move by the software giant but it remains unclear exactly what it will mean for users in terms of product roadmap and transition licensing. Read more »
IBM to buy tools company Telelogic
IBM will spend US$745 million to buy software-development tools company Telelogic, Big Blue said on Monday. Read more »
BEA to take on Asia thanks to Oracle
Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts. Read more »
Microsoft moves on after Yahoo break-up
In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone. Read more »
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion
Oracle plans to acquire middleware maker BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. The move means Oracle will leapfrog IBM as the number one middleware player. Read more »
Google DoubleClick merger gets ACCC go-ahead
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it will not intervene into Google's US$3.1 billion acquisition of ad-serving company DoubleClick. Read more »
Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo
Microsoft went public on Friday with a US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. Read more »
Microsoft buys UK mapping service
Microsoft has announced that has scooped up Multimap, a United Kingdom-based mapping service. Read more »
Features (27)
Case Study: Powerlan and Application Lifecycle Management
For a company that makes software for a living, having suitable application lifecycle management tools is essential to ensuring a quality outcome for clients. Read more »
Use application architecture to reduce redundancy
A reader expresses his frustration after discovering that an application he is working on has already been developed in another sector of his company. Tom Mochal offers keys to avoiding redundancy. Read more »
WSDL for your B2B back-end application?
You may have an ideal prospect for a WSDL app. But you need to answer several questions before launching the project. Here's how to get started. Read more »
Developing real-time applications with Java RTS 2.0
Java Real-Time System (RTS) 2.0 is Sun's fully compliant implementation of the industry standard set of extensions for the Java platform. It helps you set process priorities according to importance (this is typically not supported in Java software applications). Read more »
Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »
Symbian's research chief on going open source
We caught up with Symbian's research chief, David Wood, at the Symbian Smartphone Show at Earls Court in London, to discuss the complications of such a process, as well as what the next few years holds for smartphone technology. Read more »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft change as a result? What influence will Steve Ballmer have and how will the company's strategy alter without Gates? Read more »
Nokia's big plans on the Qt
With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry. Read more »
Google vs. Microsoft
At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »
Blog (7)
Adobe briefly considered its own browser
-- Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »
How soon is Semantic?
-- At some point in the future you will be able arrive at work George Jetson-style. Your electric flying car will be streaming content to you from the new Semantic Web while your son in the backseat will be enjoying Duke Nukem Forever. Read more »
Warning: ads to get more annoying
-- The addition of high definition video and VoIP within Flash will allows developers to create new user experiences and it's coming to a banner ad near you in all its H.264 and vocal glory. Read more »
In a world of Goliaths, who's got a stone?
-- It seems like it is that time of year again... the days are getting longer, the weather is getting a bit warmer and the top-tier software vendors are on a buying spree. Will you get lost in the shuffle? Why not support your local software developer! Read more »
Service Pack or Market Attack?
-- I will give it to Microsoft. When they want to capture a particular market, they go hard or not at all. And with SQL Server 2005, they have their sights set firmly on the Business Intelligence market. And their strategy makes sense—they are moving to become the "one stop shop" for database servers, data management tools, reporting and analysis, eliminating the need to spend more money on third-party tools. Read more »
While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?
-- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »
Delivering software like iTunes delivers songs
-- Last Friday I got the chance to speak with Don Ferguson, IBM Fellow and SWG Chief Architect about the impending open sourcing of Java, Web 2.0, and what IBM are doing. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.