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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 »
BEA Systems pours 'Liquid Computing'
Speaking at its customer conference, BEA's CEO outlines product plans, including messaging-based integration software and administration tools. Read more »
Oracle's eye on the future
As part of its semiannual analysts' day, Oracle on Wednesday outlined a range of plans for the New Year and beyond, from integration of PeopleSoft technology to its planned entry into the market for collaboration software. Read more »
Red Hat scoops up JBoss for US$350m
Linux distributor Red Hat said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy open-source company JBoss for at least US$350 million, a move that expands Red Hat's product line and adds to its growth potential. Read more »
Sun tries again with consumer-flavoured Java
The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development. Read more »
Open source: The newest competitive tool
A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. 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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W3C has released mobileOK checker, an open source tool for checking the suitability of websites for mobile devices. Read more »
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Ratbags burn, smash and 'nuke' hard drives
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Five services you can turn off in Windows Server 2003
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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.