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Google shows off Chrome OS tablet ideas

Who could resist the months of hype that paved the way for Apple's iPad debut last week? Apparently not Google, which has shown its interest in tablet computing with its browser-based Chrome OS. Read more »

Jovial Ellison cracks IBM jokes

Oracle supremo Larry Ellison has taken several potshots at his company's rival IBM, denigrating the power efficiency of Big Blue's hardware and opening fire on its blanket "Smarter Planet" marketing campaign. Read more »

Red Hat takes JBoss further into the cloud

In an announcement at Red Hat Summit & JBoss World, the company's annual user conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Red Hat announced the availability of the latest platform from its middleware division JBoss and provided details of its focus on internal and public cloud based application development. Read more »

Researchers offer tool for breaking into Oracle databases

During their presentation at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences next week in Las Vegas, security experts will release a tool that can be used to break into Oracle databases. Read more »

News Limited phases out Solaris

Publisher News Limited has decided to cut down the number of its server operating systems from four to three, with Solaris drawing the short straw. Read more »

Oracle fixes 33 security bugs

Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. Read more »

Oracle unwraps Fusion Middleware 11g

Oracle has unveiled the next generation of its middleware suite, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. Read more »

US extends probe into Oracle-Sun deal

The US Department of Justice has decided to extend its investigation into Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun, according to a brief statement put out late on Friday. Read more »

Sun adds enterprise features to OpenSolaris

Sun is set to launch the latest version of OpenSolaris, tuning it for the enterprise with a new support contract, processor support, and networking and storage technology. Read more »

Oracle/BEA: 12 months on

In the heady days of January 2008, database maker Oracle had finally captured the prize that it had been courting for many months, BEA, and in an instant became the largest middleware player in the market. But are the real results yet to appear? Read more »

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Features (192)

10 open source headlines we'd like to see in 2010

At the beginning of a bright, shiny new year, a lot of things seem possible -- or at least worth imagining. Here are a few fantasy headlines. Read more »

Why Java and .NET will continue to compete

In this reader Q&A, the author talks about the future of Java, the cost to develop in Java compared to .NET and whether Java will displace .NET. Read more »

2009: A Linux year in review

This article looks back over the year 2009 at developments in the world of Linux and Open Source. What do you think are the big stories? Read more »

Workflow Patterns

In this serialisation of Chapter 15 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at some of the more complex, yet common use cases and how these can be addressed in a relatively straightforward fashion by the Workflow Service. Read more »

Message Interaction Patterns

In this serialisation of Chapter 14 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at the more advanced messaging constructs supported by the Oracle BPEL PM. Read more »

Celebrating freedom with open source

Happy Independence day to our US readers. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about, at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level. Read more »

Red Hat announces strategy to 'future-proof' Java

Red Hat announced the JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy, an approach that the company says will redefine the use of Java in the enterprise by making it easier to develop and deploy applications. Read more »

Move SQL Tuning Sets between Oracle instances

SQL Tuning Sets (STS) capture the workload of an Oracle instance. Starting in Oracle 10g Release 2, these tuning sets can be transported from one instance to another to facilitate testing. Read more »

Gather query tuning data via Oracle's dynamic performance views

The dynamic performance views supplied with the Oracle database include several that make the process of gathering tuning information easier. This tip describes four of them: V$SQL, V$SQLAREA, V$SQLTEXT, and a new one, V$SQLSTATS. Read more »

Asia's open source hangup

One of the main draws and selling point of open source technology is its much celebrated developer ecosystem. But, according to an industry expert, this community spirit seems to be lacking in Asia. Read more »

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Interview: Oracle ANZ MD, Ian White

We chat to Oracle ANZ chief Ian White on the sidelines of OpenWorld 2009. Read more »

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Gartner: 'Worst year ever' for IT spending

At the Gartner Symposium/ITExpo 2009 in Orlando, Fla., Peter Sondergaard, a senior vice president of research at Gartner, says 2009 was the worst spending cycle ever. He adds that Silicon Valley will no longer be in charge of the rebound and emerging regions will drive IT spending and how it's deployed. Read more »

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Oracle announces Exadata 2

At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer. He says the new database computer is designed for online transaction processing and data warehousing. He adds that Exadata 2 can do faster processing at a much lower cost than its biggest competitor, IBM. Read more »

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Ellison modelling Oracle on IBM

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he’d like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems. Read more »

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Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay

At JavaOne in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Read more »

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Mad May: Social networks, Sun/Oracle & iPhone

ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das speaks with senior editor Sam Diaz about the efforts of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, the significance of the Sun-Oracle deal to the datacentre market and the rumours swirling around Apple. Read more »

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Ellison applies the 'Art of War' in Sun deal

ZDNet.com editor in chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the Oracle CEO's gamesmanship in buying Sun Microsystems and how he outplayed IBM. They also share their views on the future of Java and what Oracle plans to do with Sun's troubled hardware business. Read more »

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Super Techies: Marc Benioff

In this Super Techies interview, tech star Marc Benioff talks with CNET's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills with industry mogul Larry Ellison at Oracle; and his current... Read more »

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Oracle CEO banters with OpenWorld attendees

At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison answers questions from attendees about a wide range of topics, such as virtualisation, competition in the applications market, and his early years working at Oracle. Read more »

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Blog (24)

LinkedIn platform opens up to developers

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- LinkedIn opens up its platform to developers, a new W3C draft gets published, and another iPhone virus emerges. More news in the Roundup. Read more »

Chrome OS source code unveiled

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

Windows 7 in the spotlight

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- After months of hype, Windows 7 was finally released early yesterday morning. Read more »

News from Oracle OpenWorld 2009

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- News from the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Pirate Party Hits Australia

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The Pirate Party has caused quite a stir this week as it battles to become an official party in Australia. The controversial group, which already has success in Sweden and Germany, plans to tackle issues relating to intellectual property. More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Non-professional Oracle wrestling

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into. Read more »

Chrome in IE

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google has come up with a plug-in that runs Chrome inside IE. But what's the point of having a browser inside a browser? Read more »

No paper, no promotion

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement. Read more »

Mobile devices get app virtualisation

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- At its annual conference in San Francisco, VMware announced plans to bring virtualisation to smartphones, which will allow users to run applications including those that are designed for different platforms. Read more »

Microsoft's altruism just an illusion

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft appeared to "get it" earlier this week, but it wasn't all that it seemed. Adobe and Oracle have been targeted by the security minded and the Windows 7 code has gone gold. Read more »

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