
PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday. Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:19 GMT
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday released two security bulletins to fix eight bugs in its Windows and Microsoft Office software. Both bulletins are rated important, but analysts said many of the vulnerabilities could potentially be more severe if exploited. Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:51:32 GMT
AFP - An Azerbaijani court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by two bloggers jailed after satirizing the government with an Internet video that showed a donkey giving a press conference, their lawyer said.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:34 GMT
AFP - Phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as part of its bid to enter the wireless banking market.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:59 GMT
Macworld.com - Steve Jobs once dismissed the Kindle by declaring that “people don’t read anymore.” That may or may not be true, but either way, people definitely still sell books. As The Guardian reports, e-books are now more plentiful on the App Store than any other kind of app—including games. Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:00 GMT
AP - Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools. Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:07:16 GMT
AP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:53 GMT
PC World - With the iPad presale beginning in just a few days, and the clock ticking down to the much-anticipated Apple tablet finally hitting the streets, HP launched a renewed campaign for its Slate tablet PC debuted at the 2010 CES by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Each platform has pros and cons, but so far the debate seems to center entirely around support for Adobe Flash. Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:44:00 GMT
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