Sun Microsystems has lost a key individual responsible for getting its aspiring open-source software included in leading Linux distributions.
Barton George has quit Sun after 13 years, hard on the heels of having helped secure the inclusion of an open-source friendly version of Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) -
- with major GNU/Linux distros.
in Fedora 9, Ubuntu 8.04LTS, OpenSUSE 11, and Debian's forthcoming Lenny and is available in Red Hat Read the rest of this entry »
, though he didn't specify when:
CIO: Why has Microsoft developed Zune?
Ballmer: At the end of the day, one of the big trends is that all content is going digital. And if we don't have the software and services that are useful, helpful and valuable for the consumption of music and video, we are sort of not really a player.
Now, we built the Zune hardware with the Zune software - and what you'll see more and more over time is that the Zune software Read the rest of this entry »
A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low-cost with smaller storage, according to
's chief technology and strategy officer for Linux.
" People typically don't care what operating system is on the netbooks, because they don't buy them to run a suite of applications like Microsoft Office, but to be on the Web using a Web browser," Nat Friedman said in an interview with IDG News Service. Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- RealNetworks sure knows how to do a splashy product launch.
On Sept. 30, as the company prepared to ship a controversial new software package that enables users to copy DVDs onto their computers, it sued the parties that were likely to be infuriated: Hollywood's top movie studios.
The studios, of course, immediately countersued. Now a high-profile battle is raging between RealNetworks (
) and the movie industry - and, so Read the rest of this entry »
DALLAS & SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Texas Instruments (TI)
,
,
and VirtualLogix(TM),
Inc., the Real-Time Virtualization(TM) company,
today announced they have collaborated to deliver the first software
solution that introduces control- and management-plane capability to TI
digital signal processors (DSPs) targeted for wireless base stations.
This new capability enables base station Read the rest of this entry »
RESTON, Va., Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
AppDeploySM,
the leading destination for systems management professionals and the
Internet's largest community of application
and computer administrators, today announced the availability of a free
software tool called AppDeploy Repackager. This innovative product is
available at no cost to the AppDeploy community (
)
and is the industry's first free tool Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press
10.08.08,
9:59 AM ET
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -
Oracle Corp.
said Wednesday it agreed to buy Primavera Software Inc., a provider of project portfolio management software, for an undisclosed sum.
) said Primavera's software helps companies prioritize project investments and manage complex projects.
The company said Primavera's employees and management are expected to join Oracle, and Chief Executive Joel Koppelman Read the rest of this entry »
BEAVERTON, OR, Oct 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
LINBIT HA Solutions GmbH, the global technology leader in
high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, has opened a
subsidiary in Beaverton, OR. Kavan Smith and Brian Hellman will be
heading the executive team for LINBIT's North American operations.
Their expertise both in business and technology will provide LINBIT
with the solid foundation needed to deliver enterprise-level
solutions Read the rest of this entry »
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. —
Double-Take(R) Software (NASDAQ: DBTK), today announced the
release of its netBoot/i(TM) and sanFly(TM). Together, they can
provide a centralized means of booting and managing servers and
desktops from iSCSI storage area networks (SANs). These products give
IT administrators the flexibility to streamline workload management
across both physical and virtual environments, and the cost efficiency
of 'greener IT' through Read the rest of this entry »
October 8, 2008
, which, according to the company, offers expanded machining flexibility, and an increased emphasis on speed and automation for 2-5-axis milling and turning.
Feature-based machining: mill and drill solid models.
2D high-speed toolpaths and multi-axis toolpaths; This tool is for cutting and hard milling.
Mastercam in SolidWorks. This package brings Mastercam toolpaths directly into SolidWorks. According to the company, designers Read the rest of this entry »