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Forecast 2010: 6 hottest skills for 2010
Pent-up demand for new projects. Veteran employees leaving the company. Who could complain about such pressures in the waning months of 2009,...
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Oracle-Sun merger didn’t need E.C. regulation
The European Commission (E.C.) need not have got involved with the Oracle-Sun merger and potential future of MySQL, and should just let...
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Firefox Roadmap: A Look at Versions 3.6 to 4.0
About two weeks ago, it became clear the final version of Firefox 3.6 would be pushed back to early 2010 . And...
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The top 10 technology stories of 2009
The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the...
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Google and Microsoft to escalate war in 2010
One of the most heated battles among technology companies was waged this year between Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. For those who...
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10 big cloud trends for 2010
Cloud computing is clearly worming its way into the enterprise, especially as a testing and development environment and as a platform for...
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Five big questions about cloud computing
In a largely downbeat year, I couldn’t help but delight in Larry Ellison’s over-the-top takedown of cloud computing last September. It was...
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Microsoft brings Its largest IT conference Middle East with Tech.Ed
Microsoft Gulf announced that it will host the region’s first ever Tech.Ed Middle East 2010 event from March 1-3, 2010 at the...
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Red Hat to drop Itanium support in Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat is dropping support for Intel’s Itanium processor in Enterprise Linux 6, the next major release of its operating system, the...
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EC, Microsoft browser deal wins praise
Microsoft’s successful settlement of its antitrust issues with the European Commission was welcomed by the software company’s foes and friends alike Wednesday,...
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Chrome Mac, Linux betas push browser into No. 3 spot
The release last week of betas of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux pushed the Google browser’s share past Apple’s Safari...
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Sun updates Java Store beta
Sun Microsystems unveiled an updated beta release of Java Store, a storefront for discovering and acquiring Java and JavaFX applications. The beta...
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FVC highlights tech advantages for Petrochemical industry at PetroTech 2009
FVC is participating in the upcoming PetroTech 2009, an International Oil & Gas Technology Conference and Exhibition to be held in Cairo...
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Microsoft Partner Network – Invest in competencies for the future
Microsoft recently changed its Microsoft Partner Program to the Microsoft Partner Network – an initiative to fortify and better support partners. This...
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Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing
A Mozilla official pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft’s Bing to the list of the browser’s search engines after...