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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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Adobe will be top target for hackers in 2010, report says
Adobe Systems’ Flash and Acrobat Reader products will become the preferred targets for criminal hackers in 2010, surpassing Microsoft Office applications, a...
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Unified Communications 2009 – A year in review
As we wind down 2009 and prepare for 2010, I think it’s best to take a look back at this year to...
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Firefox 3.5 edges ahead in browser race
In the unceasing race for market share, Mozilla’s Firefox has edged ahead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, at least according to one statistical...
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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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As DDoS attacks go, this one’s a dud
With all due respect to the affected holiday shoppers in Northern California, yesterday’s distributed denial-of-service attack on Amazon, Wal-Mart, and other sites...
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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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EMC upgrades backup and recovery software
Only a few wisps of storage news this week from EMC, Virtual Instruments and start-ups Gridstore and Nasuni. EMC announced last week...
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Palm Ares developer tool set moves to beta stage
Palm’s Project Ares, a browser-based development tool set for Palm webOS applications, has moved to a public beta stage, a Palm representative...
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Apple Tablet coming in January?
After months of rumors, we still know very little about Apple’s tablet device — but that could change very soon. Apple is...
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Forrester: Google Android smartphones to take 10% of market in 2010
Android phones will make significant headway in the smartphone market and 4G service providers will zero in on apps in 2010. Those...
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What’s next for MPLS?
Multiprotocol Label Switching has been without a doubt one of the most successful technologies of the past decade. The advantages of MPLS...
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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...