April 21st, 2009
News to know: Oracle-Sun, IBM, Apple ads, Windows 7
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage.
Complete coverage of Oracle-Sun news:
Larry Dignan: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player
- Paul Murphy: Oracle acquiring Sun
- CNET: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless
- Dana Blankenhorn: Oracle press release speaks truth
- Dan Kusnetzky: Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World
Dennis Howlett: Oracle-Sun: an enterprise catastrophe
- Larry Dignan: Is Oracle serious about hardware?
- Dana Gardner: Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense
- Tom Steinert-Thrlekeld: Oracle: A complete industry in a box
Paula Rooney: Shuttleworth: Oracle now largest open source player
- Joe Brockmeier: What does Oracle mean for Sun’s open source efforts?
- Sam Diaz: MySQL conference kicks off; too early for Oracle buzz
Joe McKendrick: The Oracle-buys-Sun thing - ‘Snorkel’ - what’s the deal with that?
Dana Gardner: TIBCO CEO worries about Oracle-Sun deal’s impact on IT industry
Larry Dignan: IBM CFO pooh-poohs Oracle-Sun deal
- Dana Blankenhorn: Why is Oracle picking up the Sun mess?
- Ed Burnette: Sun sells soul for 10 cents more
Larry Dignan: IBM’s earnings better than expected on software, services; Hardware revenue thumped
Andrew Nusca: New Apple ads ignore Microsoft assault, stick to own message
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New Apple ads focus on security, reliability and ease of use, but no mention of price
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Should I upgrade to Windows 7?
Sam Diaz: Twitter’s Oprah-tunity: Time to get down to business
Richard Koman: Chopra picked as CTO
Sean Portnoy: As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the rise
Andrew Nusca: The next e-book frontier? Braille
Harry Fuller: The Greenest cars? These are green, says blue book.
Sam Diaz: Xangati offers DVR-like trouble ticket reporting
Harry Fuller: Clean coal battle moves onto the sidewalk
Zack Whittaker: Ultimate Steal, DreamSpark: motives questioned
Dennis Howlett: Lawson: ‘Flat out no to maintenance price reduction but’
Jason Perlow: CRIKEY! He can swallow whole companies! But not communities.
Harry Fuller: Fat people an environmental issue now? How about flatulence?
Heather Clancy: I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?
Jason D. O’Grady: Mac botnet being used in DDOS attacks
Larry Dignan: VMware unveils its cloud OS; Wants to be a bridge for the enterprise
Mary Jo Foley: Report: Customers scrutinizing Microsoft license agreements more than ever
Jason D. O’Grady: Apple lands in Fortune 100 for first time since Jobs’ return
James Staten: Covetus the Sun installed base
Jason D. O’Grady: Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbook
- Christopher Dawson: WSJ: Microsoft makes less than $15 per XP netbook
Larry Dignan: Adobe’s Flash: Coming to a TV (and living room) near you
Jennifer Bergen: Apple AV cables and refurbed iPhones going on sale: More signs of a new iPhone?
Jason D. O’Grady: Using the iPod as a weapon
Mary Jo Foley: Digg ends a year early its exclusive ad deal with Microsoft
Paul Greenberg: CRM Playaz Episode #6: Enterprise Tech Poll - Hmmm; Garbled Lingo; First C-Level Smackdown & Twidiocy Celebrity HOF Inducts Third “Member”
Jennifer Leggio: Culture, measurement and managed expectations critical for social business success
Harry Fuller: Who has the most to lose from rising sea levels?
Brian Sommer: QuickArrow taking PSA to the small business market
Richard Koman: PirateBay verdict fueling youth interest in EU elections
Dana Blankenhorn: Is the videogame addiction story science or politics
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft’s forgotten Windows 7 netbook version: Home Premium
Matthew Miller: Check out all the user guides for AT&T E71x, launching on 4 May
Richard Koman: PirateBay’s Sunde calls for fundamental changes to copyright
Paul Miller: Can semantic technologies help brands profit from social media?
Harry Fuller: Miami’s smart grid no-brainer
Larry Dignan: HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore
Andrew Nusca: Panasonic announces 1080p HD pro camcorder under 2.2 lbs.
Richard Koman: NSA targeted Americans’ domestic calls, tried to wiretap Representative
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” Release Candidate
Dana Blankenhorn: What does browser control get you?
ZDNet UK: OLPC drops AMD for Via chip
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: HP Pavilion entertainment laptop, Altec Lansing iPod speakers, 4GB Zune MP3 player
Dan Kuznetzky: Platform Computing Orchestrates - Sympony 4.1
Jason Hiner: Have we arrived in the post-Windows era?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Core i5 details leaked
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