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European antitrust regulators to review Oracle-Sun deal

The European Commission plans to release its first opinion on Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems on Sept. 3.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 05 August, 2009 05:47

Tags: Oracle-Sun merger, mergers & acquistions, antitrust, europe, european commission, legal

Yahoo deal puts IBM, Microsoft in enterprise search pickle

Yahoo's decision to use Microsoft's Bing search engine could cause a "strange bedfellows" competitive conflict between Microsoft and IBM in the enterprise search market.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 05 August, 2009 06:17

Tags: search, Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, Yahoo, lucene, IBM, Microsoft, enterprise search

Enterprise app stores still need some work

Sparked by the jaw-dropping success of Apple's iTunes store, an array of enterprise software vendors are getting into the "app store" act.

By Chris Kanaracus | 05 August, 2009 05:42

Tags: app store

Software for virtualizing XP on Windows 7 now available

Microsoft Tuesday released software that uses virtualization to allow people to run applications in Windows 7 as if they are running in XP, making it easier for applications written for older versions of the OS to run on Windows 7.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 05 August, 2009 04:57

Tags: windows xp, Microsoft, Windows 7, XP mode, virtualisation

Google offers Voice product to US military members

Google is offering its free Voice call management service to members of the U.S. military beginning Tuesday, the company said in a blog post.

By Grant Gross | 05 August, 2009 05:45

Tags: department of defence, google voice, USA government, Google

Centrelink site adds text-to-speech to help visually impared

National welfare agency Centrelink has launched a new speaking feature on its Web site for the visually impaired.

By Daniel Bishton | 04 August, 2009 16:47

Tags: centrelink, government

HP hands out $470k to innovative schools in Australia

HP has announced three secondary colleges as the winners of its Innovation in Education (IIE) grants program for Australian and Pacific schools.

AMD chipset improves integrated graphics

Advanced Micro Devices introduced a new chipset on Monday with an integrated graphics core that provides a better high-definition video experience compared to earlier chipsets, the company said.

By Agam Shah | 04 August, 2009 14:01

Tags: AMD

Android moves into home entertainment

MIPS Technologies on Monday made available Android software source code to anyone interested in creating Android applications for products that use the MIPS32 chip architecture.

By Dan Nystedt | 04 August, 2009 11:11

Tags: MIPS Technologies, Android

Mozilla patches three public Firefox bugs

Mozilla today patched Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.0 to quash three security vulnerabilities, including a pair unveiled last week at Black Hat, and a third Mozilla itself revealed last month.

By Gregg Keizer | 04 August, 2009 10:57

Tags: firefox 3.5, black hat, mozilla

IBM takes analytics drive to China with new center

IBM announced on Tuesday a business analytics center in Beijing that will serve clients including the Chinese government.

The new green: Data centers go au naturale

Most data centers have the ambience of bomb shelters, but not one built by retailer L.L. Bean.

Online Growth Solutions acquires MD Web Hosting

The acquisition will see OGS edge out MelbourneIT for the controlling share in Australian domain names, with more than 23 per cent under management.

By Daniel Bishton | 04 August, 2009 11:45

Tags: OGS, Melbourne IT, domain names

3 social media aggregators that bring it all together

Thanks to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and a host of other social media services, people are more connected than ever. But keeping up with all the tweets, posts, and status updates isn't easy, because they often come from a variety of social media sites. So how do you connect the different services that keep you connected? How do you steer all of that stuff to one spot on the Web where it's a snap to manage?

By Adam Pash | 04 August, 2009 09:32

Tags: flickr, twittter, social media, Facebook

Queensland super adds high availability to core system

The Queensland Government employee superannuation fund, QSuper, has implemented technology to ensure more high-availability and resilience to unexpected or planned downtime.

By Rodney Gedda | 04 August, 2009 09:54

Tags: System i, IBM, Mid-Comp International, Superannuation, QSuper, iSeries