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US scientists get free cloud on-ramp
Microsoft is offering some researchers at the U.S. National Science Foundation free access to the Azure cloud. Whether this is a test ground for Microsoft to improve their offering or a chance to "hook" the scientists and their data remains to be determined.
Ruby on Rails 3.0 Beta Released
A beta version of Ruby on Rails 3.0 has been released to the public. This article details some of the new features and includes a link to the Rails Guides for more information.
China shuts down training website for hackers
China has shut down the Black Hawk Safety Net, a training site for hackers. The site had over 180,000 members who could buy malware to deploy.
Oracle releases emergency patch
This patch addresses a vulnerability in Node Manager component of the Oracle WebLogic Server. The vulnerability affects WebLogic Server 9.0 and later.
Big Blue demos 100GHz chip
IBM researchers have created a 100GHz graphene-based wafer-scale device. Researchers are continuing to work on the technology and expect speeds to increase substantially.
Can you trust Chinese computer equipment?
Most computer equipment is made, or assembled, in China. The concept of programmed-in backdoors was proven years ago. Since we no longer control all aspects of the manufacture, how do we know what the systems can do?
Oracle upgrades Eclipse free plug-in package
Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g was released to Eclipse IDE users yesterday. This set of free plug-ins helps developers build Java EE and web services applications.
Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others
While Google admitted their systems had been hacked, many firms didn't. In the past few weeks computer forensic firms have looked at the recent attack, and others, and found that thousands of firms have been compromised by similar attacks since 2002.
Journal of Serendipitous and Unexpected Results
There's a new journal for reporting odd information in the Computational or Life Sciences. The journal is currently requesting submissions on those things accidentally discovered on the way to solving a problem.
Oracle-Sun: The Java community speaks
The merger is now in full swing. Oracle has announced at least some of its plans for Java. This article looks at some of Sun's catalog and tries to predict where they're headed.
Fourth Annual Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco - Registration Now Open
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb announced the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, May 3 - 6, 2010. This year Web 2.0 Expo centers on the theme of "Power of Platforms," helping businesses choose the right web platforms for success.
Oracle kills Sun's virtual world project
Sun's Project Wonderland is no more. The Java-based platform used for developing 3-D virtual worlds has been shut down by Oracle.
Integrating IBM metadata repositories
This article on developerWorks is Part 2 in a series on Metadata repositories. This article covers governing the metadata lifecycle in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
Zero-day hack of Oracle 11g database revealed
David Litchfield, a researcher at NGS Consulting, has demonstrated a way to subvert security under Oracle 11g. The exploit allows the user to elevate their privileges and take control.
Domain-Driven Design Using Naked Objects
In this book, Dan Haywood shows enterprise application developers how Naked Objects can deliver working prototypes to users. Using these prototypes, you can test ideas and see them rendered in a generic viewer, such as a rich client or HTML.
Oracle wins battle against SAP
The suit started in 2007 with Oracle claiming workers at TomorrowNow, an SAP subsidiary, illegally downloaded information from Oracle web sites. Now Oracle has won a ruling affecting the way damages in the suit are calculated.
Power7 power lunch and launch next Monday
On February 8, IBM will officially launch their Power7-based line of servers. The eight-core Power7 chips will initially be offered in lower end machines.
Microsoft Windows Azure Is Now Available in 21 Countries
Microsoft will start charging for Azure February 2. If you currently use the Azure platform, and decide not to pay for it, your data will become read-only.
Review: Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS In 24 Hours
This book, by Julie C. Meloni and Michael Morrison, is aimed at beginning and intermediate-level web designers with a focus on XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2. It also covers HTML 5 and XHTML 1.0 using an "hour" for chapter breakdowns.
Oracle revs LDom VMs for Sparc Ts
Sun Microsystems has released their Logical Domain virtual machine hypervisor for the Sparc T just days before completion of the deal with Oracle.
Citrix aims to bring Windows 7 to Apple iPad
The iPad, like the iPhone, doesn't support multi-tasking. Windows 7 does. So. Citrix is planning to have a XenDesktop, or XenApp, ready for the iPad when it ships in March.
IBM, researchers get 24M DOE supercomputer hours
The U.S. Department of Energy has granted IBM researchers 24 million hours of time on the supercomputers at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories to develop lithium air battery technology.
Oracle sues support firm over 'massive theft'
Rimini Street is being sued for the theft of Oracle software and support materials it allegedly obtained through illegal access to support websites.
Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud
Oracle has announced plans to support Java but has decided the Sun Cloud was too much like other cloud offerings and will cancel the program.
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