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Sybase ports server to Mac OS X

Sybase Inc. has started shipping Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.1, the latest release of its enterprise-class RDBMS, on Apple's Mac OS X Version 10.3 Panther Server.

Questioning the Monoculture Argument

When thinking about the software ecosystem, it's important to remember that computer programs are not, in fact, biological entities. And your computer is not a potato.

HP claims $2.5B in Linux revenue

Hewlett-Packard (HP) disclosed company record-setting revenue of $2.5 billion from its Linux-based offerings for fiscal year 2003. HP released the numbers on the eve of the New York edition of the twice-yearly, bi-coastal LinuxWorld Conference.

Global eXchange dons HAHT for $30M

B2B e-commerce software and services provider Global eXchange said it will pay about $30 million for HAHT Commerce Inc.

Fighting Fire with Fire

Microsoft is scared of free software - which explains why they're giving some of their own software away in return.

Sprint CEO: Integrated services are the future

At CES, Sprint chairman and CEO Gary Forsee focuses on products and services that provide "anywhere, anytime" integrated communication services.

"Intel Inside" your next TV?

Intel Corp. president and CEO Paul Otellini added his company's name to an expanding roster of industry heavyweights making major moves into the market for home entertainment devices at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Room for improvement in Java app performance

Wily Technology recently took a look at J2EE application performance. The company undertook a benchmark survey to uncover user experiences and plans. The results seem to bear out some of the anecdotal evidence that -- after a number of years in the field -- J2EE performance still has room for improvement.

Creative Commons: The boundaries of intellectual property

Longtime Java Report Editor Dwight Deugo recently reported to us on some of the more stimulating chatter heard at last fall's OOPSLA conference, including a discussion of how intellectual property rights may inhibit creativity in software innovation.

Fiorina, stars outline HP entertainment plans

Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's unveiled a new digital music player, revealed an online music alliance with Apple Computer, and weighed in on the online music piracy debate at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past week.

IBM provides downloadable preview of WebSphere V6

IBM is providing a "technology preview" of WebSphere Application Server, V6, which will provide a J2EE 1.4-certified runtime and support for JCA 1.5.

NewsGator and the Surfless Web

All knowledge is out on the World Wide Web somewhere. But increasingly, the parts that I care about are already on my computer when I go to look for them. Could RSS quietly revolutionize the way we use the Internet?

Update: Java tools effort aims to ease use, cut costs

Assorted development toolmakers and large users have banded together to create yet another standards body, the Java Tools Community (JTC), in an effort that founders hope will lead to the creation of a Java technology process that is more affordable and easier to use.

ADT at CES: Gates launches CES with push for PC-TV connection

Faced with ebbing revenues from traditional PC sales, Microsoft and other industry heavyweights, such as Intel and Hewlett-Packard, are moving aggressively into the market for digital home entertainment.

Running as Non-Admin: Threat or Menace?

Developing Windows software as a non-administrative user seems like a sensible idea...until you really think about it.

Actuate pins hopes on BI for all

Actuate Corp. is basing its business on the belief that enterprise reporting app platforms must provide business information to users of varying skill and interest levels -- an idea that conflicts with the traditional belief that such tools are strictly for management types.

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee set to be knighted

Tim Berners-Lee -- inventor of the World Wide Web as well as founder and director of the W3C, which established the XML standard -- will become a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire.

ZapThink examines Ascential SOA

Ascential Software Corp. has placed a big bet on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). And Bob Zurek, the firm's vice president of advanced technologies and product management, contends that the bet is already beginning to pay off.

Jobs celebrates Mac's 20th and Apple's future

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs kicked off this week's Macworld Conference with a bit of nostalgia on the 1984 launch of the Macintosh computer and talked about his company's expansion into online music, digital media editing software and supercomputing.

BEA, Compuware join to simplify Java

Seeking to expand the ranks of Java programmers, BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Compuware Corp., Detroit, last month disclosed plans to integrate their respective Java development toolsets.