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Sun Speaks Out on the Future of the Java Platform
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:08:00 -0400Danny Coward, chief architect of the Client Software Group at Sun Microsystems, discusses Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10 and the future of the Java Platform with eWEEK.
- Sun Microsystems released Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10 on Oct. 21 and Danny Coward, chief architect of Sun's Client Software Group, checked in for an interview with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft to talk about the future of the Java platform. How is the role of Java changing and what ...Sun Delivers Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:55:28 -0400Sun Microsystems releases Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10, known as Java SE 6u10. The update improves the usability and performance of Sun's Java Platform on desktop computers. Java SE 6u10 offers new features, including improved startup time for Java applications and applets.
- Sun Microsystems recently announced the availability of Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10, also known as Java SE 6u10. Sun officials said the new release, announced Oct. 21, improves the usability and performance of the Java Platform on desktop computers. Consumers, developers, and par...Click Fraud Increasingly Driven by Botnets
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:00:01 -0400The role of botnets in click fraud is on the upswing, according to a report by Click Forensics. The percentage of click fraud traffic driven by botnets has increased to more than 27 percent of all click fraud traffic, surpassing its reported all-time high of 25 percent, set the previous quarter.
- Click fraud may have dipped slightly of late, but botnets continue to be a driving force behind the activity. According to Click Forensics, traffic from botnets accounted for 27.6 percent of all click fraud traffic in the third quarter of 2008. The company found that the amount of click fraud ...How Google Leeches from the Long Tail in the Centripetal Web
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:41:01 -0400Outages can doom long-tail Web services providers. See the case of Bloglines, whose missing feeds forced users, including yours truly, to flock to Google Reader. The result is characterized in Nicholas Carr's blog post about the Centripetal Web, in which he describes how users are leaving the long tail for larger search engines such as Google, whose cloud computing chops are solid. The long tail is dead. Long live the long tail.
- For four years, I'd been a happy user of Bloglines, an RSS feed service owned by Ask.com since 2005. Then a funny thing happened a month or so ago. Feeds to my Wall Street Journal subscription, the New York Times, Reuters and several other sites I troll daily to support my coverage became inac...Text Messaging, IMs a Ticking Time Bomb
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:38:59 -0400New rules require enterprises to save and archive text and instant messages, joining longstanding regulations requiring e-mail archiving. As a recent congressional hearing on the Wall Street meltdown shows, the results can be embarrassing, but Onset Technology says it doesn't have to be so.
- You have to give the nation's credit rating agencies high marks for at least one thing: archiving their wireless communications. While Moody's Investors Service, Standard amp; Poor's and Fitch Ratings otherwise showed scant regard for their own industry's rules, regulations and ethics, they did ...Microsoft Launches DevLabs Developer Site
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:10:38 -0400DevLabs, Microsoft's new site for developers, highlights innovation in application development on the Microsoft platform. DevLabs is launching with four existing projects, and Microsoft says it hopes to get feedback from the developer community on new projects that could possibly make it into future Microsoft products.
- Microsoft has launched a new developer-oriented site called DevLabs. S. quot;Soma quot; Somasegar, the senior vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, blogged about the new initiative, which focuses on innovation in the developer ranks. quot;Some innovations take a very long time to ...Intel Executives Apologize After Criticizing Apple's Use of ARM Processors in the iPhone
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:51:35 -0400In a rare public apology, Intel issued a statement that retracted comments from some Intel executives about Apple's use of an ARM processor with its iPhone. Earlier this week, some Intel executives dismissed Apple's use of ARM chips with the iPhone, saying the ARM processors hindered the use of the Internet with the Apple iPhone. The news comes as Intel has been pushing its x86 architecture, especially its Atom processor, as an alternative to using ARM processors in smart phones.
- In a rare public retraction, Intel apologized after some of the companys executives appeared to have criticized Apples use of an ARM processor with the iPhone, claiming that ARM chips limited the iPhones ability to access the Web. The statement, which Intel posted on its Web site Oct. 23, offer...Gartner Sees Great SAAS Enterprise App Growth Despite Downturn
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:36:57 -0400Gartner says sales and market share of SAAS enterprise applications and cloud computing will continue to grow in the face of the recession. However, Gartner notes that the SAAS market is just starting to feel the effect of tightened corporate belts, which could mean a spending drop as we barrel toward 2009. Google Apps, Zoho and other messaging and collaboration suites remain strong, as do CRM and Web conferencing.
- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison makes no secret of the fact that he takes a dim view of software as a service and cloud computing. That doesn't mean everyone shares his view. Gartner, which defines SAAS apps as software services users subscribe to over the Internet, the week of Oct. 20 published a re...Are You A Data Center Meteorologist?
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:39:53 -0400To meet the ever-growing need for more computing resources, companies increasingly are adding high-performance servers, storage, and other equipment to their data centers to satisfy user and customer demand. As a result, data center electrical consumption to run and cool this equipment is skyrocketing. To address this issue, savvy data center managers are essentially becoming data center meteorologists -- studying heat patterns and air flow -- to reduce electrical costs and improve energy efficiency. eWEEK's Editor-at-Large, Eric Lundquist, explains how you too can learn the skill to reduce such costs.
- Video Content....Notebook Processor Shipments Helped Propel Intel in Q3
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:40:14 -0400The latest report on the worldwide x86 microprocessor market from Mercury Research shows that Intel dominated the chip market in the third quarter due to shipments of its processors for notebooks. The report also showed that the overall x86 processor market had a better-than-expected quarter despite the ongoing financial crisis, although the market for chips from Intel, AMD and Via did slow down in September.
- Intel dominated the worlds market for x86 microprocessors in the third quarter of 2008 thanks to increased shipments of notebook processors, according to an Oct. 23 report from Mercury Research. Overall, the worldwide shipments of x86 processors increased 13 percent in the third quarter of 2008 ...McAfee Takes Another Crack at NAC
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:58:17 -0400McAfee broadens its reach in regard to network access control, announcing a new NAC software module and plans for an NAC appliance. The NAC Module for Network Security Platform is integrated with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator management platform. The announcement was made during McAfee's Focus security conference in Las Vegas.
- McAfee is taking another shot at network access control with a new module for its Network Security Platform and plans for a new appliance. The announcement, made at the company's Focus security conference in Las Vegas, held Oct. 20 to 23, significantly broadens McAfee's network security portfol...Amazon.com's Future Isn't in Books or E-Commerce
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:39:37 -0400Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) online storage and the EC2 online platform for software developers are a far cry from Amazon's origins as an online bookstore and eventually the king of e-commerce. Both have been wildly successful, and, as a result, the company now believes Web services is its future. And there's more to come.
- EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. Amazon.com, one of the universally acknowledged Web 2.0 world leaders that has made its fortune by selling books, CDs and DVDs through its online stores, now sees its long-term future in the Web services subscription and storage business otherwise known as cloud computing....Are You Reaching the Internet from Your Laptop or Your Smart Phone?
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:26:37 -0400An IBM-sponsored survey finds that consumers and enterprise users are beginning to favor mobile devices, such as the Apple iPhone or the types of mobile Internet devices Intel is helping to develop through its Atom processor, for accessing the Internet compared with more standard PCs, including notebooks. The IBM study also finds that by 2011, 39 percent of those surveyed said they expect to increase Internet use on their smart phone or MID by at least 40 percent.
- When it comes to accessing the Internet, more users are turning to their smart phones and other mobile devices rather than traditional PCs, according to a new IBM-sponsored survey released Oct. 23. The survey, which interviewed 600 consumers in United States, China and the United Kingdom, foun...Tech Elite Gather at DLA Piper Summit
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:03:34 -0400DLA Piper's Global Technology Leaders Summit drew together a small but powerful crowd of IT CEOs and CFOs this year for a behind-the-curtain conversation on the global financial crisis and how IT can avoid drowning, or maybe save the world. Access to the conference, hosted by Sen. George Mitchell's DLA Piper law firm, was tightly controlled and limited--no cameras, no reporters, no leaks. Inside this relatively secure room, the leaders of technology were able to speak candidly about the financial troubles facing their firms.
- EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. Earlier this week, in a conference room here at the Four Seasons, some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley gathered for an informal meeting to discuss the state of IT in general and, by the way, how the rapidly zig-zagging economy also is impacting it. The c...Russian Watchdog Rejects Google Bid for Ad Firm
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:31:24 -0400Russia's Federal Anti-monopoly Service rejects a $140 million bid from Google to buy the Begun advertising agency on antitrust grounds, saying the Google deal could reduce online advertising competition.
- MOSCOW (Reuters) Russia's anti-trust watchdog rejected on Thursday a $140 million bid by Google Inc. to buy the Begun advertising agency, claiming the deal would reduce competition in the online advertising market. Russia's Federal Anti-monopoly Service, FAS, said it had blocked the deal becaus...
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