JavaOne: the ‘best of the rest’ awards
Blog If you’ve been digging into ZDNet.co.uk’s coverage of JavaOne in its entirety by now you’ll know that alongside news, there has also been show blogs (such as this one), video content, technical...
JavaOne from the inside
Blog In addition to my general reports and news on Sun’s JavaOne developer conference this week in San Francisco, I also have the chance to feature some comment from inside the technical sessions....
Wi-Fi operator launches automatic sign-on tool
News The Cloud hopes its mycloud software will be an 'umbrella for all Wi-Fi across Europe', using a single user profile for laptops, smartphones and portable entertainment kit
Video Chat on the Move!
Blog I've just had a fascinating and pleasing experience. I had a 15-minute video chat on ooVoo while riding on a bus through the Swiss countryside! First the summary - the quality was good, in fact...
Mobile tech gets cautious praise from aid groups
News Wireless technology has its benefits, but experts seek more evidence on the true costs of installing infrastructure in the developing world
India to create 8m outsourcing jobs in next decade
News Outsourcing association Nasscom sees the industry booming in smaller cities as the infrastructure of dominant centres becomes increasingly overburdened
Neil Young demos Java multimedia project
Video At JavaOne, veteran rocker Neil Young shows off a multimedia project, using Java and Blu-ray technology, spanning his music career
Mobile M2M connections set to rocket
News Berg Insight says the number of mobile network connections used for machine-to-machine comms will grow from 37.5m in 2007 to 186m in 2012
Sun demos JavaFX apps
Video At JavaOne, the company unveils two new JavaFX-powered apps: Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud
Hardware Configuration for installing Quality Center
Forum Does anybody have an idea as to what server configuration should be selected for installing HP Quality Center & HP Performance Center. Number of users will be 5-10 and these will be located across...
Could Novell kill OpenSolaris?
Blog Sun's just opened its developer conference with the long-delayed launch of OpenSolaris, the open source version of its Solaris operating system. But after all this time, will it live? It's...
Dialogue Box 3.9: JCB phone torture test
Video Dialogue Box deconstructs Sonim's JCB-branded phone, first in the studio and then by running it over with a truck
Auction site QXL going, going, gone
News Customers have been informed by email that the QXL.co.uk site will close down by the end of this month
WiMAX USA: $3.2 billon and counting...
Blog After much secret dealing and many, many rumours, potential alliances and posturing, WiMAX is finally getting going in the USA. The Wall Street Journal is saying that Sprint Nextel and Clearwire's...
Sun shows off JavaFX platform
Video At the JavaOne Conference, Sun demos the JavaFX application, a competitor to Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight
Microsoft and Yahoo: The next step
Video CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how a potential deal between the two companies fell apart and how they may now proceed
Sun previews JavaFX for rich web applications
News The company began its JavaOne conference by showcasing its new rich internet-application technology and its potential for developers
McAfee strikes Yahoo search deal
News The security company has struck a deal to flag up potentially unsafe website appearing in Yahoo search results
Microsoft resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 updates
News The company is releasing XP SP3 for web downloads and resuming automatic updates to Vista SP1, following an earlier conflict with another Microsoft product
India mulls tax-break extension for outsourcers
News Contemplation of an extended tax break for in-country software companies shows India is worried about retaining its outsourcing dominance, say consulants
Vodafone lands multinational iPhone deal
News The company has struck a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in 10 markets around the world
Photos: HTC Touch Diamond
Photo HTC's latest Touch device is the iPhone-like Diamond. See how this Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone shapes up here.
Microsoft platform tops Web 2.0 developer survey
News The company's Web 2.0 development platform has beaten offerings from Google and Facebook to lead in a users' choice survey that some believe is flawed
Adding flavour to the Java brew
Blog Although Sun clearly takes on the role of lead ‘barista’ at the Java coffee brewing pot, it would be hard not to notice the small army of partners, sponsors and industry ‘friends’ that comprise the...
