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Sun lets Jini out of the proprietary bottle
News The software is specifically designed for building Java applications that rely on widely distributed components. Sun on Wednesday released its latest Jini development toolkit under the Apache open source licence.
[October 20, 2005, 13:45]
Sharp's Zaurus PDA loves Linux
News The software is being distributed free at zxLinux' Web site. The reports suggest Sharp will add more applications for Zaurus as Linux programmers start using the Linux development environment from zxLinux.
[April 20, 2000, 14:29]
Google creates open source repository
News That start-up, which still oversees Subversion development and sells hosts distributed programming projects for its clients, welcomed Google's move. In its latest effort to further the open source programming movement, Google opened a site Thursday...
[July 28, 2006, 9:10]
US seeks to stop TV pirates
News The flag -- actually a bit of binary code that would be inserted into digitally distributed television programming -- wouldn't actually block recording or copying, under most versions of the proposal.
[October 28, 2003, 12:30]
Microsoft steers away from object orientation
Talkback These are worlds apart .you will still write Indigo stuff in Microsoft .NET.ii) Microsoft are NOT trying to wean developers off object-oriented programming - they want to wean them off distributed object architectures.
[January 28, 2004, 10:12]
IBM hedges its bets with Unix for Intel
News The new world of computing is going to be all about distributed development architecture, and what is going to take us into this new world is standards not controlled by any one company. It's anyone's guess whether Intel's upcoming super-processors...
[August 23, 2000, 14:46]
Legal Napster alternative to be unveiled
News Clarke is the developer responsible for FreeNet, a well-known distributed, non-centralised file-sharing system similar to Gnutella. He says his experience with Freenet has been invaluable in the development of Uprizer's Napster alternative.
[August 4, 2000, 9:15]
Game developers look east for inspiration
News Sony does not want a development kit to go missing and end up being distributed outside its control. The rising stars of games development are more likely to come from Central and Eastern European countries than from Western Europe or the US...
[August 30, 2002, 12:15]
First Windows 7 service pack 'due early 2010'
Blog Some patches have already been distributed. A beta version of the first service pack for Windows 7 could appear in the first quarter of 2010, according to Russian website Wzor.net, which leaked information about the operating system's development...
[November 3, 2009, 11:01]
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
News Samba 3.2 adds the ability to work with distributed file systems, such as Sun's Lustre, IBM's GPFS and Red Hat's GFS, to provide clustered file server systems, the Samba development team said. The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to...
[July 2, 2008, 17:14]
US Report: Microsoft appeals Java injunction
News Sun sued Microsoft in October of 1997, charging that the software giant violated copyright infringement and unfair competition laws when it distributed a flavour of Java that was not compatible with Sun's version of the language.
[December 18, 1998, 6:23]
Google launches developer resources
News Tools will be distributed through SourceForge.net open-source programming site, and releases targeting other languages and development toolsets will be made as the program matures, DiBona said. Google has launched a new site intended to serve as a...
[March 18, 2005, 13:55]
Pathfinder Helps Fortune 50 Investment Bank Improve Operational Efficiency
White Papers The firm identified several specific problem areas: inefficient capture of and access to information, uncertainty about reliability and completeness of information, a lack of well-defined responsibility for business processes and information, and...
[March 10, 2009, 0:21]
White-labeling the ‘managed’ cloud
Blog Comment One you've seen the distributed minuscule equipment needed for that to work the flood gates of ideas opens up. I think this could quite possibly go on to be the strongest and most successful area with regards to cloud deployments, as well as spark...
[August 13, 2009, 17:33]
Broadband for all - government pledges
News The cash will be distributed to Regional Development Agencies who in turn will create "innovative schemes" for getting broadband to the places that traditional technologies can't reach. In a report -- submitted to the PM by e-minister Patricia...
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
Novell opens up SuSE tool
News The YAST move will dovetail with Novell's work to comply with server management standards in development at a Distributed Management Task Force working group, a source said. Reversing a long-standing position, Novell plans to adopt a widely used...
[March 19, 2004, 7:50]
Rivals gear up for database clash
News It will include IBM's WebSphere Studio development tool for building applications that rely on distributed data, said Mattos. Database companies have been tackling the idea of the "federated," or virtual, database for years, although many attempts...
[January 13, 2003, 14:08]
New Linux kernel adds file-system support
News Support was added or updated for the NILFS2 filesystem, still under development, which is designed to be more resistant to crashes; and for POHMELFS (Parallel Optimized Host Message Exchange Layered File System), a high-performance and network...
[June 15, 2009, 13:06]
IBM bypasses Microsoft Web services spec
News Web services attempt to bridge proprietary software from many manufacturers to offer a standard way to link distributed systems. IBM and Microsoft have collaborated on several Web services standards and three years ago published a common plan for...
[January 21, 2004, 11:05]
Nokia aims to N-Gage gamers
News Games for the N-Gage will be stored on MultiMediaCard (MMC) cards, and distributed through mobile and gaming resellers. A full list of the games currently in development for the N-Gage can be found on GameSpot.com.
[February 6, 2003, 9:23]
