NewsFactor - Having staked out a position on your PC and many mobile devices, Google now has its sights on your living room. Late last week, the search giant announced the release of a free beta version of Google Media Server, a Windows application that seeks to bridge the gap between a PC and a TV. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress' portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Version 2.0 enhances current VMware virtualization software and will add support for managing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environments by the end of the year. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - By charging only $65,000 per year, Sun hopes to challenge traditional commercial software providers that charge large license fees and maintenance costs. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Open Profiler helps IT teams assess data to identify potential problems before beginning projects such as data integration or application development. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The computing giant plans to sequence and analyze the cocoa genome, which lies at the heart of all the world's chocolaty goodness. -- read full article
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a collaborative environment for building and hosting social applications that would run on environments like Facebook and OpenSocial. -- read full article
Reuters - Beleaguered Swiss bank UBS is
considering the sale of Paine Webber, the heart of its U.S.
wealth management business, according to sources with direct
knowledge of the matter. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it
started selling its new server virtualization software about
six weeks ahead of schedule, putting pressure on market leader
VMware Inc.
AP - Facebook Inc.'s long and embarrassing legal tussle with three men who accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their social networking concept may soon end, now that a judge has ordered the parties to accept the settlement they reached. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it has
started selling its new server virtualization software about
six weeks ahead of schedule, putting pressure on market leader
VMware Inc.
