Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Ex-Sun chief dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

Arm sees over 50 new iPad-like devices out this year | IBM will research mobile access for the aged and illiterate

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Ex-Sun chief dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs
Don't expect Jonathan Schwartz to go quietly. Read More


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Arm sees over 50 new iPad-like devices out this year
The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally. Read More


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IBM will research mobile access for the aged and illiterate
IBM is teaming with researchers in academic institutions in Japan and India to explore an open, common user interface for mobile devices that will make them easier for aged or illiterate people around the world to use. Read More


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In this new Quest Software white paper, learn the value of monitoring and audit trails, and see how a third-party log management solution helps your business stay safe AND in compliance. Read More

Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot
A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday. Read More

Company puts Android on laptop with China-backed chips
A Chinese company is tweaking Google's Android operating system to run on a laptop using homegrown Chinese microprocessors, which are backed by the government. Read More

Report: North Korea develops own Linux distribution
North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows. Read More



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