EU issues objections to Oracle’s Sun acquisition
The European Commission has issued its formal “statement of objections” over Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Sun said in a regulatory filing Monday.
Epicor seeks to rein in ERP project costs
Epicor announced on Monday a new program aimed at containing the cost of ERP (enterprise resource planning) projects, which [...]
The European Commission has issued its formal “statement of objections” over Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Sun said in a regulatory filing Monday.
Epicor announced on Monday a new program aimed at containing the cost of ERP (enterprise resource planning) projects, which are notorious for running late and over budget.
Microsoft on Monday unveiled Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform, enabling use of Microsoft technologies such as Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in conjunction with the Facebook social platform.
Google plans to buy mobile advertising provider AdMob for US$750 million stock, the search giant said on Monday.
AdMob is a leader in mobile advertising and already serves ads for some applications running on Google’s Android mobile operating system.
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Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.
The worm, known as “ikee,” has been billed as the first iPhone worm, a title that Charlie Miller, famous for hacking iPhones and Macs, said is accurate. “I’d say it was a worm,” said Miller. “It spreads, and it executes remote code, so it’s a worm.” Miller also agreed that it was the first, saying that although he and others have crafted exploits that compromise the iPhone, they have never been wrapped into a worm.
Apple will launch a smaller “worldmode” iPhone next year that will be ready for Verizon Wireless to sell in the third quarter of 2010, according to an analyst report citing unnamed handset maker sources in Taiwan.
Cisco Systems massively expanded its portfolio of collaboration technologies today, announcing 61 products, including a corporate-grade hosted e-mail system called Cisco WebEx Mail as well as a social networking application and a video system to help groups securely share video content and search capabilities.
Microsoft will release on Tuesday guidelines for developers building online applications and for those utilizing the Agile code-development process.
The Agile guidelines apply principles from Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to Agile, an umbrella term for a development model frequently used for Web-based applications released under short deadlines, called “sprints.”
Microsoft is emphasizing the potentially money-saving features of Exchange 2010, the latest revamp of its e-mail application officially released Monday at its TechEd European customer conference in Berlin.
With Exchange 2010, Microsoft is trying to entice CIOs in a tough economic environment to upgrade, contending that Exchange 2010’s new features let companies buy cheaper storage systems, eliminate their voice-mail systems, and drop licenses for separate e-mail archiving software.
After keeping operators and users alike waiting for nearly a year, Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support three versions of WiMax, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, and 3.5GHz.
Intel’s current WiMax chipsets only support the 2.5GHz version of WiMax, which is used markets like Japan, the U.S., and Taiwan. The company doesn’t yet support the 2.3GHz profile, which is used by operators in South Korea and Malaysia, or the 3.5GHz version used in Pakistan. That will change with Kilmer Peak.
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