Sun's new prospective owner Oracle explains why the IBM deal went sour. But will Oracle do hardware, and will it kill MySQL? Of course not, says Peter Judge
April 20, 2009
Oracle To Pay £5bn For Sun Microsystems
The terms of the deal represent significantly more money than the £4.5 billion cash offer that IBM reported had put on the table for Sun last month
Analyst Reveals Top Tips For Greener PCs
Companies offered advice on how to tackle inefficent PCs and peripherals
HP’s New Unix Includes Green Power Control
The latest HP UX version can cut power use, while improved ServiceGuard management should make virtual servers more reliable
Darling Warned IT Budget Cuts Could Cost Billions
Groups have called for budget support to UK digital media companies - while government IT pros fear losing their budgets
Conficker Infections Number In The Millions
Kaspersky manages to track down 200,000 actual IP addresses for the worm, but the total numer is in the millions
Pirate Bay – A Fair Verdict?
The Pirate Bay founders have been given prison sentences for enabling copyright theft. The verdict has been loudly protested, but Larry Seltzer says they got what they deserved
Alcatel-Lucent Improves Switch Security
New OS for AlcaLu switches includes an end-point gatekeeper from InfoExpress
Sprint Plans Fuel Cell For Mobile Network
Sprint aims to add more backup power at cell phone sites using hydrogen fuel cells
Google Has Big Hopes For Android OS
While Google's earning report exceeded some analyst expectations, the search engine giant is facing modest declines in revenue as it wrestles with a global economy in recession
Motorola May Spin-Off Handset Unit
Motorola originally announced the plan more than a year ago, but the slumping economy forced it to shelve the idea
Iron Mountain Launches Cloud Email Management
Iron Mountain has launched a cloud-based alternative to control e-mail that includes archiving, continuity, security and data leak prevention
Microsoft Developing Parallel Programming Language
Formerly known as “Maestro,” Axum is an incubation project that Microsoft is working on to help programmers tackle the issue of parallel programming in the .NET environment