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Oracle's acquisition will end one of the most inspirational high-tech companies in Silicon Valley history. And it's a sad day for the open-source community, which loses a champion, says Joe Wilcox
The question "Oracle good, or Oracle bad, for MySQL?" was generally met with a smile first, then a measured, thoughtful response on the final day of the MySQL Conference in California.
Lawmakers have paid tribute to Earth Day with legislation providing grant funds for practical solutions to reduce the growing mounds of old cell phones, televisions, computers and other electronic devices.
Businesses are pushing ahead with efficiency projects, but they must not forget Green IT jobs like carbon management, before regulations force them, says Gartner's Simon Mingay.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has finally adopted 3.0, a much zippier version of the wireless data transfer solution.
The global recession has brought Microsoft to a new first: a year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue.
The latest research among infosec professionals has found the tide of budget cuts has turned and recruitment is back on the agenda.
VMware's "cloud operating system" vSphere 4 - sets the stage for virtualisation to fully enter the data centre.
Green storage options are growing, but mainly for efficiency reasons, according to a report.
But will 2Mbps be fast enough, and will the BBC's Digital Switchover money cover it?
New kit may claim to be better for the environment, but does that consider all the impacts? Jim Rapoza thinks you might be better off sticking with older tech
After the US talk show hostess devoted her entire show to a discussion of Twitter, traffic shot up 43 percent on the micro-blogging site
An increasingly tight market means the virtualisation software leader expects sales to be flat or even to drop in the second quarter of 2009
But broadband, green tech and IT-based public sector economies get a look-in.
BPM isn't just management consultants tweaking your organisation. It can lead to cost savings and sustainability
Cheaper wireless networks, with wired-like performance, can reduce your carbon footprint - and pay for themselves
Half Sun's 33,000 staff could go when Oracle takes over, according to a newspaper report
A facility in Sweden will use free-air cooling and renewable energy
Improved benchmarking, better information management, and tackling risky IT projects key to cutting costs
The most expensive Pentagon weapons system ever developed, the program involves 7.5 million lines of code, of which hackers made off with several terabytes.
The hard drive, which comes in various capacities, features a rugged base and design and a shock tolerance of 400 G/2ms
AMD officials say the recession could play to the strengths of the Opteron EE by giving enterprises the option of extremely efficient systems that can save money on the bottom line
Microsoft and Yahoo have been in discussions over a possible partnership in display and search advertising.
Middleware and software development are bright spots, despite revenue going down by ten percent overall
Hewlett-Packard has laucnhed a platform to combine servers, storage and networks into one resource - and called it the Matrix
Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting
Consumer fears over personal identity theft are rising because of the recession, a survey has found
Hitachi chief executive Takashi Kawamura said the vendor will focus on “green mobility,” smart grids and the global expansion of the company's green data centres
Forrester reports Apple rated highest on customer surveys ranking the usefulness, usability and enjoyableness of their interactions with PC makers
Unisys is ramping up the virtualisation capabilities of its enterprise x86 servers by upgrading to Intel's Nehalem EP processors and VMware's latest version of its virtualisation platform