Sun tussles with de-duplication startup
Sun Microsystems is suing startup GreenBytes for allegedly claiming that Sun stole its data de-duplication technology.
Stephen Lawson
,
July 2009
Sun upgrades popular virtualisation tool
Sun has upgraded one of its most popular freeware products after releasing a major new version of its open-source virtualisation
tool xVM VirtualBox, which includes the ability to cope with demanding server workloads.
Tom Jowitt,
July 2009
Java development critical to Oracle Fusion strategy
For developers, Oracle's Fusion Middleware 11g rollout on Wednesday emphasizes Java technologies, particularly the company's
JDeveloper IDE, along with concepts including declarative programming and ALM (application lifecycle management).
Paul Krill,
July 2009
Apple finally patches six-month-old Java bugs
Apple yesterday patched 32 vulnerabilities in its implementation of Java; Sun fixed the same flaws for Windows and Linux users
more than six months ago.
Gregg Keizer,
June 2009
Oracle: Late entry with strong bloodlines
Two months ago, Oracle wouldn't have leapt to mind as a potential contender in the next-generation data center. But that was
pre-Sun, pre-Virtual Iron. Now, all of a sudden, Oracle has an interesting data center story to tell.
Beth Schultz
,
June 2009
Apache Shale Web framework project retired
The Apache Shale Web application framework project has been retired due to inactivity, according to a bulletin from Apache
on Thursday.
Paul Krill,
June 2009
Will Oracle kill the Java community?
Will Oracle be good to Java's developers?
Robert McMillan
,
June 2009
Sun tests new Java Store, Java Warehouse
Sun has opened up a test version of its Java Store, which it bills as a Web site where developers can connect with millions
of computer users who run Java on their desktop.
Robert McMillan
,
June 2009
Close the Java security hole in many browsers
As we noted earlier, there's a rather large security hole with Java in Web browsers in all versions of OS X. Because of the
way Java applets work, you can be attacked by simply visiting (not even clicking a link on, or downloading a file from) a
Web site containing a malicious Java applet.
Rob Griffiths,
May 2009
Ajax: Tools of the trade
Ajax has effectively launched a new era in JavaScript development, bringing with it a plethora of robust tools for the JavaScript
programmer. Take a quick tour of the tools you could be using for JS development, debugging, testing, and more. You'll never
code JavaScript in just a text editor again.
Nathaniel T. Schutta,
May 2009
Domain-driven design with Java EE 6
When a Java EE application needs to implement type-specific behavior for domain objects, a procedural, service-oriented approach
leads to unnecessary code and hard-to-maintain logic. Learn about Java EE's architectural flip-side: domain-driven design
that lets you make the most of Java's object-oriented roots.
Adam Bien,
May 2009
Clojure: Challenge your Java assumptions
Clojure's immutable datatypes, lockless concurrency, and simple abstractions make parallel programming for multicore hardware
simpler and more robust than in Java. Joshua Fox takes you on a tour of this exciting new language for the JVM, which was
just recently released in v1.0.
Joshua Fox,
May 2009
Know your Oracle application server
René van Wijk offers tips for troubleshooting incompatibilities between Oracle Web application servers and Java EE application
components such as TopLink Essentials, Apache MyFaces Trinidad, Hibernate, and EJBs.
René van Wijk,
May 2009
SpringSource deal unites open source technology builders
SpringSource has acquired Hyperic in a deal that will enable SpringSource to provide a product set for powering the entire
Java application lifecycle, say company executives. Paul Krill reports.
Paul Krill,
May 2009
Building cloud-ready, multicore-friendly applications, Part 2: Mechanics of the cloud
What's all that airy stuff we're calling "the cloud"? Appistry's Guerry Semones explains the mechanics of how cloud platforms
take your cloud-ready application code to the next level.
Guerry Semones,
April 2009
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