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Microsoft eyes multicore boost from Windows 7
News New operating system should be able to make better use of modern multicore chips--in part through changes to adapt Windows to big servers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Multi-core, Parallel Pattern Library, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Windows 7
Sun raves about US$99 developer tool plan
News Company hopes release of "Rave" will help it more than double the number of Java programmers.
IBM: Proprietary technology not enough
News These days, it's necessary to balance proprietary, open-source approaches, Big Blue exec stresses at conference.
Tags: Open source
Google Code reverses open source license ban
News "Our bad", declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Google Inc., Eclipse, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, leader, programming tool, blog, blog posting
Google offers JavaScript programming tools
News In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code.
Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Google Inc., compiler, software, Cloud computing, Web Browser, Internet Search Advertising, Tool, Open source
Microsoft hams up design in Mix
News Microsoft begins its Web design conference in un-Microsoft fashion, with researcher Bill Buxton talking about design.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Conference, Tool, Software, Bill Buxton, Buxton, researcher, programming tool
Google releases programming tools for Android 1.5
News With Android 1.5, the open-source mobile phone operating system is gradually maturing, and so are the programming tools central to creating software for it.
Tags: PalmOS, Smart phones, Mobile, Google Inc., Web Browser, Tool, SDK, phone, performance, software
Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun?
News commentary Sun has some nice assets, but IBM already has many of them under its own roof. Here are some difficulties IBM could face digesting its rival.
Tags: Acquisitions, Business applications, Open source, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Server, intellectual property
Sun readies tools line for Solaris 10
News in brief Sun Microsystems has updated its development tools in preparation for the release later this year of Solaris 10, a major upgrade to its Unix operating system.
Tags: Servers, Operating systems
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 beta
News A widely available test version of Microsoft's database will support AMD's Opteron processor.
Itanium allies fund open-source compiler work
News To add momentum to Intel's Itanium processor, funds are being raised to improve its key programming tool.
Tags: Processors, Open source
Linux headed into Boeing antisub aircraft
News Aerospace giant will embed Wind River's version of Linux into the U.S. Navy's P-8A aircraft.
Tags: Open source
Microsoft casts .Net for Java workers
News The software colossus releases the final version of Visual J#.Net, a tool aimed at luring Java developers to the company's .Net software strategy.
Sun to hand out Web-ready Java tool
News Java Studio Creator, a tool designed to appeal to Microsoft developers, will enter a broad testing program next month, in a version with added Web application features.
Tags: Java
Intel earns programmer tool a Linux foothold
News Open-source options are favored in Linux culture, but chipmaker wins a pair of new supporters.
Tags: Open source
