Monthly Archives: December 2009
Samsung Begins Volume Production of 30-nm Flash Chips
Samsung, the world's No. 1 manufacturer of NAND flash processors with more than 30 percent of the market, said Dec. 1 that it has...
Oracle Applications Users Group Supports Acquisition of Sun
People continue to line up on both sides of the Oracle/Sun Microsystems-versus-European Commission dispute about the future of MySQL.The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG),...
Nokia Delivers Qt 4.6
Nokia on Dec. 1 released Qt 4.6, "the latest version of the company's cross-platform application and UI framework" for building applications for Symbian OS-based...
SAP Announces Delay in Maintenance Fee Increase
SAP announced on Dec. 1 that it will delay a decision on increasing customers' maintenance fees until the beginning of 2010, in recognition of...
AppliedMicro Looks to Make Push in Semiconductor Space
Applied Micro Circuits has a new name and a new direction.Company officials announced Nov. 30 that the new name is AppliedMicro and that they...
Windows Azure Supports Ruby on Rails
Microsoft has announced support for Ruby on Rails running on the Windows Azure cloud platform.At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft played up Windows Azure's...
Amazon Will Sell 550,000 Kindle E-Readers in 2009, Says Analyst
Amazon.com is expected to sell about 550,000 Kindle devices in 2009, according to a research note issued on Dec. 1 by financial advisory group...
Microsoft Says Black Screen of Death Unrelated to Patch Tuesday Updates
The so-called Black Screen of Death condition striking some Windows users is not caused by bugs in November's Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft stated Dec....
10 Reasons Why the New Windows Black Screen of Death Is Alarming
When critics spend time explaining why Windows isn't as great a platform as Microsoft claims, they usually point to the Blue Screen of Death....
Microsoft Office 2010 Coming in June
Microsoft will release Office 2010 in June 2010, according to the company, providing a firmer date for the release of next edition of its...