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Apache Pulls the Plug on Avalon

The Apache Software Foundation has shut down the top-level Avalon project. Apache Avalon, which began in 1999 to provide Java software for component and container...

Eclipse Refreshes Platform for Test, Performance Tools

The Eclipse Foundation on Tuesday announced that the next version of its test and performance tools project will be available this week. The Ottawa, Ontario,...

Kenai Launches Web Services Security Tool

Kenai Systems Inc. has introduced technology for testing Web services for security issues as the services are being developed. The Rocklin, Calif., companys ExamineST Web...

Past Year Is Prologue

Technology developments this year started slowly but wound up in a merger and divestiture frenzy that shows no signs of letting up. But behind...

App Security Is Lacking

In 2004, several technologies vied for the limited enterprise dollars earmarked for protecting public-facing applications—and created a lot of confusion in the marketplace about...

A Year Is Not Enough for Tech Predictions

Those who dare to make year-ahead predictions should remember Bill Gates accurate 1997 observation: "There is a tendency to overestimate how much technology will...

Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks

The concept of adding security to the coding phase of application development is catching on, with new companies delivering tools to help developers test...

Microsoft and Sun: Détente Takes Time

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. officials said they have reached a number of significant milestones since announcing their landmark settlement and technical collaboration...

CA Joins Eclipse Foundation

Computer Associates International Inc. Monday announced that the company has joined the Eclipse Foundation and will begin contributing code and talent to the open-source...

MySQL Lures Open-Source Newbies with Consulting Deals

MySQL AB is offering consulting packages and GUI tools for those who want to jump into open-source technology but lack in-house gurus and are...