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The Real Code War Is Over

I see no good reason for continued contention between the Java and .Net platforms. Thats why Im pleased by the packaging of next weeks...

New Ranking System Slices, Dices Blogosphere Buzz

PubSub.com has released a blog and Web site ranking tool calibrated to avoid the Janet Jackson wardrobe-malfunction, buzz-of-the-minute phenomenon. PubSubs LinkRanks, released on Monday, measures...

Complaints Pile Up Over Nanos Display

The iPod Nano: One thousand songs. Impossibly fragile? Thats the complaint of many new owners of Apple Computer Inc.s new iPod Nano, if you believe...

When Safe Devices Become Smart And Dangerous

One key part of a CIOs job is to protect company information. That forces a healthy amount of paranoia, as the exec must anticipate...

Oracle Buying Spree Makes for Strange Bedfellows

Never in its history has Oracle had to appeal to such a diverse customer population and this situation has resulted in some remarkable sights...

Next-Generation Blogging Platform Previews

While no one fears a Weblogging shortage any time soon, a new platform will tempt even more uninitiated civilians to enter the blogosphere when...

CyberSource to Take Over CardSystems

In what might signal the closing chapter in the CardSystem credit-card security breach saga, CyberSource Friday announced its intent to acquire all of CardSystems...

Apple Swats Mac OS X Security Bugs

Apple Computer Inc. on Friday posted a security update to correct 10 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, warning that the...

Oracle to Bring Customers Along Development Track

SAN FRANCISCO—During his OpenWorld keynote address here Tuesday, John Wookey, Oracle Corp.s senior vice president of applications, drilled down on how Oracle plans to...

OpenOffice.org Update Sees the Light of Day

While some office suite users are still waiting for OpenOffice.org 2.0 to arrive, its parent organization has quietly released OpenOffice.org 1.1.5. The latest OO.o (OpenOffice.org)...