This time, Larry’s Oracle is going after the networking giants
Analysis Larry Ellison’s Oracle bowled out Solaris 11.2 last week – and what does this Unix-like give us? Cloud computing, yes, but also a stab at a datacenter-in-a-(large)-box.…
Tiny steps: HTTP 2.0 WG looks for consensus
Comments due 1 September
The long-awaited HTTP 2.0 protocol has inched a step further towards completion, with the IETF issuing a last call on the two key documents of the spec, with comments to end on 1 September.…
Oracle cold bath shrinks Larry Ellison’s pay package
Size is a relative thing
Oracle’s Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men and best-paid CEOs in the US, is getting his pay cut by more than half.…
Microsoft KILLS Windows 8.1 Update 2 and Patch Tuesday
You’ll never believe what it’s called inst… actually, you probably can
Microsoft has at last revealed the date when its second major update to Windows 8.1 will ship to customers: never.…
NoSQL startup MongoDB names BladeLogic founder as new CEO
Could an IPO be in the offing?
MongoDB has appointed venture capitalist and former entrepreneur Dev Ittycheria as its new chief executive, adding fuel to speculation that the NoSQL database firm may be planning to go public soon.…
Windows 8 market share stalls, XP at record low
Another month of nasty numbers for Microsoft
Windows XP’s demise is finally starting to accelerate, but Windows 7 and not 8 appears to be picking up the slack.…
‘Big data’ predicts stock movements, boffins claim
Google Trends is better than a dart board at stock-watching
Researchers from the Warwick University’s business school reckon they can predict the next crash, by watching Google searches and Wikipedia.…
Microsoft hacks out new EMET, spits out Adobe Flash
Version 5.0 of friendly sniffer given more acute nose
Microsoft has emitted a new version of EMET – its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit.…
Surfing the web from Android? We KNEW it – sorry, iOS fanbois
About time too: fandroids dominate in buying devices
Google’s Android has slipped past Apple’s iOS to become the top mobile operating system for the first time, in terms of online usage.…
Factory-fresh delivery: Get your OpenSUSE fix daily
Milestone builds are for fat and buggy software projects
Open-sourcers running OpenSUSE’s development have adopted a browser-based model of development for their beloved distro.…