- Fri Nov 20 11:01 AM PST 2009 Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it
Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.
- Fri Nov 20 9:00 AM PST 2009 Browser security features compared
The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways.
- Thu Nov 19 10:00 AM PST 2009 Casio G'zOne Rock is made for the outdoors
Verizon goes for the outdoorsmen with the G'zOne Rock
- Wed Nov 18 9:07 AM PST 2009 Is IBM's Blue Insight a model for your private BI cloud?
IBM has developed and private cloud for its own Business Intelligence consumers. Is it one you want to copy?
- Wed Nov 18 8:28 AM PST 2009 PDC Day 2 live blog: Office 2010, IE 9 on stage
At the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft talks about Office 2010, shows Silverlight 4, and shares the first details on Internet Explorer 9.
- Wed Nov 11 4:00 AM PST 2009 As alternative energy grows, NIMBY turns green
With more renewable energy projects trying to come online, the country grapples with the balance between local land use and a national push for clean energy.
- Tue Nov 10 3:00 PM PST 2009 Google hopes to remake programming with Go
A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.
- Thu Nov 5 4:00 AM PST 2009 Google tries its own take on customer service
Not surprisingly, the search giant thinks automation and innovation are important. But as CEO Eric Schmidt says, everyone wants to wring a neck when things go wrong.
- Wed Nov 4 10:50 AM PST 2009 Amazon's move mocks EU's fear of Oracle
Amazon.com's fork of the MySQL database suggests that competition is alive and well, regardless of Oracle's desire to buy Sun or of the European Commission.
- Mon Nov 2 10:11 AM PST 2009 Google: The open-source savior we deserve
Google's open-source business model may not be the ideal for which we've waited, but it's the one that we deserve given the values of our market.




