Oracle, Red Hat spar over Linux
Oracle and Red Hat offer markedly different perspectives on Oracle’s plan two years ago to support Red Hat’s own Linux customers
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Canadian War Museum wins digitization battle
Taking 100-year-old archival material and uploading it onto the Web is no easy task. Find out how the Web development secrets behind a Canadian firm’s newest educational site
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Oracle pitches high-speed data warehouse server
Speaking at OpenWorld 2008 in San Francisco, chief executive Larry Ellison discusses what he calls the database giant’s first hardware products, server racks from HP preconfigured with its software
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Lenovo targets graphics users with 17-inch laptop
The latest ThinkPad costs $3,128, includes colour calibration, WiMAX support and a bay for an second battery. Analyst Michelle Warren praises the hardware for its multimedia reader
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JuiceCaster Links With Photobucket
Los Angeles-based JuiceCaster, a provider of a mobile social networking application, said Wednesday that the firm has inked a deal with Photobucket, the online photo sharing site owned by Fox Interactive Media. According to JuiceCaster, the deal allows users of its application to post mobile videos and pictures directly to their Photobucket account. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. JuiceCaster said that Photobucket will also be a featured channel on its flash player…. (more)
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LeisureLink Offers New Travel Booking Software
Pasadena-based LeisureLink, which markets vacation lodging through online travel sites, said Wednesday that the firm has rolled out its own specialty lodging booking software for travel companies. The firm said that the software, which helps consumers find and book rentals, is now available for private labeling by its clients. The software was originally developed for Abetterstay.com, LeisureLink’s online site for finding vacation rentals…. (more)
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magnify360 Gets Win With Virtual World
Los Angeles-based magnify360, a provider of software for personalizing and optimizing web content, has scored a win with virtual world provider ICYou. According to ICYou, it will use magnify360 to personalize the shopping experience for Interactive City, a virtual world run by ICYou. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed by the companies. The firms said that the virtual world is set for launch in winter of 2009…. (more)
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Chip Shot: The “Suite” XML of Success
At Oracle OpenWorld today, Intel announced a partnership with open source Enterprise Service Bus vendor, MuleSource, that will integrate Intel’s software library into Mule Xpack for Intel® XML Software Suite 1.1. The Intel® XML Software Suite 1.1 helps developers accelerate XML processing for all enterprise, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Web 2.0-based applications. An evaluation version of the product and an XML Benchmark Tool, that enables developers to test for processing problems and compare XML engine performance, are available for free download. Features of the upcoming release of Intel XML Software Suite 1.2, slated for November 2008, will be discussed at the “Overcoming XML and SOA Performance Limitations” session at Oracle OpenWorld today.
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VMIX Shuffles Staff, Rolls Out New Player
San Diego-based VMIX, a provider of video publishing tools for web publishers, said today that the firm has shuffled its executive staff and delivered a new version of its VMIX Player. According to the firm, the moves come as it goes into an “aggressive expansion” phase. VMIX said that it has appointed Mike Glickenhaus as President and CEO, and appointed co-founder and former CEO Greg Kostello as CTO…. (more)
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RoyaltyShare Plans New Digital Music Tracking Service
San Diego-based RoyaltyShare said this morning it will be developing a new system for tracking limited downloads and interactive streaming. According to RoyaltyShare, it will be rolling out a platform which tracks and automates the tracking of music subscriptions and streaming, based on the recent agreement by the music industry on revenue sharing for streamed music. RoyaltyShare that the platform is currently under development and will be available in Q4…. (more)
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