App Dev: Chipmaker Intel this morning ships three threading tools designed to help developers take better advantage of its multicore processors. These include a runtime library, an analysis tool to minimize errors and a profiler that offers insight regarding how application threads interact. Columnists’ corner: Neil McAllister digs down for the root of why Microsoft and open source just can’t get along in this week’s installment of Open Enterprise. “I’m not going to suggest that it’s a new day at Microsoft. As yet there’s far too little evidence to support that claim. But, at least where Firefox is concerned, the olive branch has been extended and accepted. Can’t we feel good about that?” The news beat: Oracle rolls out the performance management piece of its PeopleSoft 9 suite. BEA Systems this morning launches an upgrade to its WebLogic Real Time Core Edition, bringing lower latency and runtime analysis. And Atheros details a new chipset it claims will enable makers of LAN gear to sell wireless access points for less than $100. Software Development