Daily news beat for June 9, 2008

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Jun 9, 20081 min

As the Enterprise 2.0 show kicks off Monday, Microsoft and others push new Web 2.0 wares. So IT should expect a raft of product announcements from large platform vendors and startups alike. Related: Momentum, some confusion, mark Enterprise 2.0.

AMD adds four new processors to its Opteron roster, emphasizing performance over power consumption, and says hardware makers are announcing corresponding systems.

Sun Microsystems bolsters its SOA and business integration software by injecting a master data management suite and leveraging ESB capabilities.

Samsung launches its iPhone-like Omnia handset, just as Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference kicks off amid speculation that Apple will unwrap a 3G iPhone.

And with Apple’s WWDC this week, Robert X. Cringely chooses not to cast wild predictions but, rather, to deconstruct legends about Apple’s CEO. Top 5 myths about Steve Jobs. For starters — yes, you probably guessed it — Mr. Jobs does, in fact, own more than one outfit. Related: Apple’s WWDC the most significant in years.