Daily news beat for June 20, 2008

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Jun 20, 20081 min

Eclipse readies Ganymede release. The open source project is slated to offer its annual shot of project updates next week and this round brings improvements in the core OSGI-based component model and SOA tools.

Oracle pushes through significant price hikes on a number of products, including its E-Business Suite applications, which will now cost up to 20 percent more.

A consortium backed by IBM and Intel predicts the future. Blade.org gazes into its crystal ball and sees not only key trends holding the potential to reshape the datacenter in coming years, but also the disappearance of some technologies. Related: Datacenter operators to share energy tips.

Reversing its stance, Apple fixes the ‘carpet bomb’ flaw in its Safari browser that could allow attackers to run unauthorized software on victims’ Windows PCs.

And in Geek week in review, Firefox security gets nixed while Apple Safari is fixed. ” Why? God only knows, and He isn’t returning our calls.”