SQL Server 2008’s future looks ‘cloudy.’ Microsoft’s newest database edition, released to manufacturing this week, includes a version tailored specifically for hosts. And while SQL Server 2008 took two development years fewer than its predecessor, it still brings just as many new features, Microsoft claims. A security researcher details the DNS flaw recently reported, but the conference’s undercurrent was on the dangers that Web 2.0 technologies bring — and how security experts are having more difficulty than ever protecting end users from emerging threats. Oracle is releasing four Oracle VM Templates, fully configured systems distributed as virtual machines, for: Database 11g, Enterprise Manager, Siebel CRM 8, and Enterprise Linux. Even though Microsoft is trying to push XP into the past, you certainly don’t have to yet. Put new life into Windows XP. Nor do you have to live with an OS that feels slow and antiquated. Here’s how to make XP faster and more reliable without spending a penny. And different industries, naturally, find that different technological approaches will better aid them in reaching sustainability goals. Bearing that in mind, Sustainable IT author Ted Samson this week examines some of the promising green technologies within the manufacturing and retail industries. Greening by industry. Technology Industry