Databases

Google seeks route around Microsoft with Chrome

Google sees its open source Chrome browser as the doorway for broader use of its Web-based applications

Master terms before you master data management

Social networking startup goes self-service

Socialcast details new pricing model that lets smaller customers start without the need for a formal sales process

Mango* – King of FOSS Offerings

Continuent launches open-source database scale-out stack

The company's Tungsten master-slave replication tool is presently available for MySQL with versions for Oracle, PostgreSQL, and others coming soon

Quest LiteSpeed 5.0 update

My initial look at the new version of LiteSpeed

Nortel uses USB drive to secure remote work

Nortel's 'office on a stick' USB drive can link almost any PC with a corporate VPN and keep all the information from a session encrypted

Oracle integrates CRM On Demand with Siebel

Hybrid approach to CRM allows companies to more easily add new users while enabling data from both systems to be analyzed at once

Locked iPhones can be unlocked without a password

Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone just by pushing a few buttons

Update: Google may let users comment on, rearrange search results

Google has already run public tests on its search results pages