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RIM: Smartphone app builders must know audience

Fragmentation in the mobile space has made it imperative for developers to know who their customers are to effectively target them

Nov 16, 2010 2 mins

AMD to ship first Bulldozer server chips in Q3

The first Bulldozer chips to ship will be 16-core Interlagos processors

Nov 16, 2010 4 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry

Android faces another patent attack

Vertical Computer Systems filed suit against Samsung and LG, charging patent infringement in Android phones

By Nancy Gohring

Nov 16, 2010 2 mins

Hitachi launches first enterprise SSD line

The Ultrastar SSD line, built jointly with Intel, can achieve throughput of up to 535MB per second

By Lucas Mearian

Oracle support site switch looms for Sun customers

Can Oracle pull it off without another fiasco?

Careers Technology Industry

Facebook’s new message system supports online Office docs

Facebook users can view — but not edit — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files using Office Web Apps

Does Apple’s Java move mean a less secure Mac?

Some security experts say handing Java to an Oracle-backed open-source project will make Mac users less secure in the long run

Java Patch Management Software Technology Industry

Nov 16, 2010 4 mins

Oracle responds to Apache Java defiance

Hoping to move Java forward, Oracle asks the Apache Foundation to reconsider its position on Java

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

Nov 16, 2010 2 mins

Cisco’s Cius business tablet to ship in March

Cisco is building virtualization and collaboration capabilities into the Android-based business tablet

Sencha offers HTML5 framework for mobile apps

Sencha Touch enables cross-platform development of touch-enabled apps; the company also eyes upgrade to its JavaScript framework

HTML Software Development Technology Industry

Oracle releases Solaris 11 Express

This version of the OS can be used for testing and development only and includes network virtualization capabilities

Nov 15, 2010 2 mins

AMD joins Intel’s open source MeeGo OS effort

The move is aimed to expand software compatibility for AMD's upcoming Fusion chips

Nov 15, 2010 2 mins

High-Performance Computing

U.S. building next wave of supercomputers

Two 20-petaflop systems are planned for 2012 in the U.S., but China is racing ahead with its own supercomputers

By Patrick Thibodeau

Nov 15, 2010 4 mins

Update: EMC to buy NAS vendor Isilon for $2.25 billion

The combination will provide a low-cost platform for managing 'Big Data'

Brocade’s new Ethernet switches reduce network complexity, cost

The VDX family of switches allow standard server traffic to share networks with data storage traffic

By Lucas Mearian

New Stuxnet clues suggest sabotage of Iran’s uranium enrichment program

Symantec says the Stuxnet worm monkeys with electrical motor controls, like those used by gas centrifuges to enrich uranium

Nov 15, 2010 5 mins

Hacking Malware

China rockets to top of supercomputer list

Governments recognize deployment of high-performance computing technology is a prerequisite to sustaining economic competitiveness, says IBM exec

High-Performance Computing

The 2010 Geek IQ Test

20 more questions to help you find out how fast your beanie propeller twirls

By InfoWorld Staff

Nov 15, 2010 1 min

Careers

Web 2.0 Summit focuses on mapping Net economy’s ‘points of control’

Top executives from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and Adobe will speak at the conference

By Juan Carlos Perez

Nov 12, 2010 4 mins

Oracle, SAP clash over amount of damages to be paid for software theft

Oracle's damages expert frustrates SAP's attorney with his responses

By James Niccolai

Nov 12, 2010 3 mins

Apple joins Oracle’s OpenJDK project

OpenJDK gains another prominent backer, but questions remain about whether Java apps will be allowed in the Mac app store

Open Source Technology Industry

Nov 12, 2010 3 mins

Firefox 4 regains speed mojo

Beta 7's new JagerMonkey compiler puts Mozilla browser in the No. 2 speed spot behind Opera

Browsers Technology Industry

Nov 12, 2010 4 mins

News quiz: The week in tech

InfoWorld news quiz: Nov. 12, 2010: Samsung enters the tablet game, Amazon suffers Internet shame

By Dan Tynan

Nov 12, 2010 1 min

Data Management

Cloudstock conference set for cloud app developers

Google and Force.com are among sponsors of the event next month

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Google: Third parties liable for Java infringement, not us

The argument could be a way to convince Oracle to settle its Android lawsuit

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

Nov 11, 2010 3 mins

Oracle defends MySQL support pricing changes

Customers are getting far more for their money than under Sun, Oracle says

Databases Open Source Technology Industry

Microsoft moves ahead with ASP.Net MVC 3

Web development framework upgrade goes to release candidate stage

Google denies copying Java code for Android mobile OS

A case management conference is scheduled for next week and the trial may start next October

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

Google releases open source data cleanser

Google's Refine 2.0, formerly Freebase Gridworks, cleans up messy data sources and links them together

Analytics Open Source Technology Industry

Nov 11, 2010 3 mins

Salesforce.com will not move beyond CRM

The company will work with partners who offer other business applications, rather than branching out itself

By John Ribeiro

Nov 11, 2010 3 mins

SaaS Software Development

Global processor spending slows in ‘skittish’ Q3

IDC predicts double-digit growth in PC systems and processor units in 2011 due to strong corporate purchases

By Dan Nystedt

Apple smashes patch record with gigantic security update

Latest set of patches from Apple fix 134 flaws in Mac OS X, a whopping 55 in Flash Player alone

Patch Management Software Software Development Technology Industry

Nov 11, 2010 5 mins

Zoho adds cloud app to manage customer support tasks

Zoho Support is available now and features integration with the company's Zoho CRM application

By Juan Carlos Perez

SaaS Small and Medium Business Software Development

Oracle switches stance on VMware RAC support

Oracle no longer specifically excludes the clusterware from its VMware support policy

Sybase IQ updated for parallel processing

Sybase joins Microsoft in offering a database to run on a massively parallel processing architecture

Analytics Databases

WS-I declares ‘mission accomplished’

Group formed by Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle says it has concluded charter to document best practices for Web services

Web Development

Android smartphone sales top 20 million in Q3

Smartphone sales for Q3 almost doubled, and while the Apple iPhone is still selling well, it can't keep pace with Android's explosive growth

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 10, 2010 3 mins

Microsoft forgets to patch Mac Office 2004, 2008

The company discloses four bugs in all Mac editions, but only fixes the flaws in Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft Office Patch Management Software Software Development

Nov 10, 2010 3 mins

Dell’s Kace management tools going mobile

iPhones, iPads, and Android devices will be supported in a future version of the Kace products

By James Niccolai

Nov 10, 2010 3 mins

iPhone edges out Android smartphones in reliability race

The iPhone's failure rate has been slashed by 62 percent in the last two years, says warranty firm

Nov 10, 2010 4 mins

Microsoft, Adobe proclaim their love for HTML5

'We love HTML5,' both companies claim, detailing support in their development tools

Nov 10, 2010 4 mins

HTML

AMD eyes tablets with upcoming Fusion chips

AMD executive says the company's chips will appear in tablets as early as next year

Nov 9, 2010 3 mins