Oracle resumes construction of massive data center
Oracle has started up work again on a large data center in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area, after suspending the project without public explanation last year.
It is unclear why Oracle had stopped building the center in West Jordan, a Salt Lake City suburb. An Oracle spokeswoman on Friday confirmed a report by The Salt Lake Tribune that work has resumed, but declined additional comment.
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Microsoft echoes Apple: 'Future of the Web is HTML5'
Microsoft has bought a first-class seat on the Flash Bashing Express with an official statement on its IEBlog. Apple's sometimes-friend, sometimes-foe echoed ideas that Apple CEO Steve Jobs expressed in Thursday's Thoughts on Flash essay and put its own stake in the ground for the future of Web technologies.
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Mobile phone shipments surge by 22 percent in Q1
The global market for mobile phones surged in the first quarter, growing by nearly 22 percent over a year earlier when the market had declined markedly in the midst of a recession.
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HP reportedly kills Windows 7 Slate project
Today may end up being a bloody day for prospective iPad alternatives. Earlier today, we learned that Microsoft's Courier tablet was a real product under consideration by Microsoft, but that the company has since ended the project.
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Adobe CEO fires back at Jobs
The same day that Steve Jobs spelled out Apple's opposition to Flash on its mobile devices, Adobe's CEO responded, calling the problems cited by Apple a "smokescreen."
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Glype 'anonymous' proxy may not cloak your identity
A widely used proxy service thought to provide anonymous Web surfing and used to skirt network administrator bans on access to sites like Facebook frequently reveals sensitive information about its users, according to a Swiss security researcher.
Glype is a small bit of PHP code that routes requests for Web pages through other Web pages running its software, said the researcher, who runs the Swiss Security Blog and the Zeus Tracker project. He prefers to remain anonymous.
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Google: Crank up the heat in your data center
Google's top energy executive has offered some simple steps for making data centers more energy-efficient, including raising the thermostat to 80 degrees Fahrenheit -- or 27 degrees Celsius -- to cut down on cooling costs.
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Microsoft investigates SharePoint 2007 zero day
Microsoft is scrambling to fix a bug in its SharePoint 2007 groupware after a Swiss firm abruptly released code this week that could be used in an attack.
The proof-of-concept code was released just over two weeks after security consultancy High-Tech Bridge says it disclosed the issue to Microsoft.
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Adobe ships Creative Suite 5 family of tools
Adobe on Friday will announce the availability of the Creative Suite (CS) 5 family, which enables the development of content and applications for the upcoming Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2.
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History shows HP's Palm buy can work
If history can help predict the future, then Hewlett-Packard has a good shot at aptly digesting Palm, analysts say.
On Wednesday, HP announced plans to buy the legendary developer of the Palm Pilot, the first successful personal digital assistant, for $1.2 billion.
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Google API and HTML5 combo praised
Via a developer partner, Google on Thursday is promoting HTML5 and Google APIs as offering a "new era of mobile apps." The posting on the Google Code Blog, from nextstop co-founder Adrian Graham, emphasizes the technology combination.
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Google API and HTML5 combo praised
Via a developer partner, Google on Thursday is promoting HTML5 and Google APIs as offering a "new era of mobile apps." The posting on the Google Code Blog, from nextstop co-founder Adrian Graham, emphasizes the technology combination.
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