Taffybox makes bittorrent easy for newbies
Bittorrent might be responsible for majority of data transfer on the internet but it still can get complicated for new users to understand.
Services like Taffybox comes handy in these situations.
Taffybox provides a search engine and a browser based bittorrent client to download the files.
When you visit the [...]

Google Sites: Import and Export now possible
Google’s Data Liberation team has developed a new java based application google-sites-liberation that you can use ti import and export Google Sites.
The application makes available offline copies of both the content on the site along with attachments.
The same can be imported back into another site using [...]

Google Docs Batch Upload
Google Docs Batch Upload is an open source Java program that enables you to upload multiple files in one go to Google Docs.
It is a command line based application and it should work with any operating system that has the relevant Java components installed.
It can be used to upload all [...]

Apple updates Java on Mac but ships older Flash Player with Snow Leopard
Apple has issued a patch for users of Mac OS X. This patch updates the Java for the Mac OS X Leopard users.
The company is however making news for delivering an older insecure version of Adobe Flash Player with their Snow Leopard [...]

Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems approved by Justice Department
Database industry giant Oracle has said that their acquisition of Sun Microsystems has now received the approval from the Justice Department in the USA.
They are now waiting for approval by the European Commission.
The acquisition deal has been facing issues because of the involvement of technologies [...]

Apple fixes Java bugs for Mac OS X users
Apple has finally released the latest updates to Java for the Mac OS X.
This update fixes the bugs in Java that are now months old.
Apple has been repeatedly criticized by security experts for being slow with Java updates for the Apple Mac users.
Sun Microsystems has [...]

Sun Microsystems announce Java Store
Sun Microsystems has announced the launch of their Java Store.
The company said that this new store would connect developers with millions of Java app users.
This store has been created using JavaFX technology.
It would soon be made available to millions of Java users who would be able to purchase content [...]

Larry Ellison wants Java to be everywhere!
Oracle is in the process of acquiring Sun Microsystems.
This would give them the ownership of Java technology which is already pretty popular on the web and mobile devices.
Oracle boss Larry Ellison has now said that they have big plans with the Java language.
They want to see it being [...]

Java bug revealed as Apple delays fix for Mac OS X
Apple has been criticized for being slow with updates related to Java on Mac OS X platform.
As a result, a security researcher has made public the attack code that exploits the flaw.
Sun Microsystems has already updated the Java releases for other platforms.
Landon [...]

Qualcomm announces Plaza Retail
Qualcomm has announced their own mobile applications store named Plaza Retail.
This would be an alternative to the company’s own Brew developer environment which is currently used by Verizon Wireless and some other mobile service providers.
Qualcomm said that this new store would provide applications for a variety of devices powered with different mobile [...]