Vuze to Go portable edition launched
Vuze has announced a portable edition of their Bittorrent client. Vuze was previously called Azureus which used to be one of the most popular BT clients in the market. Things changed with the arrival of uTorrent.
Vuze to Go is the portable edition of Vuze but it is neither open [...]
Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems
Rumors in the market had claimed that IBM was in talks with Sun Microsystems. The talks reportedly did not materialize.
The latest news in the market is that Oracle has now announced their decision to acquire Sun Microsystems.
The deal is worth around $7.4-billion.
This would further strengthen Oracle as they compete [...]
Open Cloud Platform launched by Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems has announced the launch of its own cloud computing platform named Open Cloud Platform.
Sun Microsystems’ Open Cloud Platform is powered by Java, MySQL, OpenSolaris, and Open Storage software technologies.
The company also announced Sun Cloud which is their public cloud-computing service designed for developers and [...]
Google Gmail testing PGP!
Google Operating System has reporting that Google seems to be testing PGP Signature Verification in their webmail service Gmail.
A Gmail user noticed this feature for a while which means it is currently under testing.
User gets the option to verify signature in case the email message contains the relevant data.
Sources say [...]
Apple Security Update 2009-001 out
Apple has released their first security patch release of 2009.
The company has released patches for several versions of their OS:
Mac OS X Leopard
Mac OS X Leopard Server
Mac OS X Tiger (Intel)
Mac OS X Tiger (PowerPC)
Mac OS X Tiger Server
These patches are available online and through the Software Update [...]
Skype now on Google Android platform!
Skype is now collaborating with Google to bring their VoIP platform on the Google Android mobile platform.
The company has announced that they are going to provide a version of Skype that would work on about 100 cell-phone models.
These would include the mobile devices powered by Google Android mobile [...]
Sun releases Java 1.6.0_11 with updates and patches
Sun Microsystems has released a new updated edition of Java.
The company said that this updated edition comes with 34 non-security problem fixes.
Windows users can update their installations to this latest edition from the Java icon in their control panel.
Mac OS X users would require Apple [...]
Sun promoting Microsoft Live Search Toolbar!
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are collaborating!
Sun would now include Microsoft Live Toolbar in their installer for Java.
This toolbar is for the Internet Explorer web browser and enables the user to conduct searches on Microsoft Live Search engine.
This deal is somewhat strange as Sun and Microsoft are old rivals. [...]
Apple updates Java on Mac OS X
Apple has updated Java runtime for Macs to fix several security bugs and issues.
The updates have been released for both Mac OS X Tiger and Mac OS X Leopard.
The company said in an advisory that the updates fixes address a total of 38 Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) entries [...]
Google launches Google Maps with Street View
Google has now updated their Google Maps for mobile application to support new features including Street View functionality.
This feature is now accessible on some BlackBerry and Java based mobile devices.
The new software edition also includes support for walking directions and reviews of businesses.
Google further claims that the new edition [...]
