Sun marry Microsoft?April 18th, 2004 A wedding in hell?
I never thought I would see the day when Sun would marry Microsoft! But stranger things have happened, specially with Sun's low fortunes these days.. I am not too surprised.
Verizon Wireless, Google in partnership to develop new Android smart phonesOctober 6th, 2009 Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnershipNEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software. Verizon Wireless had already said it would sell Android phones, but the announcement suggests that the carrier is positioning these "smart" phones as a main means of competing with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is exclusive to AT&T Inc.
SUN Announced an Alliance with Emerson for Data Center TechnologyAugust 11th, 2009 SUN Microsystem, the computer hardware and software vendor made an announcement with Emerson, an Electrical product Manufacturing company that they will collaborate each other in terms of business technology for further improvement of energy efficient data centers. Although, none of the companies announced further financial details.
Yahoo Photos is Closing.. So What?September 7th, 2007 You too may have received a sad notice from Yahoo Photos:
Dear Angsuman,
Thank you so much for using Yahoo! Photos. Before we go, we can help you move your photos to Flickr, Yahoo!'s other photo sharing service.
WordPress 2.5 Released in Error, Withdrawn & Released AgainMarch 29th, 2008 WordPress 2.5 was released with lots of fanfare and lots of defects. It looked in the trac and it said at that time that the milestone was completed 3 minutes ago.
16 Qubit Quantum Computer to Debut on Feb 13th; 20 Years Ahead of ScheduleFebruary 10th, 2007 Twenty years before most scientists expected it, DWave has announced a 16 Qubit quantum computer that promises to massively speed up computation as we know it (64, 000 operations simultaneously). DWave will debut at two locations, one at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on February 13th, and the second at the Telus World of Science in Vancouver, Canada on February 15th.
RIP: WinFS Killed By MicrosoftJune 26th, 2006 In a typically sandwitched message format (good news-bad news-good news), Quentin Clark from Microsoft announces the death of WinFS filesystem in WinFS blog. "we are not pursuing a separate delivery of WinFS, including the previously planned Beta 2 release.
Is CRM & ERP Software Unsuitable For Pharmaceutical Industries?May 5th, 2006 Bill Stevens, Senior Director at Cognos, contends that CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software do not provide proper granularity to enable informed decision making for pharmaceutical industries. At a high level I understand his sentiments as generic CRM and ERP systems are too broad to well address the specific pain-points of pharmaceutical industry.
Specific Rumors on Java OS based Google Phone running on LinuxSeptember 5th, 2007 Joshua has come up with very "specific" and very interesting rumors from "reliable sources" about the Google Phone:
1. the phone will run on a Linux distro
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IBM and Brocade tie up as Cisco Gears up on its own. Battle of the Backends BeginApril 28th, 2009 Brocade deepens IBM ties, steps up attack on Cisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is deepening its ties with a powerful ally, IBM Corp., forging a new distribution deal for Internet routers and switches at a time when bigger rival Cisco Systems Inc.
The Meaning & Value of BrandingAugust 23rd, 2007 Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, has written a heart-felt piece on the value of branding for a company and its customers. I very much agree with him.
IBM boosts quarterly dividend 10 percent, allots $3 billion more for repurchasing stockApril 28th, 2009 IBM boosts quarterly dividend 10 percentMIAMI BEACH, Fla. — IBM Corp.
Rush for the Windows 7 Official Public BetaJanuary 8th, 2009 Great news for Windows enthusiast. The public beta version of Windows 7 is all set for a grand release come Friday, January 9, 2009.
Corporate Blogging: Meet Fortune 500 Blogger - Sun's CEO Jonathan SchwartzJune 1st, 2006 Jonathan Schwartz is probably the highest profile individual to blog as CEO of Sun Microsystems, a Fortune 500 company. But that is not what this article is about.
Palin takes to social networking sites to communicate with supportersJuly 6th, 2009 Palin offers comments over Twitter, FacebookANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin is communicating through social networking sites after her surprise announcement last week that she will resign as Alaska governor. Throughout the holiday weekend, the governor has provided frequent updates to supporters on Twitter while otherwise laying low.