Andy Patrizio

Sun Microsystems has finally released a software development kit (SDK) for JavaFX, two JavaOne conferences after it announced the rich client platform meant to take on Adobe’s AIR and Flex platforms and Microsoft’s Silverlight. The release consists of three components: the SDK itself, a plug-in for the NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE) to help Java […]

CollabNet today announced CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0, an update to its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system featuring new user interface elements designed to provide more information on a project’s status. The new UI elements are the primary features of emphasis in SourceForge 5.0, which CollabNet acquired from VA Software in April 2007. The new project […]

If the City of San Francisco were a public corporation and allowed a blunder on par with the recent Terry Childs case, it might find itself facing federal investigation and Mayor Gavin Newsom might be fighting to stay out of jail, experts said. Security experts contacted by InternetNews.com expressed dismay at the apparent lack of […]

These are turning into tough days in the executive suite at Sun Microsystems. Wall Street has begun to get impatient with the company, causing the rumor mill to do what it does so well: grind. Take your pick of the latest gossip: the company is for sale; its storage business is for sale; the SPARC […]

Gartner today announced that worldwide PC shipments for the second quarter of 2008 were 71.9 million units, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2007. Every territory was up by double digits except the U.S. and Japan, which are mature markets. PC shipments in the U.S. reached 16.5 million units in the second […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Eighteen months after Sun Microsystems and Intel made peace and announced plans for Intel-based servers as well as working together on Intel-optimized software, the two companies held a briefing with reporters here Tuesday to update their progress and future direction. Much of their work has centered around optimizing OpenSolaris, the experimental version […]

Sun Microsystems is looking to reduce the fragmentation of Java Platform Micro Edition Java ME) and its first step is to offer a compiled binary to Hewlett-Packard for its new HP iPAQ 900 series of Business Messenger smartphones. Sun Engineering Services handled the development, compile and testing of the Java Wireless Client binaries – Sun’s […]

People will be eating hamburgers and hotdogs this Fourth of July, but today Gartner had to eat a little crow. It reissued its Q1 2008 server sales figures after receiving updated information on HP server sales and realized that the change was enough to warrant issuing a correction. Gartner reported last May that worldwide server […]

Much has been made about Windows XP fading into the sunset at the same time as co-founder Bill Gates leaves his full time position at the software giant. Microsoft has already extended the life of the aging operating system once, and will continue to offer it for ultra-mobile PCs. However, if you really must have […]

The problem with laptops seeming to grow legs and walk away from their owners dominates the minds of IT administrators and the public alike. After all, maybe your personal data was sitting on that laptop that was stolen, lost or otherwise misplaced, which could mean major disruption of your life or even identity theft. After […]