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Oracle Says New Sun SPARC Servers Faster than Any Before

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says its new SPARC T3-based servers, based on Sun technology, run Oracle databases faster than anything ever before. The software giant (ORCL) completed its $7.3 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this year, putting it in direct competition with hardware and server makers IBM and HP. And now, it seems Oracle is ready for heavy-duty, high-performance action in the server market. At a December 2nd customer event, Ellison ...

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Google to buy anti-piracy software firm Widevine

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Google Inc has agreed to buy Seattle-based anti-piracy software firm Widevine in a bid to boost its online video services, the world's dominant Internet search company said on its official blog. No price was disclosed, but the software firm has raised more than $65 million from investors including Cisco Systems, the Seattle Times reported on Friday. Widevine's digital-rights management software is used by 25 ...

'Natty Narwhal' Alpha Offers Peek at Ubuntu 11.04

Canonical on Thursday released the first alpha version of Ubuntu 11.04, offering fans of the open source Linux operating system an early glimpse at the next major version. The Alpha 1 Release of Ubuntu 11.04, also known as "Natty Narwhal," is intended as a "developer snapshot" of the next major Ubuntu version, which is due in April. That version has already generated considerable interest and controversy in recent weeks, most notably beca ...

LimeWire to shut down completely on Dec. 31

NEW YORK – Lime Group, whose LimeWire software was barred from letting people share copyright-protected files over the Internet, will shutter the remainder of its operations on Dec. 31, the company said Friday. LimeWire, which enabled people to share copyright-protected songs and other files, received a federal injunction in October. At the time, the company said it would continue developing a new, legal service that would include a desktop player, mobile a ...

Algoriddim's Djay app comes to iPad

The makers of Djay for Mac tune-spinning software have released an iPad version of the app. Djay for iPad was launched on Thursday by German developer Algoriddim. The app offers a double-turntable-style user interface with realistic-sounding record-scratching sound effects and direct access to the device's iTunes music library. (The features can be seen in the video embedded below.) Users can record their own mixes, perform live, or set the app to Autom ...

Apple: No Demo, Beta Software in Mac App Store

Apple this week released some additional guidelines for its Mac App Store, including a ban on the submission of beta or trial apps, updated rules about file system usage, and suggestions for custom apps. Apple started accepted submissions for its Mac App Store on November 3, and expects to open the store in the near future. Developers can use iTunes Connect to submit, manage, and check the status of their apps. Those who want to add their creation ...

Living with iOS 4.2 on the Apple iPad

After writing about the Samsung Galaxy Tab, I thought I'd return to the tablet I use really most of the time: the Apple iPad. The new OS 4.2.1 software update adds a number of new features, some of which I find useful now, and some of which set the stage to make it a better platform going forward. In many respects, OS 4.2.1 is setting the bar that other tablets will need to beat going forward. With a 9.7-inch displ ...

A New Worry for Facebook Users: Image Tag Spam

There's always a new way to misuse complex software systems and Facebook is fertile ground for such things. The latest—at least I haven't seen it before—is image tag spam. This involves tagging a user on an image that contains spam content. That user's friends will get a message that he was tagged, so you want to tag users with lots of friends. The image nearby is a test, but makes the basic point. The image my friend got tagged in (no, th ...

SAP open to expanding cooperation with HP: paper

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German business software maker SAP is open to intensifying its existing cooperation with Hewlett-Packard Co, its co-CEO told a German paper, but dismissed talk HP may be interested in the company. "This is pure speculation," Jim Hagemann Snabe, who jointly leads SAP with Bill McDermott, told Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published in Friday, when asked whether HP could be interested in SAP. "HP h ...

BMC Buys GridApp for Cloud Database Automation

BMC Software announced Friday it has purchased GridApp Systems, maker of software tools for database provisioning, patching and management in physical and cloud deployments. Terms were not disclosed. GridApp's Clarity software is already plugged into BMC's BladeLogic Server Automation platform, and will strengthen BMC's existing technologies for cloud lifecycle management, according to a statement. Its automation capabilities free up time and resourc ...

BlackBerry maker RIM buys Swedish software firm

NEW YORK – Research In Motion Ltd., maker of BlackBerry smart phones, said on its blog Thursday that it will buy Swedish software developer The Astonishing Tribe, which specializes in making phone software more attractive and easy to use. The Astonishing Tribe, dubbed TAT for short, designs software that runs on smart phones and that lets people personalize the way the devices look. For example, while a phone might run Google Inc.'s Android operating system ...

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