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Oracle sneaks out Solaris 10 refresh
Rather than wait two weeks for its own OpenWorld extravaganza, Oracle has snuck out the long-awaited update to the Solaris 10 operating system. The related Solaris Cluster clustering software and Solaris Studio development tools were also tweaked.…
Jailbreak hole in iOS 4.1 will be hard to close
Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare, hardware hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new operating system. More surprising still, there doesn't appear to be anything Steve Jobs can do to stop them in the near future.…
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Apple releases iOS 4.1 into the wild
Apple has released iOS 4.1, which Steve Jobs outlined in his presentation one week ago, during which he also introduced Cupertino's new iPods, revamped Apple TV, and iTunes-based music sales social networking effort, Ping.…
Ubuntu 'Maverick Meerkat' erects own App Store
Review Ubuntu fans, fire up your virtual machines. The beta release of Ubuntu 10.10 is here. Maverick Meerkat, as this release is known, is actually several weeks ahead of the original schedule, and that means Ubuntu 10.10 is on track for its final release October 10.…
Ubuntu 10.10 released to beta
The beta instalment of Ubuntu's Maverick Meerkat has arrived slightly earlier than expected.…
SUSE Linux hitches ride on enemy hypervisor
VMworld Strange bedfellows VMware and Novell have officially released SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, a version of Novell's open source OS that piggybacks on every copy of VMware's vSphere hypervisor.…
Apple goes social with musical Ping
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the next two generations of iOS, updates that will bring multiplayer gaming and high-definition photography to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches next week and wireless printing and media streaming in November.…
Microsoft reshuffles Windows 7 Family Pack
Microsoft has decided to rerun its Windows 7 Family Pack promotion, which was iced by Redmond at the end of last year.…
SCO gets sale approval
SCO's request to sell off its software business has been approved by the bankruptcy courts.…
VMware boss: we rise as Windows falls
VMworld Update: This story has been updated with additional statements from Maritz and additional commentary to flesh out and clarify Maritz's comments.…
MS hits refresh on Windows 7 SP1 for select few
Microsoft pumped out fresh beta builds of its first service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 late last week.…
Retired joint chiefs chairman dons a Red Hat
What do you get when you cross a Red Hat with a Green Beret? I don't know, but the commercial Linux and Java application server markets are about to find out.…
Apple releases third beta of 10.6.5 OS X
Apple slung out a third beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5 yesterday for coders to tinker with.…
Microsoft bats out first Exchange 2010 service pack
Redmond released the first service pack for its Exchange 2010 software yesterday.…
Citrix takes bare-metal hypervisor to PCs
On Wednesday, Citrix Systems kicked out XenClient, a bare-metal (or type 1 in virt lingo) hypervisor aimed at desktop and laptop PCs, perhaps in an attempt to steal a little thunder from VMware and its upcoming VMware View 4.5 virtual desktop infrastructure software, expected to be announced at the VMworld conference in San Francisco next week.…
Apple patches 13 bugs in OS X
Apple has punched out a security update for some major bugs found in its Mac OS X operating system.…
Oracle forms new 'axis of evil' against open source, claims Adobe
Oracle has replaced Microsoft as the FOSS community’s number one enemy, according to Adobe System’s open source boss.…
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OpenSolaris board commits ritual suicide
The OpenSolaris board has suspended operations and symbolically handed all responsibility for the open-variant of Solaris back to database giant Oracle.…
Google Chrome OS tablet in repeat rumorfest
Rumors continue to swirl around Google's efforts to challenge the Apple iPad.…
Ubuntu quietly breaks off Sparc affair
Maverick Meerkat is set to become the last version of Ubuntu that'll run on Oracle's Sparc, ending a four-year relationship.…