Sun open sources Java under GPL ... Hands on with PlayStation 3

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News: Sun open sources Java under GPL
News: Qualcomm makes headway in Europe and against Nokia
News: Samsung offers look at future of mobile phones
News: SAP appoints head of new SME unit
Storage Tip: The long tail of data storage
Product Review: Hands on with PlayStation 3
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
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Sun open sources Java under GPL
It's no surprise that Sun Microsystems Inc. is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor's choice of open-source license - the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).

Qualcomm makes headway in Europe and against Nokia
Motorola Inc. will use Qualcomm Inc. chips in future UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service) phones in a deal that could give Qualcomm leverage in an ongoing patent licensing dispute with Nokia Corp.

Samsung offers look at future of mobile phones
Mobile phones will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next few years, incorporating more powerful processors and more storage, as well as new technologies, including sensors to monitor a user's health and a wider range of entertainment and online services.

SAP appoints head of new SME unit
Keen to carve out a larger chunk of the global market for enterprise applications, German business software vendor SAP AG has established a new global unit to target small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and appointed a company veteran to head the assault.

Google gives 'start' page to hosted apps suite
Google Inc.'s Apps for Your Domain has a new component: an entry Web page that organizations can use as a central point for users to access this suite of hosted applications.

Iran nukes, not Iraq, biggest concern, Netanyahu says
Iran's potential development of nuclear weapons is a bigger threat to Middle East peace than the ongoing war in Iraq, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of technology investors Sunday in Palo Alto, California.

Samsung plots showdown between flat-panel TVs
PDP and LCD TVs occupy different segments of the flat-panel television market, with PDPs generally used for larger screens, or those that measure more than 40 inches across the diagonal. However, Samsung hopes that a new factory set to start production late next year will permit volume production of LCD TVs with screens that measure 50 inches or more across the diagonal.


STORAGE TIP

The long tail of data storage
By David Hill, Mesabi Group

Thinking about how to approach the abundance of data caused by fixed content data isn't easy but thinking about how to create tiered storage and active archives to take advantage of the data "niches" of the "Long Tail" of storage is a start.

Read the full article here.


PRODUCT REVIEW

Hands on with PlayStation 3
Are first impressions meant to last or made to be broken? On Friday I wrote of my first impressions of the PlayStation 3 console. Based on gaming last week, I found the graphics great but otherwise the experience wasn't much different from other games consoles. I picked up the PlayStation 3 Saturday morning when it launched here in Japan and after a weekend with the device find myself with a new opinion of the industry's latest hot product.


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