Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat

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News: Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat
News: JAVAONE: GlassFish shows open source at its best
News: McNealy says Sun evaluating OpenSolaris on GPL
News: Motorola CEO is ready to take on iPhone
News: Microsoft to release next SQL server in 2008
News: Intel 'Santa Rosa' Centrino laptops hit shelves
Gadgets: DIGITAL GEAR: Gadgets that tackle tough problems
ITWhirled: Coming online soon: The five-minute 'Charlie's Angels'


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Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat
Microsoft Corp. is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giant where it's gone wrong.


JAVAONE: GlassFish shows open source at its best
GlassFish is the first project to spring from Sun Microsystem Inc.'s decision to open source its Java programming code and Ken Drachnik, one of its chief evangelists, points to the project as a lesson in how open source spurs innovation.


McNealy says Sun evaluating OpenSolaris on GPL
Sun Microsystems Inc. is evaluating whether it should release OpenSolaris under the GNU GPL (general public license), company co-founder and chairman, Scott McNealy told reporters in Bangalore on a conference call Wednesday.

Motorola CEO is ready to take on iPhone
Motorola Chairman and CEO Ed Zander says his company is ready for competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, due out next month.


Microsoft to release next SQL server in 2008
Microsoft Corp. is working on products that will support a massive growth of enterprise data and enable more people in enterprises and smaller businesses to access that data.


Intel 'Santa Rosa' Centrino laptops hit shelves
Intel Corp. launched the "Santa Rosa" upgrade of its Centrino notebook platform Wednesday, running on PCs from Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Gateway Inc. and others.


GADGETS

DIGITAL GEAR: Gadgets that tackle tough problems
Looking for quick answers to problems? Gadgets are here to help. Blood-alcohol levels can be hard to estimate, so OmegaPoint Systems LLC's BreathKey keychain attachment provides an instant reading of a user's blood-alcohol level, potentially saving lives from drunken driving. After a long day of work Sharper Image Inc.'s StressEraser relieves stress by easing breathing and coordinating it with a person's continuous heart rate. Two alarm clocks from Hammacher Schlemmer and Co. Inc. -- Flying Alarm Clock and the Peaceful Progression Wake Up Clock -- make it easier for sloths to wake up.


ITWHIRLED

Coming online soon: The five-minute 'Charlie's Angels'
In a move that aims to exploit its vast library of terrible TV shows, Sony has come up with idea of "minisodes," which would consist the best three to five minutes of an episode, distilled out and available for purchase online. Shows up for the treatment include "Charlie's Angels" and "T.J. Hooker" ("Shatner is just hilarious," says the president of Sony Television).