25th April 2009 Archive

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• Sun says it's time for MySQL 5.4

  Three months after 5.1

  With all the noise about database and application software maker Oracle shelling out $5.6bn to acquire Sun Microsystems, the preview of the MySQL 5.4 relational database slipped through a lot of cracks when it was announced this week at the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara. Sun just announced MySQL 5.1 back in December …

  Applications 25 Apr 00:10

• Top four EDS execs exit stage left

  'Other opportunities' abound

  Four top EDS executives are leaving their jobs to "explore other opportunities" as part of the sprawling services company's layoff-and-pay-cut-heavy digestion by Hewlett-Packard. EDS will see Tom Haubenstricker, head of finance; Mike Koehler, head of EDS Americas region; and Mike Paolucci, head of human resources depart the …

  Business 25 Apr 00:25

• US lawmakers to de-silence electric cars

  Or make them smelly

  A bill that will require electric and hybrid cars to make enough noise so that blind folks can hear them coming has been introduced in the US Senate. The bill, S. 841 - more pedestrian-ly known as the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 - doesn't specifically mention adding noise to otherwise silent vehicles. It merely …

  Government 25 Apr 00:37

• Oracle suits to strap on Sun's Java sandals

  Leader without followers

  Along with Linux, Java's been one of the biggest boons for Oracle. It's become the anchor of Oracle's middleware and developer strategy, and - with Linux - ended Oracle's one-time dependence on Microsoft as the only alternative to IBM. Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin has said he does not see Oracle's commitment …

  Developer 25 Apr 00:42