PCWorld.com - U.S. Tech Industry Healthy, Analyst Says

IT is on the rebound, accorindg to Forrester:
"Any suggestion that information technology is yesterday’s news, doesn’t matter, or has lost its edge as an economic driver is just plain wrong," Miller said. "In fact, major trends indicate the opposite is true."
Later Forrester says:
The tech industry has "clearly recovered" from the
recession of 2001-02, Colony said.
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IBM Devises SOA Programming Model

Interesting development from IBM are help make SOA something both standardized and achievable: 
The software landscape is filled with standards for Web services, but few exist for the more broad distributed computing models such as service-oriented architectures (SOA).
That changed today as IBM, BEA Systems, Oracle, SAP AG and others vowed to create the SOA Programming Model, […]

Better Upgrade RealPlayer Quick!

Better update your Real software!: 
Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks Inc. late Thursday shipped a major security update for its RealPlayer software to patch a pair of remote code execution vulnerabilities.
Affected software include RealPlayer 8, RealPlayer 10, RealOne Player v1, RealOne Player v2, RealPlayer Enterprise (Windows): RealPlayer 10 (Mac); RealPlayer 10 and Helix Player (Linux).

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Firefox use soars to 11 per cent

Recent stats show Firefox use has soared to 11 per cent while
Internet Explorer slips to 85 per cent. Safari is the third most popular browser after Internet Explorer and
Firefox with 1.75 per cent of users, followed by Opera at 0.77 per cent
and Netscape at 0.26 per cent. 
Safari is also in growth mode on the Mac […]

Ubuntu Linux — Stellar OS for a Family PC

This weekend I installed Ubuntu Linux on an old PC in an effort to create a new platform for my kids to safely access the internet and play Java and Flash based games. I’ve installed dozens of different Linux distributions over the years. Nothing I’ve ever used compares to the usability and simplicity of Ubuntu.
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Are Mac users smarter?

Are Mac users smarter? Some interesting stats seem to indicate this:
Nielsen/NetRatings said that 70.2 percent of Mac users online have a college degree, compared with 54.2 percent of all Web surfers. That, combined with their longer surfing histories and their greater willingness to buy products via the Web, makes Mac consumers a prime catch for […]

Major New MySQL Version Shipping in November

MySQL 5 is pegged to ship in November. This landmark release will include triggers, views, and stored procedures.
Oracle will be facing some competition from MySQL within Enterprises who need simply a ‘just good enough’ solution. I imagine Microsoft shops will still prefer SQL Server though. 

Read more on this in an article at InfoWorld

Google’s New RSS Reader

Google’s new RSS Reader (still in beta) looks slick and uses Google’s trademark slick but minimalist AJAX technology to offer a distinct way to read RSS/Atom syndicated content. 
One missing feature — most other RSS readers show you how many unread articles there are while Gmail’s Reader does not. I’m sure this an other things will […]

Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee

Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge – at http://www.opera.com.
"Today we invite the entire Internet community to use Opera and experience Web browsing as it should be," said Jon S. […]

Growth of Web Content Management Tools

Web Content Management (WCM) is growing by leaps and bounds: 

It’s that promise that’s driving growing interest in WCM. Gartner Latest News about Gartner estimates the market for the software will move past $2.5 billion by next year. Other analysts say linking other enterprise content management (ECM) with Web-facing solutions is the key to unlocking more […]