Computerworld Weekly Top 10
April 24, 2009
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In this issue:
1. FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
2. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: How slow can Linux go?
3. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is hospitalized
4. Seth H. Weintraub: First Google Android Netbooks spotted
5. Is Java as we know it doomed?
6. Microsoft leaks Windows 7 RC delivery date
7. Oracle's Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, thumbs nose at IBM
8. Review: OCZ's high-capacity solid-state disk 'a solid choice'
9. Oracle buying Sun in $7.4B deal
10. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The Five Biggest Changes out of Sun/Oracle
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FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort Verizon
and Comcast by cutting 18 data- and voice-carrying cables in 2005, documents
obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com reveal.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: How slow can Linux go?
In a comment to one of my recent stories, someone said that they could run
Windows 7 on an older PC, but not Linux. Yeah. Right. But, how slow can a PC go
and still run desktop Linux? Here's the answer.
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Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is hospitalized
World renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been hospitalized in
Cambridge, England, with a chest infection.
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Seth H. Weintraub: First Google Android Netbooks spotted
Certainly this can't be it. The first Google Android netbook should certainly
be more monumental than this $100 device from SkyTone.
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Is Java as we know it doomed?
While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle's purchase of Sun as a big
boost for Java, others are not so sure, questioning what kind of control Oracle
might try to exercise over the popular platform that has driven so many
enterprise applications since it was first developed in 1995. Observers also
expect Oracle to make a go of trying to make more money off of Java than Sun
ever could.
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Microsoft leaks Windows 7 RC delivery date
Microsoft plans to deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than
two weeks, the company's Web site revealed Saturday. But there's no word yet on
when it will be available to the public.
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Oracle's Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, thumbs nose at IBM
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared that Sun's Solaris operating system is 'by far
the best Unix technology' -- including it along with Java as the two key assets
that Oracle will get by acquiring Sun.
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Review: OCZ's high-capacity solid-state disk 'a solid choice'
OCZ's Apex 120GB SSD is an all-around good drive that offers decent read/write
speeds at an attractive price. If you don't need the absolute fastest SSD, but
want to noticeably boost your laptop's performance, this is a solid choice.
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Oracle buying Sun in $7.4B deal
Less than a month after IBM showed interest in buying Sun Microsystems -- then
backed away from a deal -- Oracle has stepped forward to buy the company in a
deal worth $7.4 billion.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The Five Biggest Changes out of Sun/Oracle
Oracle buying Sun is horrible news for open-source software and it's a rotten
deal for Sun's developers and customers.
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People who should never have been hired in IT
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