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    A detour down memory lane of those innovative "can't miss" products and technologies that ended up on the cutting room floor. What will this year's "never was" product be?

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    Sun will showcase its thin client technology at the G8 conference this week in an attempt to highlight the environmental benefits of using more efficient PCs and utility computing strategies.

  • Sun patches dangerous Java vulnerabilities

    Sun Microsystems says a Java security hole, which was called "as bad as it gets" by security experts, has now been patched.

  • Oracle's prickly partners

    The database giant launched its grid computing offering with much fanfare but when its partners are sending mixed messages, will this help Oracle's cause?

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    CodeWeavers announced Monday new software that will allow Linux servers to host Microsoft Office and other Windows productivity applications, which can then be accessed through a Web browser.

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    Java has come full circle, and James Gosling has watched the 12-year journey. Gosling, who helped invent the Java programming language, talks about how Sun Microsystems plans to return Java to its roots and the role of the newly launched JavaFX Script.

  • Oracle's prickly partners

    The database giant launched its grid computing offering with much fanfare but when its partners are sending mixed messages, will this help Oracle's cause?

  • HP developing 'smart rack' to ease data centre work

    Business executives and bureaucrats are salivating over the potential labour-saving benefits of radio frequency identification technology, and soon technology workers may find reason to be enthusiastic, too.

  • IT Media: In the spin cycle

    Corporate spin may get in the way, but the message is always there. If only we could work out what it is.

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    Broadband and biometrics help NEC reinvent the workaday world. The average length of meetings has dropped 20 percent and conference room time is down 70 percent.

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  • JavaOne '08: Sun demos JavaFX platform

    Here's a look at Sun Microsystems' new JavaFX application, with Flickr and Twitter feeds running in Facebook within the browser, dragged to the desktop, and then put on a mobile phone. Sun Microsystems executives Rich Green and Nandini Ramani showed the JavaFX environment at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco.

  • Sun unveils JavaFX apps, Photo Flocker, Movie Cloud

    Sun Microsystems demos two new JavaFX-powered applications, Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud, at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Rich Green, the company's executive vice president of software, shows attendees Photo Flocker, an app that allows users to search for photos by tags and display the photos.

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    Fujitsu's foray into Centrino 2 laptops is solid, but the competition is offering more features at a lower price.

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    COMMENTARY--Microsoft's religion is one where products are good and services are a sin. But a big server product launch could alienate the very souls it wants to convert.

  • Nokia 7210: A bit too innovative

    Nokia's previous colour-screen handsets--the 7650 and 9210--were commendable efforts, but they eventually proved to be a strain for tight pockets and small handbags. Now with the 7210, the market leader has come up with a cell phone that looks as good as it is compact.

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