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  • Gosling: Rebirth of Java on desktops

    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.

  • Mapping Australia's CRM future

    CRM might be a staid topic but unlike the Latham-Howard "great debate", at least the chief executives of two leading software companies -- Intentia and PeopleSoft -- had some pertinent views to exchange.

  • KVM switches reviewed

    The new generation of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches allows admins to tinker with their systems remotely over an IP connection. We look at six options.

  • Letting Jini out of the bottle -- again

    Microsoft and Intel see Web services popping up everywhere, but their vision is strangely reminiscent of archrival Sun Microsystems' with an earlier technology called Jini.

  • Five myths about Longhorn

    Microsoft promises the world with Longhorn, but customers may call it "Wronghorn" by the time it sees the light of day, several years from now.

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  • What's next for SIM cards?

    At JavaOne in San Francisco, Telenor's Fritjof Bogner Engelhardtsen and Sun's James Gosling look at a new experimental development platform for SIM cards. The Java platform allows programmers to design new mobile services including adding sensors and Wi-Fi radio directly on the card.

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