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Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL

admin @ January 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet

January 16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world’s fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun’s position in enterprise IT to now include […]

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New PHP release fixes several vulnerabilities

admin @ January 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The PHP development team announced the immediate availability of PHP 4.4.8. It continues to improve the security and the stability of the 4.4 branch and all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

New PHP release fixes several vulnerabilities

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End of Support for Netscape web browsers

admin @ December 29, 2007 # No Comment Yet

AOL’s focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL’s current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it’s the […]

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