10 Gigabit Ethernet On Its Way

Internet 27 Comments
The availability of 10 Gigabit ethernet will likely spell a major change for networking, as it becomes more widespread and cheaper. As one networking company CEO quoted in an eWeek article notes, "the new 10G fabric should allow for a seamless multiuse network incorporating storage, administrative and HPC communication needs, in comparison to having multiple networks as we do today."
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Sun Opens Up More of J2EE

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Sun will release this week components of its Java Enterprise System technology stack to the open-source community under the Community Development and Distribution License. To be released are Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Enterprise Service Bus implementations, based on the community's Java Business Integration specification, and its Java Systems Application Server.
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Sun Releases More Affordable Opteron Workstation for Developers

Oracle and SUN 39 Comments
Sun Microsystems has polished off its cheapest and likely most attractive Opteron-based workstation to date. The hardware maker today introduced the world to the Ultra 20 a one-way (one socket) box that starts at $895. That price has to please a lot of Sun customers who complained when the much higher-end W2100z amd W1100z workstations arrived, costing thousands of dollars. With the Ultra 20, Sun is really delivering some of the price/performance benefits associated with x86 chips to the developer crowd.
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Prex on the Game Boy Advance

  Submitted by Kohsuke Ohtani Games 7 Comments
Prex is an open-source real-time OS for embedded systems. Prex version 0.2.1 was released today. The ARM processor support was added in this release. Now, Prex works on the Game Boy Advance with On-Screen Keyboard. The screenshots are available here.
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Enterprise Services with .NET: Transaction Services

  Submitted by Eugenia .NET No Comments
Transaction services are usually the main reason why Enterprise Services is used. This chapter opens with an overview of transactions, examines how you can task transactions programmatically, and finally turns to how you can use Enterprise Services transactions, and how you can access the new features offered with Windows Server 2003. Read more at Informit.
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MacWorld Boston 1997 – Steve Jobs Returns

  Submitted by Marcus Hesse Apple 50 Comments
Today is TV-watching day at OSNews. Today's latest is from Marcus Hesse, who writes, "I recently captured this from an old VHS handout of this keynote. In 1997, Apple was nearly bankrupt, and was in desperate need of help. This keynote marks the return of Steve Jobs to Apple, complete with a Bill Gates appearance, and a very emotional crowd. Quicktime 7 is required to view it, as it is in H.264." This nostalgic video is available through this Bittorrent link.
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Windows + RSS = Something Good?

  Submitted by Gsurface Windows 50 Comments
Not everyone is cheering about RSS integration into Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7. With the event of making RSS a native format for Longhorn, many software developers whom make stand-alone feed readers are crying out that Microsoft is once again shutting down a sector of business which in all respects is somewhat true. With the complete integration of the format within the OS, there is no need of stand-alone feed readers. Flexbeta has a nice write up about what MS is trying to accomplish with RSS integration into the OS.
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