Show Wrap-Up: The Best and Worst from San Francisco
Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference is over, and CIO.com has rounded up all of the important news, announcements, blog posts and tweets that came out of the annual high-tech get-together in San Francisco.
Reporter's Notebook: Oracle OpenWorld 2009
Highlights and lowlights from this year's show: Cloud talk eclipsed by real-life rain, too many #oow09 tweets, not enough specifics about Fusion or Java plans, and an action-packed visit by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. CIO.com's Thomas Wailgum shares his favorite tidbits from the Ellison extravaganza.
The Tech World Needs More Larry Ellisons
Larry Ellison's recent Q&A at the Churchill Club was notable for many reasons. The long-time Oracle chief, who hasn't been making too many public appearances lately (even inside Oracle, it seems), brought his A-game.
Oracle: Sun Losing $100 Million A Month
Sun is losing about $100 million a month as European regulators delay approving Oracle's $7 billion purchase of the company, says Larry Ellison, CEO, Oracle, according to a Reuters report.
Ellison: We won't spin off MySQL
Oracle CEO urges approval of Sun acquisition, says Oracle's database does not compete with MySQL.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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Reporter's Notebook: Oracle OpenWorld 2009
Show Wrap-Up: The Best and Worst from San Francisco