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Reviewing the New Oracle NoSQL Database

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Peter Wayner at InfoWorld just tested Oracle's new NoSQL database -- and he sounds impressed:Oracle NoSQL might not offer the heady fun and "just build it" experimentation of many of the pure open source NoSQL projects, but that's not really its...

0 replies - 4306 views - 11/16/11 by John Esposito in Articles

Pros and Cons – When to use a Portal and Portlets instead of just Java Web-Frameworks

I had to answer the following question: Shall we use a Portal and if yes, should it be Liferay Portal or Oracle Portal? Or shall we use just one or more Java web frameworks? This article shows my result. I had to look especially at Liferay and Oracle...

4 replies - 4024 views - 10/13/11 by Kai Wähner in Articles

Oracle Introduces Cloud and Social. My Perspective

During a keynote that saw Larry Ellison make up for his abysmal performance of a few days before, and before bigger news events in Silicon Valley bought the tech world to its knees, a number of announcements were made with the usual Ellison flourishes....

0 replies - 1940 views - 10/12/11 by Ben Kepes in News

DbSchema 5.7.1 is here

DbSchema is a database tool designed to be an easy-to-use software, no matter if you are a professional SQL developer or a novice user. It is one of the best solutions, since it can be used on all major operating systems and it can be used on a wide range of...

0 replies - 810 views - 08/25/11 by Wise Coders in Announcements

DbWrench Database Design & Synchronization v2.1.0

Major Upgrade Released  Version 2.1.0 of this database design and synchronization software has been released. The primary new features of this major release include:

0 replies - 1419 views - 08/16/11 by Harnek R in Announcements

Of communities, companies, and bugs (Or, “Dr Dobbs Journal is a slut!”)

Andrew Binstock (Editor-in-Chief at DDJ) has taken a shot at Oracle’s Java7 release, and I found myself feeling a need to respond. In his article, Andrew notes that

17 replies - 5312 views - 08/06/11 by Ted Neward in News

Key Emails Could be the Evidence Oracle Needs to Kill Google's Android Defense

Google may be in hot water with their judge in the Android lawsuit pre-trial hearings.  Judge William Alsup was recently informed of several emails written by Google engineers occurring between 2005 and 2010.  One of these emails from 2005 by Andy Rubin,...

2 replies - 9447 views - 07/28/11 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News

Daily Dose: Mozilla's Mobile OS "Boot to Gecko" Announced

Mozilla announced "Boot to Gecko" today, their take on a mobile operating system. B2G's main goal is to "pursue the goal of building a complete, standalone operating system for the open web". Mozilla envisions an operating system based on...

2 replies - 14341 views - 07/25/11 by Ross Jernigan in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Oracle Vs Google Update

Oracle, who is suing Google for patent infringement related to the use of Java in their Android OS, was told on Friday to scale back their damages claim, which was between 1.4 and 6 billion USD. Judge William Alsup, in a written order, said the starting...

0 replies - 17812 views - 07/24/11 by Jim Moscater in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Java SE7 To Arrive At End Of July

On Monday, The Java Community Process completed voting on the final approval ballots for Java SE7, and all JSRs were given the green light. This completes the JCP's work on Java 7, but there's a few more steps to finishing the product, according to Mark...

0 replies - 15418 views - 07/20/11 by Jim Moscater in Daily Dose

SAP joins the OpenJDK

OpenJDK, Oracle's open-source Java SE implementation released under the GPL license, gained another contributor today as SAP signed the Oracle Contributor Agreement. As most of you know, the OpenJDK aims to release their open-source implementations of the...

1 replies - 3374 views - 07/14/11 by Ross Jernigan in News

Daily Dose: Java 7 Webcast to Unveil Latest Innovations

Tomorrow at 9:00 am PT, Oracle will be hosting multi-city events and live webcasts for the Java community  detailing the newest innovations for Java 7. The event will highlight the RC release of Java with sessions discussing:

0 replies - 13512 views - 07/06/11 by Ross Jernigan in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: USPTO Strikes Major Blow to Oracle's Case Against Android

Last August, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google's Android OS for infringing on software patents and copyrights owned by Oracle in relation to Java . The lawsuit could potentially cost Google more than it has made with Android, specifically $1.4 and $6.1...

1 replies - 13262 views - 06/27/11 by Ross Jernigan in Daily Dose

Daily Dose:Flex and Flash Builder Add iOS and Blackberry Support

Today, Adobe released an update to Flex and Flash Builder 4.5, adding support for Apple's iOS and Blackberry Tablet OS Flex Projects in addition to the support for Android they added in April. The aim of this release is to give developers one single platform...

0 replies - 9844 views - 06/20/11 by Ross Jernigan in Daily Dose

Oracle v Google: What Oracle Wants As Compensation

10 months ago, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google based on Android's use of Java. A filing on behalf of Google shows just what they're up against with Oracle. So what are Oracle demanding as compensation? Not only are they looking for a licencing deal...

2 replies - 5796 views - 06/08/11 by James Sugrue in Articles