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PayPal Gives Java Store a Cash Register

Developers can finally make money at the Java Store Beta, which now supports for-fee applications.  The payment system is powered by PayPal's Adaptive Payment...

0 replies - 1606 views - 11/12/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/11/12

Ken Auletta, the author of "Google: The End of The World As We Know It",  recently revealed that Google was interested in buying the New York...

0 replies - 2551 views - 11/12/09 by lyndsey in News

Zembly is Shutting Down

According to a goodbye letter, Sun's Web 2.0 effort, Zembly, is shutting down on November 30th.  The project allowed easy creation of Web apps using a...

3 replies - 3001 views - 11/11/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

EU Rejects Snoracle - Larry Vows to Fight!

Oracle and the  EU are escalating their legal battle over the Sun acquisition.  The EU took the first step towards blocking the merger Monday with a formal...

6 replies - 2541 views - 11/10/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/11/5

The EU could issue a formal objection to the Oracle-Sun deal within the next few days according to a Financial Times report.  Just a few weeks ago, the EU's...

1 replies - 2650 views - 11/05/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/11/2

Sun's stock price has fallen to 16% less than Oracle's offer price for the company.  It appears that more investors are concerned that the Sun acquisition...

0 replies - 3503 views - 11/02/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/10/30

The final version of Ubuntu 9.10 is here at last.  The new system has improved graphics drivers along with DeviceKit and udev for the hardware interface...

0 replies - 3449 views - 10/29/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/10/22

According to Amazon, the world's biggest software company has also racked up the largest number of pre-orders of any product, EVER! That's right, Amazon...

0 replies - 2777 views - 10/22/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Could the EU Block the Oracle-Sun Deal?

This week the European Commission expressed its displeasure with Oracle's lack of cooperation in the antitrust probe surrounding the Sun acquisition. ...

3 replies - 2147 views - 10/22/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Did a Crooked IBM Exec Derail Sun Aquisition?

Should the recent insider trading arrest of an IBM senior VP put the whole Sun acquisition saga under new scrutiny?  Robert W. Moffat, who was a primary...

2 replies - 3786 views - 10/19/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

NetBeans 6.8 Beta Coming; Does Oracle Care?

NetBeans 6.8 just crossed milestone 2 and the beta is set to release next Thursday.  Geertjan Wielenga, a NetBeans technical writer and DZone Leader, has been...

12 replies - 7207 views - 10/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

JavaOne: Is the Party Over?

Since 1996, JavaOne has been the main event in the Java developer community.  If the rumors we've read recently in "The Register" are true (and you...

7 replies - 5156 views - 10/08/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

The EC Is Looking Deep Into the Sun-Oracle Deal

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Thursday, citing "serious...

7 replies - 1898 views - 09/03/09 by CodeJustin in News

Larry Ellison - We Will Continue to Invest In Java

Towards the end of the Day 1 morning keynote at JavaOne 2009, Scott McNealy called Oracle CEO Larry Ellison up on stage to address the $7.4 billion dollar...

14 replies - 5888 views - 06/03/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Are you using JavaFX yet?

Are you using JavaFX yet? You should be! Click here to check out our latest Refcard on Getting Started with JavaFX. 

0 replies - 3138 views - 06/02/09 by lyndsey in Announcements