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On 22. April 20095. May 2009

Sun Microsystems & Oracle – News and Questions

By CoCaman

I’ve just received the newsletter from Sun Microsystems Switzerland regarding the acquisition/merger of Sun into Oracle. On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval (JAVA), certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to […]

On 22. April 200930. August 2009

Google SERPs: Now With more JavaScript

By CoCaman

Update April 28 2009 It is working again! The cmd + mouse click opens in a new tab again. Thanks Google! Original story -> For years Google tracked your clicks on the search results page. Just for better results, of course. And for a few days now I am getting an ugly “improvement”: The “next […]

On 6. April 20096. April 2009

SuseStudio: Easy Linux Install Disc Creation

By CoCaman

I’ve been invited to the Alpha release of Novell’s SuseStudio, almost 9 months after I’ve first written about it. And I am impressed. The interface is dead simple. Within a few minutes and clicks you can generate your very own openSuse installation DVD/CD, VMWare image or live ISO. There are also a couple of pre-defined […]

On 2. April 2009

Neu: Amazon.de MP3-Downloads

By CoCaman

Wir freuen uns sehr, Ihnen heute den Start des Amazon.de MP3-Download-Service bekannt geben zu können. Mit Amazon.de MP3-Downloads steht Amazon.de Kunden in Deutschland ab sofort ein Musik-Download-Service mit innovativen Features zur Verfügung. Amazon.de MP3-Downloads ist vollständig in die Amazon.de Webseite integriert, weshalb Kunden die Webseite zum Einkauf digitaler Musik nicht verlassen müssen. Amazon.de MP3-Downloads Produkt-Highlights: […]

On 24. March 2009

InformationWeek: IE8 Users Switch To IE7

By CoCaman

As of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 — released Thursday — held 1.86% of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59% on Sunday, according to market watcher Net Applications. The most likely reason for the decline is that early adopters of IE8 are switching back to the more familiar, and –at this point — […]