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MySQL addresses open-source license problem

MySQL has taken a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a controversial licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and PHP. Read more »

Interview: Red Hat's new CEO

Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News. Read more »

Microsoft targets Oracle licensing to win customers

With the upcoming launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft will focus its massive resources on the issue of licensing, in an attempt to win customers for Oracle and IBM. Read more »

Google Maps for Mobile adds 'My Location' feature

Google has launched a new feature in its Google Maps for Mobile program that automatically sets your location, even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device. Read more »

Wine development stifled by software patent

Borland's claim over exception handling is hampering the open source project's work. Read more »

Stallman: The great divide between free and open source software

The terms 'free software' and 'open source' are often used interchangeably, but those attending Richard Stallman's presentation at the Australian Computer Society Victorian branch forum last night were left in no doubt about his view of philosophical difference. Read more »

Oracle aims to tone security muscle with Fusion

Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions have bought Oracle a perhaps unexpected bonus: security lessons. Read more »

Sun to offer more free software

Sun Microsystems said on Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system. Read more »

Eclipse lights up Java crowd

A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in the Java tools industry. Read more »

Plugging the Linux holes

You can easily surf the Web and run a spreadsheet on a Linux-powered PC, but good luck if you want to balance your cheque book. Read more »

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Choose the right JDBC driver for your database interface

Picking the right driver can optimise connectivity between your Java apps and database. Read more »

Create cross-platform database-driven applications with JDBC

The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API offers a unified interface to different databases, providing a series of generic functions that are internally translated into native function calls. This makes it extremely easy to create database-driven applications that work across different RDBMS types. Read more »

Test your database's physical connection

In Java, you can test the physical database connection using vendor-specific APIs or a test-fail query approach. Learn which method is best for you. Read more »

Handle errors in the data tier with SQL Server

Exception handling is a standard part of every .NET application. The try/catch block allows you to catch exceptions and control application execution from that point. Many errors occur during database interaction, but a lot of developers are unaware of handling errors within the database tier. This week we examine error handling in your database code with SQL Server and T-SQL. Read more »

Sending e-mail from an Oracle database with utl_smtp

If you're running Oracle 10g or later, you can use the nice modern utl_mail package to send e-mails from your PL/SQL applications. If you're running an earlier version of Oracle, you can send e-mails via the older and more complicated utl_smtp package. Read more »

Extracting XML/DOM-friendly data

Java can programmatically extract data from any JDBC-compliant database, but performing this task is tricky. Here's how to pull it off. Read more »

Return resources to the system to improve .NET performance

A common problem in the .NET platform is the consumption of system and database resources when developers fail to clean up after themselves when working with a database. Read more »

A fast and furious guide to MySQL database engines

As a MySQL developer, you should be at least dimly aware that MySQL supports several database formats. Find out what each is good for and how you use them. Read more »

Web services B2B implementation demonstration: Part 4

In the fourth article of our series on Web services B2B implementation, we implement business logic and Web services associated with John's business tier. Read more »

10 tips for sorting, grouping, and summarizing SQL data

Arranging SQL data that you can effectively analyse requires an understanding of how to use certain SQL clauses and operators. These tips will help you figure out how to build statements that will give you the results you want. Read more »

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Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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