The Amazon Web Services team has released the Amazon S3 plug-in for Eclipse. The new plug-in provides access to cheat sheets and documentation from within an Eclipse environment. The plug-in was tested using Eclipse 3.0.2, 3.1 and IBM Rational Application...

Sun Microsystems has unveiled the second beta version of its Java Platform, Standard Edition, codenamed Mustang. Java SE 6 Beta2 is touted as the first ‘feature complete’ version of Sun’s next major release of the Java SE platform...

Opera Software has rolled out Opera 9, its newest Web browser for PCs. Opera 9 is set to enhance the way users access, share and use online content by including mini web-based "widget" applications, and support for BitTorrent - a popular file distribution technology. Security...

It has been one year since Open Solaris community went live! Since open sourcing the Solaris Operating System (OS) in June 2005, Sun has seen the OpenSolaris community grow to more than 14,000 members while Solaris 10 has exceeded 5 million...

Juniper Networks' Service Deployment System (SDX-300) now supports CableLabs new PacketCable Multimedia Web Services Interface (WSI) specification. The WSI provides an open interface between application servers and PacketCable...

Microsoft has releasesed Windows Live Messenger, one of the first of more than 20 new Windows Live services to launch globally over the course of the year. Windows Live Messenger goes beyond the traditional instant messaging (IM) service...

Sun Microsystems is continuing its ongoing investment in open source and the AJAX application model by joining the OpenAJAX Alliance, as well as the Dojo Foundation. Sun plans to actively participate in these two communities to help drive..

IBM has contributed software code to the Apache Software Foundation to help companies automate their data centers. The code can be used to make systems intuitively detect when applications or transactions aren't running properly and automatically...

At TechEd 2006 in Boston, Microsoft has officially renamed WinFX to .NET Framework 3.0. The change is a result of a re-branding effort to convey to potential users that .NET Framework 3.0 will include the same components as in WinFX...

The open source web services startup WSO2 has launched its first product Tungsten and taken a USD 4 million investment from Intel's venture capital arm. WS02 wants to compete with existing middleware players such as JBoss, in the open-source arena...

BEA Systems has announced the general availability of BEA WebLogic SIP Server 2.2. As the Java EE-SIP application server component of the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform product family, this latest version of BEA WebLogic SIP Server is...

Microsoft on Friday released to manufacturing Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which is designed to run high-performance computing applications in parallel with other systems. The new product is Microsoft's first offering in a...

Software AG has extended its legacy integrator family of adapters to enable COBOL and PL/I users to easily integrate their legacy systems with the SAP NetWeaver open application...

Juniper Networks Inc. has announced new Ethernet Services products, which the company claims would reduce the cost and complexity for service providers deploying and migrating legacy networks...

Advanced Micro Devices and Transmeta Corp. have entered into an agreement under which AMD will market and provide the recently announced specialized version of the Efficeon microprocessor in emerging markets...

Forum Systems has released the Forum Java Web Services Security (JWSS) Software Development Kit (SDK) version 1.0 offering developers a comprehensive library of application programming interfaces (API’s) to leverage in coding Web Services applications...

Wireless technology supplier Qualcomm Inc. has upgraded its uiOne Software Development Kit (SDK), a user user interface development kit, for developers and content provider. The software development kit is provided to mobile developers...

Microsoft has set live beta Web site Windows Live Gadget SDK that runs within the Windows sidebar, Live.com. The Gallery enables users to find available gadgets and allows developers to submit their own creations...

Oracle has opened registration for Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2006, to be held in October 22-26 at Moscone Center. Oracle said, additionally, attendees will also be able to register for a new program launching this year for developers...

Alcatel and Microsoft have announced a global deal with IBM and HP in an effort to push the development of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). The IT firms will provide servers and storage capabilities designed for broad-based Internet TV deployments...