Sean Michael Kerner

Red Hat’s JBoss middleware division is now previewing the next generation of its Java middleware. JBoss AS 7 (Application Server) is currently in beta, providing developers and enterprise with an opportunity to see the future of Red Hat’s middleware server technology. A key part of JBoss release is a modular service container to help combat […]

From the ‘Threaded Conversations’ files: Love it, or hate, Gmail introduced millions of people to the concept of fully threaded email conversations. It’s a concept that Mozilla is now delivering to its Thunderbird email users by way of a the Conversations add-on. Conversations this week got it’s first stable release, tagged officially as version 2.0 […]

Cisco is expanding its push to enable stadiums and other large venues to effectively deliver wireless services. Cisco today announced its Connected Stadium Wi-Fi initiative which includes an enhanced access point, improved antennas and services to help stadiums Wi-Fi enable their venues. “Once this is generally available in stadiums, arenas and other congested environments, it […]

From the ‘Freshly Pressed Open Source Goodness’ Files: WordPress 3.2 is now out (officially announced on July 4th), a little it more than four months after 3.1 came out. The big deal this time around is the new zen approach to a minimalist user interface when writing content. It’s a great idea. After all, when […]

From the ‘JavaScript is Mother, JavaScript is Father’ files: Is there anything that JavaScript can’t do? The new Mozilla sponsored pdf.js effort is all about using JavaScript as a the mechanism by which a PDF file is rendered and displayed in the browser. That’s right no separate Adobe plugin and no Google secret-sauce non-open stuff […]

The .net domain registry will remain under the management and operation of Verisign until at least 2017. ICANN has renewed its agreement with Verisign, which was last renewed in 2005. The 2005 bidding process for .net was a competitive one with at least five bidders involved. In contrast, for the 2011 renewal, there was not […]

Cisco’s Security Intelligence Operations is out with a new report, Email Attacks: This Time It’s Personal, showing a stark decline in the value and volume of mass email based attacks “This report lays out a true tipping point in what we believe to be the nature of attacks,” Patrick Peterson, Cisco Fellow, said during a […]

Nortel announced last week that it has sold off more than 6,000 patents for $4.5 billion. The winning bid comes from a consortium of vendors including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony. The patents include Nortel’s wireless and wired networking and voice patents. According to Nortel,” the extensive patent portfolio touches nearly […]

“In conjunction with the deal, we are conducting a series of restructuring initiatives, including a significant reduction in our workforce.” Myspace CEO Mike Jones in an open letter to employees after announcing that Myspace was being sold for a paltry $35 million. (TechCrunch)   “While I hide it at work, my passion has been sapped. […]

Enterprise giant Oracle has been warning its users this year that it plans to abandon the Intel Itanium architecture which powers HP’s Unix operating system. While Oracle isn’t interested in supporting Itanium, others are. EnterpriseDB today announced Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.0, which provides Oracle compatibility and now supports HP-UX on Itanium. “With 9.0 you […]

According to at least one analyst and one  open source vendor, the term open source is no longer an identifying factor Personally, I think that’s a misguided and shortsighted approach that will ultimately backfire. Matt Aslett of the 451 Group wrote that: “One of the things that I have observed in relation to open source-related […]

Make no mistake about it, Google updates its Chrome browser very rapidly. At the beginning of June, Google released the first stable version of Chrome 12, fixing at least 15 different security issues and adding new features. Chrome 12 itself is the fourth major browser release from Google so far in 2011. Now Google is […]