Microsoft, Google, Sun Get RAD

Joint collaboration on a Reliable, Adaptive and Distributive Systems lab at UC-Berkeley has the three tech companies contributing $7.5 million toward the lab's mission of creating freely-available web services.

A Standard Symbol for RSS?

One of the topics Shel and I discussed with Rick Klau of FeedBurner during our FIR podcast interview with him on Tuesday was about the challenges of helping 'normal' people understand what RSS is.

The Evolution of Intranets

A lot has been made in the last couple days over Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz's assertion that "intranets are going to die."

Apache Added to Java Enterprise

On Tuesday, Menlo Park-based Sun announced they would bundle the Apache Derby embedded database into their Java Enterprise System. They're also including an additional plug-in for support called NetBeans IDE 5.0.