Intel has scrapped plans to release a 4GHz Pentium CPU by the end of this year, and is instead going to increase performance through increasing cache sizes and data access speeds instead.
Does this signal the true end of the MHz speed wars?
AOL rumored to be developing next Netscape browser release
AOL, the owners of Netscape since 1999, are rumored to be working on a new release of the Netscape browser. An annoucement of the strategy is expected in December/January. This is an unusual move because AOL have not leveraged the Netscape brand for a long time, and have recently favored Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the default browser with their AOL portal internet access.
The Netscape browser was created 10 years ago today!
IBM announce Websphere 6.0
IBM have announced version 6.0 of their flagship application server, Websphere.
The next release is stated to have improvements across the board, and doesn’t include any one major new change, but rather offers improvements in Web Service support and SOA support.
New versions of WebSphere Studio Site Developer and WebSphere Studio Application Developer are also scheduled to be available by the end of this year. The products will be renamed Rational Web Developer for WebSphere Software and Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.
Summary of EJB3.0 differences
TheServerSide.com have a good article by Debu Panda outlining the major changes in the EJB3.0 spec and gives some code examples of what exactly will be involved in implementing EJBs with the 3.0 spec.