I’ve browsed dzone.com a few times before – they have a good collection of development news headlines and blog entries from around the web, but I only just noticed a rather cool script or plugin they have in their scrollable list of headlines. If you scroll the list down to the very bottom of the page the list refreshes itself dynamically and loads in the next set of headlines to add to the end of the list. Scroll to the bottom again and it adds in the next set of headlines. Very neat.
Mac OS X Leopard goes on sale October 26
Apple’s latest version of Mac OS X ‘Leopard’ will go on sale on October 26, for $129.
Further details on the 300+ changes to their OS are on Apple’s website.
Will Oracle buy out BEA?
Oracle reportedly made a $6.7bn bid to buy out BEA on Friday but was turned down by BEA because they considered it too low. If Oracle is successful in acquiring BEA, this would really put Oracle ahead on a level with IBM in the Java App Server market place. Oracle has long played with App Servers but has never got the market share compared with the likes of IBM, BEA and JBoss, but this buy out would give them the solid product with an existing customer base that they need.
Jnode – a Java operating system?
I remember seeing one of Sun’s Java-based Network Computers several years back, which never caught on and disappeared (where they ahead of their time?). I noticed this website for Jnode where they are building a new Java-based operating system – very interesting – have to keep an eye on this one.
I wonder how long it will be before low cost internet access terminals will be available – since the only thing most people use a computer for at home is to access the internet, it makes more sense now than ever to start offering basic, dumbed down internet appliances that do nothing more than run a web browser. I know several companies have tried selling devices like this over the past few years, but is the time now right? Or is family internet access going to find it’s way into the center of your entertainment center in your family room, like on your Wii or PS3 (which have integrated web browsers)?