Moment in the sun: MySQL now in corporate fold (Contra Costa Times)

n CEO of MySQL, the leading open-source database software maker, talk's about life under Sun Micro's roof

Backlash starts against ’sexy’ databases (The Register)

Blame your code, not the RDBMS The relational database - a mainstay of enterprise computing for 25 years - has been under siege. New approaches to data storage are threatening the RDBMS and precipitating what database guru Mike Stonebraker and others described recently as a "group grope" to find a new database engine.…

I Really Like WordPress 2.5

I really like the new WordPress 2.5. The admin area is really nice. It is so easy to use and everything is easy access in it. I have been changing all my sites over to version 2.5. The tag management feature is really great. I also like the built in gallery. makes life really easy. And, it is so easy to upgrade. Just backup your site and database. You can do that right from the cPanel for your website. Then just go to Wordpress.org and download the new files. Unzip and then ftp all the files with the exception of wp-content folder and remember to save your wp-config.php file. Now navigate to your home page and it will ask you to update the database. Click OK and your all set. So easy.

Send Any Image to Multiple Websites & Emails with One Click with New ShoZu Desktop - Free Utility for PCs & Macs (Centre Daily Times)

Until now, sending a given photo or video clip from your computer to your Flickr album, Facebook page, TypePad blog and multiple email addresses required opening and uploading to three different websites as well as creating and sending a separate email message -- essentially repeating the same step four times and more if you belong to more communities. ShoZu Desktop, a free new utility for PCs ...

What’s Online (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Before you do something drastic to your hair, post your pic and have people vote on what style suits you.

Wenceslao: Cuenco-Osmeña dynamics (Sun Star)

REP. Antonio Cuenco’s falling out with Mayor Tomas Osmeña may or may not complicate the political situation in Cebu City’s south district. Cuenco, compared with Osmeña, can be considered more of the lame duck. This is Cuenco’s third and last term and he seems to have nobody strong enough to temporarily turn over the district to.

Anti-Scientology crusader vaporized from YouTube (The Register)

'Help me, Stephen Colbert. You're my only hope' YouTube has vaporized a popular user account dedicated to criticizing The Church of Scientology.…

The Future Of Music: Like Water, Feels Free, Ubiquitous, Full of Marketing Opportunities - Music 2.0 Is Coming (MasterNewMedia.org)

The future of music , music 2.0, has now some clear definition and reference points on which it characterizes itself away from traditional commercial, sold-via-expensive-CDs, music. Gerd Leonhard , the author of The Future of Music (which I personally recommend to everyone), has just published a new book, entitled Music 2.0 (available also as a free PDF download) in which he explains in ...

Software as the real torch of light (Express India)

Thanks mainly to the Beijing Olympics China has been leading the Asia/Pacific market for IT applications since last year.

Fix Your Lousy Company Blog (WebProNews)

Businesspeople possess a unique opportunity to be more than just a cash funnel to their customers. A few steps to improve the company blog can work wonders for customer relations. read more