http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/26/sour.negotiations.may.be.to.blame/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/zfsnew.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Support for ZFS was ultimately dropped from Snow Leopard as a result of licensing issues, claims Jeff Bonwick, a project team leader at Sun. The technology was initially expected to be a highlight of Snow Leopard, for instance providing image-based backups, and eliminating the need for drive partitions. Hints that ZFS had been removed came in June however, and the technology is nowhere to be fou... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/26/sour.negotiations.may.be.to.blame/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/company.may.be.working.on.its.own.alternative/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/zfs.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite previous efforts to bring support for the ZFS file-system to Mac OS X, Apple has dropped the project. Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz several years ago publicly claimed Leopard would utilize ZFS instead of HFS+, although Apple only provided limited support for the new technology. Even the read-only functionality was dropped with the transition to Snow Leopard.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/company.may.be.working.on.its.own.alternative/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Research and development company Eolas Technologies has filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies, including major technology businesses such as Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Google, eBay and Sun. Eolas accuses the companies of violating two US patents, 5,838,906 and 7,599,985; the broadest of these is the first, which allegedly covers all "fully-interactive" embedded web applications. The second i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/03/oracle.considers.netbook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/sunultra24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Oracle chief Larry Ellison late Tuesday said (registration required) his company may jump into the netbook field in the aftermath of its buyout of Sun. While referenced casually at the JavaOne conference, the expansion into computers is considered a logical offshoot by Ellison given Sun's experience in hardware and other fields outside of Oracle's preferred database apps.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/03/oracle.considers.netbook/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/oracle.to.buy.sun/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/sunultra24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Oracle today said it would buy Sun for about $7.4 billion, or $9.50 per share. The move gives Oracle both a significantly stronger position in databases, letting it produce the servers that run its apps, as well as access to Sun's software. Oracle will have access to Java as well as Sun's Solaris operating system and promises to invest heavily in both.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/oracle.to.buy.sun/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/16/sun.may.resum.ibm.talk/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/sunultra24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A pair of sources claim Sun is willing to return to discussions with IBM over stalled takeover talks, according to Bloomberg. The insiders say Sun's main condition is that IBM make a stronger commitment to closing the deal, which might be subject to anti-monopoly investigations of the combined server business if a deal is struck. Whether Sun is willing to accept a lower offer, which was also co... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/16/sun.may.resum.ibm.talk/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/microsoft.2nd.eu.delay/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/euflag-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft today said it had been given a second extension by the European Commission to prepare a response against antitrust charges that it has unfairly controlled web browsers. Having already been given a first extension that gave it until April 21st, the American firm has until April 28th to provide its own stance and early defense against the claims. Why the added time is required hasn't bee... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/microsoft.2nd.eu.delay/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/aapl.leads.in.market.cap/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/alptemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is so far at the forefront of 2009's S&P 500 market cap ratings, figures show. Market cap is a relative reflection of company value, in terms of stock price multiplied by the number of outstanding shares; as of April 3rd the company's cap had grown by approximately $27.425 billion, easily surpassing that of IBM, which nevertheless managed a cap increase of $24.081 billion. Another notable ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/aapl.leads.in.market.cap/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/06/ibm.pulls.7b.sun.offer/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/sunultra24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM on Sunday pulled its $7 billion offer for Sun Microsystems, three people close to the talks indicated, the New York Times claimed on Sunday. The withdrawal came one day after Sun's board members rejected a much lower offer during negotiations, believed to be near $6 billion. IBM's intention to buy Sun was first heard of in mid-March, with a final decision that was expected by today. The $7 bil... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/06/ibm.pulls.7b.sun.offer/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/03/ibm.sun.deal.maybe.monday/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/sunultra24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM's rumored deal to take over Sun may close as soon as the start of next week, multiple sources indicate. Initially thought by sources of both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal (one, two) to be worth as much as $7 billion, the Financial Times now says negotiations and the market have tentatively pushed that number down to $6 billion but that a deal could be made public as early as Mond... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/03/ibm.sun.deal.maybe.monday/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:25:00 GMT