The latest news articles selected by Octave Computing Limited that we believe may be of interest to consumers and businesses.
Sun's direction becoming clearer
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Link Tags: business database hardware o/s software
Oracle has filed suit against Google with regards to Google's use of Java in Android mobile devices. In other news, Oracle has cut-off OpenSolaris. Oracle has also been shutting down PostgreSQL build servers.
Free Sat-Nav now available for Nokia E71
Saturday 26 June 2010
Link Tags: business consumer geospatial hardware software
Nokia Ovi Maps is now available for the Nokia E71 enterprise smart phone. This release provides free turn-by-turn satellite navigation.
Google street view covers 95% of UK
Saturday 13 March 2010
Link Tags: consumer geospatial software
Google have updated their street view software to cover 95% of the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for your location, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map or zoom all the way in. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
Oracle and Sun
Monday 22 February 2010
Link Tags: business o/s software
We are keeping a close eye of some important technologies in the wake of the Sun Microsystems takeover by Oracle. It is interesting to see what will happen to Java, Open Office and Open Solaris.
Free Sat-Nav for your mobile phone
Monday 22 February 2010
Link Tags: business consumer geospatial hardware software
Nokia Ovi Maps has been offered for free with certain handsets since January 2010. We will update you when this offer is extended to the older enterprise smart phones.
News article content management system availability
Wednesday 09 December 2009
Link Tags: business corporate database software
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 cluster-enabled dbconsole
Monday 21 September 2009
Link Tags: business database software
OpenStreetMap moves to PostgreSQL
Monday 04 May 2009
Link Tags: business database geospatial software
Clever Elephant has reported that PostgreSQL will be used for OpenStreetMap.
UK Google street view launched
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Link Tags: consumer geospatial software
Google have released their street view software for the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for London, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
