======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Thursday, November 11, 2004
TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * Red Hat opens China office * In Brief: Infragistics teams with Mercury to automate .Net testing * Intel board appoints Otellini as CEO * Microsoft trots out MSN Search beta * Sun talks up Java advances * PeopleSoft board gives thumbs down to Oracle's offer ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNDER THE RADAR *Produced by IBDNetwork | November 17, 2004* Under the Radar will feature emerging private companies in 8 technology sectors. A panel of VC judges and audience members will pick 5 overall winners. Register now to save $100 at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D93:2B910B2 For more information, please visit http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D92:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RED HAT OPENS CHINA OFFICE ======================================================================== Posted November 11, 2004 8:29 AM Pacific Time Red Hat Inc. is opening this week its first office in China, as part of its effort to tap demand for low-cost software in developing markets. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D8E:2B910B2 IN BRIEF: INFRAGISTICS TEAMS WITH MERCURY TO AUTOMATE .NET TESTING ======================================================================== Posted November 11, 2004 8:07 AM Pacific Time Infragistics is partnering with Mercury Interactive to offer a collection of custom libraries that enables automated testing of the presentation layer of Microsoft's .Net. The TestAdvantage development tool, built using Mercury Interactive QuickTest Professional, enhances presentation layer regression testing by giving development teams an automated way to test user interfaces created with Infragistics NetAdvantage. Infragistics will ship the release candidate of TestAdvantage in January of 2005 for an introductory price of $2,995. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D90:2B910B2 INTEL BOARD APPOINTS OTELLINI AS CEO ======================================================================== Posted November 11, 2004 6:28 AM Pacific Time Intel Corp.'s board of directors Thursday elected current president and chief operating officer (COO) Paul Otellini as the company's next chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Craig Barrett who was named new chairman of the board. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D8D:2B910B2 MICROSOFT TROTS OUT MSN SEARCH BETA ======================================================================== Posted November 11, 2004 5:12 AM Pacific Time A beta version of the search engine Microsoft Corp. is developing went live Thursday, offering users an interface and a set of features that make the product begin to resemble established search engines from competitors Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Ask Jeeves Inc. and America Online Inc. (AOL). For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D8A:2B910B2 SUN TALKS UP JAVA ADVANCES ======================================================================== Posted November 10, 2004 5:30 PM Pacific Time SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Simplifying Java programming is on the minds of Java development executives at Sun, but making the language available via an open source format remains off the table, according to executives at a Sun "Chalk Talk" session here on Wednesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D8B:2B910B2 PEOPLESOFT BOARD GIVES THUMBS DOWN TO ORACLE'S OFFER ======================================================================== Posted November 10, 2004 4:55 PM Pacific Time PeopleSoft's Board of Directors voted Wednesday to recommend that its stockholders reject Oracle's takeover offer of $24 per share. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison quickly responded, saying the offer is final and that it is now up to PeopleSoft's shareholders to make a determination. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9E1D99:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Storage: glamour isn't everything No, it's not terribly sexy. It's just essential. Because there's always going to be data, and more of it. To keep up with your options for keeping up with it, you can't do better than InfoWorld's "Storage Insider" newsletter. Delivered every Tuesday, it doesn't take up much space in your inbox. But the space it fills in your head couldn't be put to better use. 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