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IN THIS ISSUE

»	Software 3.0
»	Branding Your Blog
»	Don't Throw It Away

TECHIE TALK

	»	It's the Biggest Thing in Tokyo Since Godzilla Sun installs the largest supercomputer outside the U.S. at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The Sun Fire X4600 server-based cluster includes 10,480 AMD Opteron CPUs, 21 terabytes of memory, and 1.1 petabytes of storage. You can also check out the video
	»	The Rise of the General Purpose System In his popular blog, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz discusses the evolution of the data center. Get ready!

INTERNET GAMING

	»	Open Source Java Game Development A growing java.net community is looking for student developers like you
	»	Getting Started in Game Development? Check out this excellent resource page for the beginning Java technology game developer

Software 3.0

Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference Europe, Simon Phipps, chief open source officer for Sun, said the industry was on the brink of a new software market, shifting away from right-to-use models and towards charging only when delivering value. Entrepreneurs may be the most impacted. Full article...

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OPEN MINDS
	»	Is Intellectual Property Dead? Venture capitalist Brad Silverberg says that intellectual property will continue to drive innovation and the software business, with or without open source
	»	Sun's Open Source Odyssey Sun VP Rich Green discusses the disruptive potential of open source business models


CODER'S TOOLBOX
	»	Personal Branding: Blogs Can Come Back to Byte You There's nothing wrong with creating a personal brand, but students seeking careers should consider future ramifications
	»	Don't Throw It Away Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) enables you to reuse applications, deliver new services, and integrate legacy and packaged applications without extensive coding


SOLARIS OS, UNDER THE HOOD
	»	Get in The Zone with Solaris 10 Solaris Zones: A very powerful feature that allows the administrator to create a virtual server within the server. Cool!
	»	Virtually Certain The Solaris 10 OS will get Xen virtualization support by mid-2007 to give administrators an even broader range of virtualization options

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