SUN to acquire MySQL January 16, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General , add a commentSun Microsystems has announced to acquire Words most popular Open Source Database company mySQL for approx $1 Billion. The acquisition accelerates Sun’s position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market.
MacBook AIR – World Thinnest Laptop
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Apple has come up with world’s thinnest note book which is small enough to fit inside an interoffice mailing envelop. MacBook AIR costs $1799.
This is truly a surprising technology innovation from Apple which had brought up “Notebook 2.0”
Following are key features of the MacBook AIR
- Multi Touch
MacBook Air includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook. - 13.3” LED Display
The backlit LED display allows for an even thinner build. It provides instant full-screen brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. The mercury- and arsenic-free display is also more power efficient, which translates to longer battery life. - a USB 2.0 port,
- a headphone jack
- micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output.
- MagSafe power connection.
- 2GB of RAM built in
- 80GB hard drive (option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive)
- 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- built-in iSight camera
