"Greengart said that enthusiast's of the Palm Pre should not feel too worried by the software update. 'Palm in particular should be pleased that some of the core innovations of its upcoming webOS–multitasking and unobtrusive notifications–remain unmatched by Apple,' he said."

Alcatel-Lucent today announced the 8661 Directory Server, developed by UnboundID Corporation.

"Taiwanese smartphone producer HTC Corp. said it plans to launch more than three versions of the Google phone in 2009"

"Last week, Sun's (JAVA) CEO Jonathan Schwartz declared on his blog that Sun's JavaFX is 'the fastest growing RIA platform on the market', based on Sun announcing that it had shipped its 100 millionth JavaFX runtime."