Digital Trends Week In Review 01/18/08

January 17, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson

Here are the top news stories and articles featured on Digital Trends for the week of January 18th.

Top News Story:
 
Sun Buys MySQL for $1 Billion
 
Although Digital Trends doesn't normally cover news in enterprise computing, a recent
open source database developer MySQL AB for about $1 billion. MySQL is very likely the most widely-deployed open source database in the world, with more than 100 million copies downloaded, with another 500,000 copies distributed every day. MySQL powers both everyday Web sites like blogs and small businesses, as well as high-profile, high-traffic sites that, for whatever reasons, preferred an open source solution to commercial products from the likes of Oracle and Microsoft.
 
 
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Digital Trends Articles and Features
 
 
Seagate FreeAgent Pro Review
Garmin nuvi 350 Review
Gateway P-171XL FX Edition Review
Dell Crystal Display First Look
Ferguson Hill FH007 First Look
10 Home Office Essentials Guide
Best Digital Cameras and Camcorders from CES Guide
Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000 Video
HP Compaq 2510p Notebook Video
MacWorld Highlights: MacBook Air A Winner Talkback
 
Top News Story:
 
Fox DVDs Get iTunes Digital Copy
Toshiba Slashes HD DVD Player Prices
MySpace, 49 States Reach Online Safety Pact
Gizmodo Blogger Banned from CES
TicketMaster Buys TicketsNow
Jobs Wows the Faithful at Macworld
Pixel Qi Attempts to Produce $75 Notebook
Sony Goes DRM-Free On Amazon
NewerTech Debuts iPhone Accessories
 
Most Popular Downloads:
 
Aces High II
Mountains Photo Screensaver
Free YouTube Uploader
PayWindow 2008 Payroll System
NovaNet-WEB

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