Sun, Oracle turn to Java

Sun and Oracle have established a new partnership to challenge Microsoft with a complete Java-centric enterprise datacentre architecture that uses Solaris 10 and Oracle`s Fusion middleware.

Designed specifically as an alternative to Microsoft`s .NET technology stack, the new platform is competitively priced and based on robust frameworks, says Arstechnica.

The article comments that both companies have lost a lot of relevance in the modern world of cost-effective open source software, turning to a major adoption of Java to help them to modernise.

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Software company ClearNova has announced it will open source a toolkit designed to make Java programmers more productive writing Ajax-style Web applications, reports News.Com.

ClearNova is to release the ThinkCAP JX development framework next month under the General Public Licence for non-commercial use. An integrated development environment will be available by annual subscription.

ThinkCAP JX is a visual development tool that reduces the need for writing Java or JavaScript code. The framework is built using a number of other open source frameworks, including Hibernate and Apache Axis.

Sun Java Runtime Environment "reflection" API privilege elevation vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Reflection API may allow an untrusted Java applet to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code, warns Addict3D.

According to a posting on the site, the Sun Java Reflection API allows Java classes to determine information about other Java classes, such as public methods.

The posting recommends users update systems by accessing the updates released by Sun to correct the problem.

Swiss middleware development company, Softwired, has announced the release of its Java (JMS) based instant messaging chat program called iBusU under the open source Apache License, Version 2.0.

The announcement says iBusU takes advantage of the JMS classes enabling real time chat between two or more users.

The company says having used iBusU successfully for its internal messaging, the program is released to the open source community for use and further development.