The Ruby on Rails community releases Rails 2.3.5. Version 2.3.5 of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework features improved support for Ruby 1.9 and more

After initially refusing to comment, IBM gives in and confirms reports that it is acquiring Guardium

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block the sale

The EC is due to make a decision on whether to sanction Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun on 27 Jan 2010, so Oracle can continue to do business in Europe.

Sun has updated its virtualisation software that enables users to move live virtual machines between disparate physical hosts

Shipments of servers in the third quarter fell 17 percent, but according to Gartner there are signs that the market is stabilising

Big Blue is reportedly about to spend millions in order to acquire database security startup Guardium

The US airforce is buying thousands of PS3s as part of a move to expand its supercomputing project, but there has been some speculation that the Cell chip used by the PS3 could be phased out

Nineteen percent of Brits don't password-protect their home Wi-Fi, and a pub landlord has been fined £8000 for a customer's illegal download