NewsFactor - DVD-rental company Netflix has been working aggressively to expand its delivery options beyond the U.S. Postal Service. In its latest move, the company has struck a deal with Samsung Electronics to embed software in Blu-ray players that will allow consumers to stream video selections from Netflix's library of more than 12,000 titles. No financial terms were disclosed.
AP - Andy Bechtolsheim, a revered technologist who co-founded Sun Microsystems Inc. and has been instrumental in designing the company's servers, is stepping down from his day-to-day role to help build a new networking startup.
InfoWorld - Furthering its open-source SOA middleware, MuleSource this week upgraded both its SOA governance platform, enabling custom extensions, and its ESB, which offers REST support.
Reporter Lisa Davies discovers a small Christchurch business
called Theophany Loudspeakers that has been turning over more money
in the last two months than it did in the previous year