Oracle 11g XE (Express Edition), the free-of-charge version of Oracle’s flagship database, is now in beta. XE provides an “entry-level, small-footprint RDBMS” based on 11g Release 2 code, said Oracle ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Oracle today announced Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), a free, starter edition of the world's leading database software. A beta version of ...

Four major open source database projects have scoffed at Oracle’s attempt this week to tackle the threat of open source software. On Tuesday, Oracle released a beta version of Oracle 10g Express ...

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at Oracle’s new free database (free as in beer, that is). Not to mention a Lego self-adaptive hand. Another freebie. This time it’s a database and its name may be ...