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Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the first component of its new virtualization platform, and laid out a roadmap for opening the platform’s source code. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based systems company bills its xVM Ops Center virtualization management tool as a “highly scalable datacenter automation tool for complete management of heterogeneous global IT environments.” — Campus Technolog

Jenzabar released an update to its Jenzabar EX enterprise resource planning solution. The new 2.7 update adds “significant” enhancements to two of the suite’s modules, according to the company, and incorporates various other improvements throughout. — Campus Technology

On January 6th, Intel will supposedly release their 2.8GHz X9000 ($851), 2.6GHz T9500 ($530), and 2.5GHz T9300 ($316) CPUs with 6MB of L2 cache. — Engadget The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, is celebrating the C64’s 25th anniversary. Computer pioneers reflected on the C64’s achievements and contribution to the industry. Jack Tramiel, the founder and CEO of Commodore, will attend, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and William C. Lowe, father of the IBM PC. — CNN

Click here to read a brief history of the C64. — Moby Games

At the University of Pennsylvania, librarians provide help to students through both instant messaging and an outside live help service facilitated by Velaro, a long-time provider of live help software that recently launched an academic-focused Live Help initiative. Velaro currently provides live help and Web-based chat support for universities including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Indiana University, Duke University, and the University of Wisconsin. — Campus Technology