Monday - December 14, 2009
Oracle has pledged it will not assert copyright claims over MySQL and that it will extend terms and conditions of existing commercial licenses of the database for five years in the hope that the European Commission will approve its $7.4 billion pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The EC has indicated that Oracle's concessions are "an important new element to be taken into account" as part of its review.
Regulators in Europe have until Jan. 27 to decide whether to approve the deal or force onerous concessions from Oracle -- namely a selloff of MySQL.
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Monday - December 14, 2009
The proposed $30 billion Comcast-NBC Universal deal has entered the labyrinthine process of winning Congressional approval from the antitrust gurus and the Federal Communications Commission. Small cable operators, which apparently still exist, fear that they will be driven out of business by the sprawling new company.
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Monday - December 14, 2009
Federal regulators receive tens of thousands of customer complaints about wireless services every year, but don't do enough to follow up or protect consumers who have problems with their mobile carriers, government auditors found. In a report released Thursday, the GAO said the FCC needs to ramp up oversight of the wireless industry.
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Monday - December 14, 2009
Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below US$100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players are still buying movies on DVDs. One big reason: Blu-ray discs won't play on standard DVD players found in cars, computers and bedrooms.
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Sunday - December 13, 2009
Most enterprise networks are the result of a patchwork effect of bringing in equipment as needed over the years to fight the fire of the day, with little emphasis on strategy and the anticipation of future requirements. That's why it's necessary to reevaluate network architectures in light of newer and evolving IT demands and overall moves to next-generation data centers.
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Saturday - December 12, 2009
About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked. The touchscreen tablet device will be available for pre-order Saturday -- from the startup. The blogger is out of the picture, back to producing posts rather than PCs. But this is Michael Arrington, the often caustic frontman of the TechCrunch blog.
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Friday - December 11, 2009
For all its graphics firepower and blockbuster action, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" couldn't blow up the perception that the video game industry is still reeling from the recession's aftershocks. Industry market-watchers NPD Group released November sales figures Thursday, showing continued year-over-year declines in software, hardware and accessories.
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Friday - December 11, 2009
Plenty of industry observers are already issuing their predictions for 2010, but I think it is worth taking a look back at the past year's events to see how quickly the Software as a Service and cloud computing marketplace is evolving. So, following are 10 events that I consider bellwethers of the rapid evolution process.
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Friday - December 11, 2009
Apple has filed a countersuit against Nokia in the U.S. District Court of Delaware, alleging infringement on 13 of its patents. The patents that Nokia allegedly infringed have to do with real-time signal processing, teleconferencing and power conservation. Apple technology is incorporated in all devices that run on the Symbian platform or come equipped with a built-in camera, according to the filing.
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Friday - December 11, 2009
Listen. Wow. If you're reading this, there's a decent chance you've seen the inundation of whiny news stories and blog posts over the widely reported comments from Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive for mobility and consumer markets at AT&T, and the admission that AT&T's data services suck -- my word -- in New York and San Francisco.
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Friday - December 11, 2009
Companies are gearing up for a strong finish to 2009, and consumers are gearing up to acquire more high-tech gadgets from big box stores and online retailers at highly competitive prices. This is a great time to consider how companies can ensure customers are satisfied and successful with their purchases and how they can plan ahead for 2010.
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