Larry Ellison

Saturday Reader: Books about the people behind technology we can't live without

Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services causing the...

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4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS

Youve gotta hand it to Google: The company is never shy about throwing the proverbial spaghetti against the wall to see if it will stick. Over the years, its introduced countless projects that have gone through long beta cycles...

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SAP & Microsoft Cut Anti-Oracle Pact

Striking while Oracle is at sixes and sevens over Sun, SAP and Microsoft, two of its worst enemies, have cut an anti-Oracle accord. Microsoft will recommend SAP’s BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation application to its...

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Users cautious on Red Hat's stake in EnterpriseDB

While industry analysts praise Red Hat's recent investment in EnterpriseDB as a solid strategic move, users expressed mixed views on the impact of Red Hat's fiscal stake in the rapidly growing, open source database company....

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MindTouch introduces new cloud-based business platform

To nearly everyone’s surprise, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has thrown a last-minute banana peel in front of Larry Ellison’s bid to buy Sun and Java. Oracle is about to acquire Sun’s monumental collection of...

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Google got its name from googol

London, Nov. 20: Google got its name from googol — the number one followed by 100 zeroes which represents the amount of information the site was expected to cover, and Nike’s name come from a Greek goddess, reveals a new book....

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Oracle Gets More Time to Swallow Sun (at TheStreet.com)

Stock quotes in this article: ) has received an extension from the European Union as the database giant attempts to EU officials have extended the deadline for their antitrust review of the $7.4 billion deal from Jan. 19 until...

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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source

Why Microsoft could become one of the "biggest friends of open source" and why Oracle getting its hands on MySQL could be "one of the biggest open source coups ever"... In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and...

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Alinghi must meet measurement rules

Extra pressure poured on the Swiss holder of the America's Cup, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi, following the latest ruling from New York judge, Shirley Kornreich. In accepting en bloc the recommendations of a panel of sailing...

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Top 40 Home Sales in San Francisco, 2009

This Sea Cliff home sold for $18,000,000 in the Fall After reviewing public records for San Francisco real estate transactions above $4 million through 2009, we are interested to see that, since June, there has been a steady...

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