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Cray courts the big-data market
Supercomputer company Cray has created a new division that will sell big-data systems, the company has announced. The division will market its...
NextAdvisor picks its top cloud storage services for consumers
Consumer and small business product review site NextAdvisor.com launched a new category, with reviews and comparisons of the best cloud storage...
Oracle buying Taleo for $1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP
Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly $1.9 billion, the company announced...
Oracle buying Taleo for US$1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP
Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced...
Hands on: HP's Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance
If you're like most enterprises, you have data everywhere. It's in line-of-business applications. It's in directories. It's in...
Microsoft mobile CRM clients may mean more productivity
The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and...
Dassault Systèmes buys personal analytics site Netvibes
3D design software company Dassault SystA"mes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social...
EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take...
Google to pay users to track their movements online
Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they...
Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features
Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which...
Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads
Google patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17.
Adobe confirms no Flash for Chrome on Android
Chrome for Android will not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has famously banned, Adobe confirmed.
Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online
Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.
Chrome for Android Beta: 3 Drawbacks
Google recently launched Chrome for Android Beta, a version of the search giant's popular desktop browser for Android smartphones and tablets...
Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch
Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an...
Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review
MongoDB shines with broad programming language support, SQL-like queries, and out-of-the-box scaling
Google accelerates Android browser updates with mobile Chrome
Google's launch today of Chrome for Android may be a move to accelerate the pace of browser updates, an analyst said.
Yahoo ousts half its board
As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.
Dating site matches not so scientific
Users flock to online dating sites in ever greater numbers, but despite their marketing claims, services such as Match.com and eHarmony may not be...
Google Chrome headed for Ice Cream Sandwich Android devices
Google's popular Chrome browser is finally coming to Android-based phones, but only if you have the very latest version of the operating system.
Hands on: HP's Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance
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