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56 UK Oracle User Group supports Sun’s acquisition | TopNews United States
Amandeep Dhaliwal
While the European anti-trust regulators continue to delay the $7.4 billion Oracle-Sun Microsystems deal saying that it may be anticompetitive, the UK Oracle User Group has extended its support to Sun’s acquisition by the largest proprietary database vendor.
Putting forth the benefits ... Read More »
41 Exploding star from 13 billion years ago caught on camera - Telegraph
A star that exploded 13 billion years ago has set a new record for the most distant astronomical object yet observed.
Light from the blast, known as a gamma-ray burst, has been travelling across the universe since just 630 million years after the Big Bang that launched the cosmos.
The discovery shows that massive stars were already forming soon after the birth of the universe.
The detection of gamma... Read More »
36 Thanks to Google's and Motorola's Droid, Verizon opens up
Mark Milian
Verizon Wireless opened up to us.
Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. proudly and excitedly showed off their new Droid smart phone in a meeting Wednesday afternoon.
First impression: The device is fast, powerful, fully featured and well-designed -- a combination of adj... Read More »
35 Google And Cloud Computing Scores Win In Los Angeles
by ZACK
In a groundbreaking move, the big, busy city of Los Angeles, California has agreed to use Google Apps — Google’s cloud-computing alternative to Microsoft Office and other programs — for all its city offices and officials. The $7.2 million contract means the city will undergo a complete over... Read More »
32 NASA
Poor weather could hamper NASA test flight
NASA’s new rocket for its back-to-the-moon program is on the launch pad, all set for a test flight on Tuesday morning (US time).
But rain and clouds could interfere.Forecasters say there is a 60 per cent chance bad weather will stall the launch.
The Ares I-X will fly for just ... Read More »
31 Google profits increase 27pc to $1.64bn in the third quarter
By James Quinn, US Business Editor
Google delivered a profit of $1.64bn (£1bn) in the three months to September, on sales of $5.94bn, up from $5.52bn in the second quarter, the search engine’s biggest quarter-on-quarter revenue growth in more than a year.
The results were sharply ahead of analysts’ expectations, pushing G... Read More »
31 Spec Ops Mode Replaces Campaign Co-Op In MW2
PS3 News
There's no doubt that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will provide gamers with one of the best online multiplayer experiences ever, but if you're looking for co-op for the campaign mode, you'll be disappointed.
However, Infinity Ward didn't just forget to include it, nor were they being l... Read More »
29 NASA 'should forget the moon and aim for an asteroid or Mars' - Telegraph
NASA should sideline plans to return astronauts to the moon and attempt to land a rocket on an asteroid instead, a special independent panel has told the White House
Under current plans, NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel's chairman said.
A test-flight version of the rocket, the new Ares I, is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, awaiting liftoff later this month for its first experimental flight.
Instead, the Na... Read More »