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eBay at 10: Boon and bane
Insight The online auction giant has been a boon to many antique dealers and collectors. But has a unique curio culture been left behind?
Tags: Personal applications, Business development/management
Lawmaker: "Influence" drove Oracle deal
News California lawmakers grill an executive to try to determine how the state got mired in a controversial, US$95 million contract to buy Oracle software.
Some dot-coms fleeing Valley for cheaper pastures
News Silicon Valley may be the epicenter of the Internet revolution, but the costly real estate is prompting some struggling dot-coms to locate elsewhere to cut costs.
Data center gets highest green building rating
News ADC says it will be the first to get the highest green building certification for a data center. Its secret cooling ingredient? Outdoor air.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., billing, data center, leadership, technique, tenant, incentive, president
To cool data centers, let the breeze flow in
News The Green Grid releases a Web-based tool to evaluate how much outdoor air can be used during colder months to naturally cool energy-dense data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., Hosting Company, Tool, energy efficiency, Herndon, North America, San Jose, data center
iPhone 3G travails: Network, interrupted
News news analysis Users of Apple's marquee gadget say they are having trouble getting, and staying, connected to the 3G networks in their areas.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile/Wireless, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G Network, Advertisement, phone, message board, AT&T Corp.
Apple's brick: A radical new laptop?
News The latest whispers are that Apple will announce a notebook made from a solid brick of aluminum.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Mac OS, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Notebook, Laptop Computer, China, shareholder, hiring, Web
Web of intrigue widens in debit-card theft case
News Wal-Mart acknowledges a breach but OfficeMax's role is uncertain in a case that has resulted in 200,000 cards being canceled.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Authentication and encryption
Three indicted in sale of fake painting on eBay
News Federal authorities have indicted three men related to the sale of a fake Richard Diebenkorn painting on eBay last spring.
RealNetworks to play NBA live
News The streaming media company and the National Basketball Association are teaming to offer what they say is the first live video Webcast of a professional sports league game.
Apple plans India call center
News Mac maker says Bangalore facility will help support growing business, but says it's also hiring at two U.S. sites.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Personal Computers, IT outsourcing
California widens Oracle investigation
News State legislators investigating a US$95 million contract involving the database software maker are expanding their witness list to include testimony from workers in other states.
HP investigator twice raised objections
News After first warning, Vince Nye sent another e-mail saying that obtaining outsiders' phone records didn't pass smell test.
Tags: Privacy
Open source's new weapon: The law?
News Open-source advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal next week to prohibit the state of California from buying software from companies that don't open their source code.
California agrees to cancel Oracle contract
News California state officials plan to meet this week with Oracle to cancel a US$95 million software contract with the software company and its partner, Logicon.
