Google Loses in the Latest Development from the Oracle Java Case

Maria Deutscher | February 8th

In Oracle’s legal department, the name of the game is copyright infringement.  The software giant sued SAP – which, at least for the time being, did not get it the multi-billion dollar sum it...»

Traveling Super Bowl Fans Inflated Indy’s WiFi Nearly 20%

Kristina Farrah | February 8th

Ever wondered where those fans during Super Bowl come from? Indianapolis can’t possibly have that many people taking a day just to watch the event. Here’s a data from JiWire showing the

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OpenStack Testing Gets Automated with Ubuntu

Alex Williams | February 8th

The Canonical Platform Server team has developed a solution for testing OpenStack on Ubuntu. The JavaCruft blog goes into deep detail about the setup. The scope of the work:

  1. Per-commit testing of OpenStack trunk to evaluate
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Dotcom Bodyguard Wayne Tempero’s Tell-All Interview

Mellisa Tolentino | February 8th

Last month the file sharing site Megaupload was taken down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the founder, Kim Dotcom, along with other Megaupload employees, were taken into custody. Though it seems like the media...»

Springcoin Launches Automated Debt Relief Program: where Data Meets Human Expertise

Kristen Nicole | February 8th

Credit cards are handy, but that’s also the very reason they can land you in a big mess. You just keep buying stuff till your debt builds up, then you wonder where all

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Groupon Acquisition Amidst First Earnings Call After IPO

Mellisa Tolentino | February 8th

Adku, the stealth startup company founded by ex-Google employees working on big data for e-commerce, announced on Monday that it has been acquired by Groupon, the behemoth daily deals/group buying company.  With...»

Cisco’s Craig Huitema Has High Expectations of the Cloud being a Networking Driver

Maria Deutscher | February 8th

Craig Huitema, director of data center solutions at networking giant Cisco, discussed his take on the cloud and how it’s driving the evolution of the networking market, both in the datacenter and the average...»

The Money-Making Side of Mobile App Development

Mellisa Tolentino | February 8th

In a recent study by the International Data Corporation that involves 350 US residents regarding their view about vendors effectively offering services in mobile application development (AD) and mobile testing services (for applications and devices),...»

schoolFeed Gets $1.7M to Connect Classmates that Missed the Facebook Boat

Kristen Nicole | February 8th

schoolFeed, a new classmate network launched by former RockYou CEO Lance Tokuda, announced a $1.7 million seed investment in a round of funding led by First Round Capital, with the participation of Crosslink Capital,...»

Nokia to Layoff 4,000 Workers, Apple Sued for iPad Trademark

Mellisa Tolentino | February 8th

Nokia, the Finnish-mobile manufacturer, will be laying off approximately 4,000 workers from three factories as they move manufacturing to Asia. The factories in Komarom, Hungary, Reynosa, Mexico, and Salo, Finland, have a total of 8,900 employees...»