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Full Recap: Court Sides With HP in Oracle/Itanium Case
Judge James Kleinberg of the San Jose District Court sided with Hewlett-Packard in their case against Oracle. The court ruled that Oracle is to continue making software that supports HP’s Itanium chip. The judge stated that Oracle is bound by their agreement to HP when they contracted to continue supporting the Itanium chip in return ...
What Features Could Google’s Nexus Q be Delayed For?
Google announced that their little black media ball, Nexus Q, will be delayed in getting to consumers’ hands. The reason? They want to add more features to it. “The industrial design and hardware were met with great enthusiasm. We also heard initial feedback from users that they want Nexus Q to do even more than ...
How To Keep Your Dropbox, Box and SugarSync Clouds Secure
As more people and businesses are moving into the cloud, the issue of cloud security is raised in tandem. Dropbox has recently admitted to a breach in their security, which led to their users receiving spam e-mails. So they’ve beefed up their security efforts and will continue adding more security features to deflect future attacks. ...
Android Users Can Now Use Tethering Apps On Verizon
Android users may now rejoice, tethering is now legal and free for Verizon Wireless subscribers! The Federal Communications Commission started its investigation on Verizon after receiving reports that the network pressured Google into pulling and banning apps on Google Play that allows tethering, or a feature that allows one device to share their connection without ...
Dropbox Addresses Security Breach, Adds New ID Requirements
A few weeks back, Dropbox, the file storage site, started receiving complaints from their users that they’ve been receiving spam on e-mail addresses only used for Dropbox. The company looked into the matter and found out that usernames and passwords hacked from other sites were used to gain access to Dropbox accounts but they’ve already ...
Apple and Samsung Lawyers Claim Their Companies As Innovators
Today’s mobile news roundup features: the continuation of the Apple-Samsung trial; Samsung launching Music Hub in the US; Nokia’s sales surge; and an app to make Android photos picture-perfect. Apple-Samsung lawyers delivered opening statements The Apple Inc. vs. Samsung Electronics Co. trial started Monday with jury selection. On Tuesday, the two parties were finally able ...
Why Aren’t Olympians Breaking World Records This Year? [REPORT]
Watching the London 2012 Olympics, I noticed something – there’s not a lot of World Records that have been broken. Though the Games is still ongoing, you can’t help but wonder–are the world records just too tough to beat, or are participants just not so focused on setting a new world record? “A FUNNY THING ...
Top Analytics Tools for Pinterest: Pinfluencer and More
Pinterest used to be just another photo-sharing, social networking site, but entreprenuers soon realized it’s potential as a great business tool. Yet Pinterest still lacked some features to make it the ultimate marketing platform, as we’ve discussed on several occasions here at SiliconAngle. As with most startups that garner hoards of users but take their sweet time ...
Big Data for the Business World: Making it Work for You
We’ve been hearing a lot about ‘big data’ these days so it made me think if everyone really understands what big data is and what’s the big deal with it. For example, as a CEO how would big data affect you and your business and how can you greatly utilize big data? Big Data So ...
Marissa Mayer’s First Steps as CEO: Turning Yahoo! Into Google?
People working in most of Silicon Valley companies are cared for by their bosses with giving small perks that makes their work life bearable, and sometimes even fun. But that’s not the case with Yahoo–they’ve been behind the curve on Valley companies, many of which provide free lunch for employees. In order to turn things ...