Oracle Unveiled Exadata Database Machine X2-8

Oracle’s new president Mark Hurd announced the new product line of the company, Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 at the Oracle’s user conference last week. Oracle Exadata Database Machine, version X2-8, a high-capacity system for online transaction processing, data warehousing and consolidated workloads. It is also described as a complete grid, or … Original article on : Oracle Unveiled Exadata Database Machine X2-8.

Oracle sues Micron in federal court in California, alleging microchip price-fixing

Oracle sues Micron alleging microchip price-fixing

BOISE, Idaho – Oracle Corp. is suing Micron Technology Inc. in federal court, saying the semiconductor maker and other companies artificially inflated prices for microchips.
Oracle says Micron and other conspirators, including South Korea’s Hynix and Samsung and Germany’s Infineon, artificially inflated prices above what Oracle’s Sun Microsystems business should have … Original source on Gaea Times at : Oracle sues Micron in federal court in California, alleging microchip price-fixing.

Amazon Announces Kindle App for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

After the much awaited disclosure of the Playbook by Research in Motion, Amazon is said to have come up with a Kindle App for the same.
The Playbook is scheduled to release in 2011 and Amazon officials have time in hand to design the app for the 7-inch gadget by RIM. This will be Amazon’s yet …. Original article  : Amazon Announces Kindle App for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

RIM launches advertising service for BlackBerry app developers; offers 60 percent of ad sales

RIM launches advertising service for BlackBerrys

NEW YORK – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Monday launched an advertising service for makers of BlackBerry applications.
Developers can include advertising in apps that are relevant to their users and tie into BlackBerry features. Through a single relationship with RIM, a developer will gain access to RIM’s advertising …. Source  : RIM launches advertising service for BlackBerry app developers; offers 60 percent of ad sales.

Amazon to roll out Kindle e-reading app for upcoming BlackBerry tablet

Amazon making Kindle app for BlackBerry tablet

SEATTLE – Amazon.com Inc. said Monday that it will roll out a version of its Kindle e-reader app for Research In Motion Ltd.’s upcoming tablet device, the PlayBook.
Amazon already offers Kindle apps for an array of devices, including Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad, phones that run Google Inc.’s Android … Read more : Amazon to roll out Kindle e-reading app for upcoming BlackBerry tablet.

Microsoft gives up on Live Spaces blog network, sends new Windows Live users to WordPress.com

Microsoft ditches Live Spaces for WordPress.com

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. is giving up on its own blog network and, in a new partnership, will start sending new Windows Live users to a competing platform instead.
Microsoft said Monday that people who sign up for a Windows Live account – necessary to use the free Hotmail e-mail system, … Read more »»».

A glance at the iPad and competing tablet computers, existing and future

The iPad and its competitors at a glance
Here are some of the tablet computers that are on sale now or coming out in the next six months:

Apple iPad – The product that started it all, after others had tried for years to make tablet computers a mainstream product. Came out in April. Screen is 9.7 … Original article on : A glance at the iPad and competing tablet computers, existing and future.

Kids can’t tie shoes, use can openers, do laundry: Have we raised our kids to be nincompoops?

Are we raising a generation of nincompoops?

NEW YORK – Second-graders who can’t tie shoes or zip jackets. Four-year-olds in Pull-Ups diapers. Five-year-olds in strollers. Teens and preteens befuddled by can openers and ice-cube trays. College kids who’ve never done laundry, taken a bus alone or addressed an envelope.
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? And …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Kids can’t tie shoes, use can openers, do laundry: Have we raised our kids to be nincompoops?.

Summary Box: A late slide in stocks saps energy from a 4-week rally

Summary Box: Stock rally fades after 4 weeks

A LATE FADE: Stock prices slumped in the last hour of trading as momentum from a four-week rally faded. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 48 points but is still up 8 percent in September.
STELLAR SEPTEMBER: With just three trading days left in the month, the Dow Jones … Read more >>>.

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker aims for businesses with Playbook tablet

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker offers tablet

THE NEWS: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. is launching a new tablet computer early next year called the PlayBook.
THE SPECS: RIM is betting on a smaller, lighter tablet than Apple Inc.’s iPad. The PlayBook will have a 7-inch screen, making it half the size of the iPad, and weigh … Read more : Summary Box: BlackBerry maker aims for businesses with Playbook tablet.

RIM co-CEO says governments could store encryption keys to gain access to BlackBerry e-mails

BlackBerry CEO suggests route to eavesdropping

NEW YORK – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won’t object.
In …. Source article  : RIM co-CEO says governments could store encryption keys to gain access to BlackBerry e-mails.

BlackBerry maker aims for businesses with Playbook tablet; can act as bigger screen for phone

BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses

NEW YORK – The company that gave us the BlackBerry – still the dominant phone in corporate circles – thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook.
Research in Motion Ltd. showed off the tablet for the first time Monday …. Read the original article  : BlackBerry maker aims for businesses with Playbook tablet; can act as bigger screen for phone.

Obama signs bill creating $30B government fund to encourage small business lending, cut taxes

Obama signs $30B small business lending bill

WASHINGTON – Scoring a prized political victory five weeks before the Nov. 2 elections, President Barack Obama on Monday signed a bill to help small businesses expand and hire by cutting their taxes and creating a $30 billion loan fund.
Obama said the incentives will help small businesses right away. …. Source  : Obama signs bill creating $30B government fund to encourage small business lending, cut taxes.

Apple beating Google, Twitter in media coverage, according to study by Pew Research Center

Pew study: In the news, Apple is beating Google

NEW YORK – A new study finds that Apple is beating all other technology companies, at least in terms of media coverage.
According to a study released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, news stories about Apple Inc. accounted for 15.1 percent of …. Source article  : Apple beating Google, Twitter in media coverage, according to study by Pew Research Center.

In continuing battle, Pratt & Whitney sues Rolls Royce over engine part patent

Pratt & Whitney sues Rolls Royce over patent

HARTFORD, Conn. – In a continuing battle over engine part designs, jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney on Monday sued Rolls Royce, accusing the British company of misleading the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to obtain a patent.
Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., said in its … Read more : In continuing battle, Pratt & Whitney sues Rolls Royce over engine part patent.

Ryder Cup captains’ edict: birdies are fine, but tweets are out of line

Captains issue Twitter ban for Ryder Cup players

CARDIFF, Wales – U.S. and European players have been banned from using Twitter and other social networking sites during the Ryder Cup.
U.S. captain Corey Pavin and European counterpart Colin Montgomerie say there will be a blanket ban in place this week to keep players focused on the three-day …. Read the original article  : Ryder Cup captains’ edict: birdies are fine, but tweets are out of line.

Report: White House wants to give law enforcers easier access to Internet, e-mail wiretaps

Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier

WASHINGTON – Broad new regulations being drafted by the Obama administration would make it easier for law enforcement and national security officials to eavesdrop on Internet and e-mail communications like social networking Web sites and BlackBerries, The New York Times reported Monday.
The newspaper said the White House plans to …. Original source  : Report: White House wants to give law enforcers easier access to Internet, e-mail wiretaps.

Report: Obama administration seeks to make it easier to wiretap Internet and e-mail services

Report: US seeks to ease Internet wiretaps

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration wants to make it easier for the government to eavesdrop on Internet and e-mail communications like social networking Web sites and BlackBerries.
The New York Times reports Monday that the White House plans to submit a bill next year that would require all online services … Read more : Report: Obama administration seeks to make it easier to wiretap Internet and e-mail services.

Sarah Palin snapped with Bristol’s ‘Dancing’ partner Mark Ballas

NEW YORK – It seems Sarah Palin is getting along well with her daughter’s Bristol’s dancing partner Mark Ballas, who recently posted a picture of him with the former Vice Presidential candidate on Twitter.

Bristol and her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ partner Ballas debuted together last week, but they’re already so close she’s taken him home …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Sarah Palin snapped with Bristol’s ‘Dancing’ partner Mark Ballas.