Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won`t be drawn into a public fight with the executive. Page criticized Microsoft and Oracle in response to questions after his keynote speech at Google`s I/O developer conference in San Francisco Wednesday. Microsoft came under fire about instant messaging interoperability, while Oracle was s
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Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks but Oracle is quiet
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Carbon aerogel created by Chinese scientists from Zhejiang University has a measured density of 0.16 mg/cubic centimeter or one-sixth as dense as air! The ultra-light synthetic material is also able to absorb up to 900 times its own weight, offering environmentalists a potentially useful tool for cleaning up oil spills and hazardous waste leaks.
Want to work on Bing Have I got an Easter egg for you
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Even if you don`t want to work for Microsoft and couldn`t care less about Bing, this novel help-wanted Easter egg should bring a chuckle -- particularly when you learn the secret to displaying the egg with Firefox or Chrome.
Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country`s legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said.
Technology and Labor Sectors Spar on Immigration
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To the U.S. technology industry, there`s a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it`s more sinister: The push by Facebook`s Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
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Lawmakers Accuse Google of UK Tax Trickery
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U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain`s tax rules to avoid paying what it owed.
In his second appearance before Parliament in roughly six months, Google Vice President Matt Brittin tried to defend his company`s complex corporate structure to a committee of skeptical U.K. politicians, many of
Lulzsec Hackers Jailed for Cyberattacks in UK
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Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch`s News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.
The hackers, who were affiliated with the group Lulz Security, had all pleaded guilty to hacking charges. Prosecutors say they also targeted the Web sites of Britain`s National Health Service and the U.K
HP and SAP Partner To Advance HANA
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"Project Kraken," a joint initiative by Hewlett-Packard and SAP to improve business processes and mitigate risks for customers, was demonstrated Thursday at the Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Fla. The initiative is based in HP server technology innovations and optimized with the in-memory SAP Hana database for SAP Business Suite.
With Project Kraken, the companies are on a mission to give cu
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