AFP – News Corp. said that it had agreed to acquire 90 percent of education…
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HP results show seesawing nature of tech recovery (AP)
AP – Hewlett-Packard Co.’s results showed Monday how lopsided the recovery in technology spending has…
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Oracle wants SAP to pay billions for looted programs (AFP)
AFP – Attorneys for business software giant Oracle want a jury to order German rival…
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Netflix expects video streaming to drown out DVDs (AP)
AP – Netflix is preparing for the day when getting DVDs by mail is as…
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Salesforce Shares Soaring on Cloud Computing Craze
A hot high-tech concept known as cloud computing is lifting Salesforce.com Inc.’s stock to lofty…
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Apotheker a No-Show in Oracle-SAP Trial
An industrial espionage trial between Oracle Corp. and SAP AG, two of the world’s biggest…
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Banking on predictability, the mind increases efficiency
Listeners can become effectively deaf to sounds that do not conform to their brains’ expectations….
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NASA’s Stardust spacecraft burns for another comet flyby
Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters…
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Aggressive surgery is best for children with brain tumors, study suggests
A new study found that children with low-grade brain tumors (gliomas) who undergo aggressive surgery…
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Students fly in zero gravity to protect satellites from tiny meteoroids
Researchers have completed the first successful tests in zero gravity of a canopy for CubeSats…