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With a Big Push From Apple, HTML5 Video Wins the Web (But Not Completely)

in Media on October 27, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

No one seems to spend much time talking about the HTML5 vs. Flash video face-off anymore. For good reason: There’s not much to debate anymore.

Ellison: By MySQL, I Mean Larry’s SQL

in News on September 22, 2009 at 7:30 am PT

Though some analysts claim otherwise, MySQL is an asset, not baggage, and Oracle has no plans to unload it. Nor does the company think it will be forced to win regulatory approval for its proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems. “No, we’re not going to spin [MySQL] off,” Oracle CEO Larry Ellison told attendees of a Churchill Club event in Silicon Valley Monday evening.
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Insert Bad "Google Captchas reCAPTCHA" Pun Here

in News on September 16, 2009 at 11:38 am PT

Evidently, Google’s efforts to create a new CAPTCHA system that requires people to rotate images until they’re upright aren’t moving as quickly as the company would like. Because this morning, the search giant said it had acquired reCAPTCHA, developer of the Web’s preeminent CAPTCHA technology.
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Insert Bad “Google Captchas reCAPTCHA” Pun Here

in News on September 16, 2009 at 11:38 am PT

Evidently, Google’s efforts to create a new CAPTCHA system that requires people to rotate images until they’re upright aren’t moving as quickly as the company would like. Because this morning, the search giant said it had acquired reCAPTCHA, developer of the Web’s preeminent CAPTCHA technology.
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