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Proust Will Live On, Separate From IAC

in News on January 31 at 3:34 pm PT

Proust, a social-journaling service owned by IAC, was slated to shut down today, after just a six-month run. But Proust isn’t shutting down, after all: The service sent an email to users saying that it will remain active due to an outpouring of support from the Proust community. The service is now independent of IAC, and is being run by anonymous investors and entrepreneurs operating under Proust Interactive LLC.

More Measly Gains for Bing

in News on August 4, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

European Commission Queries MySQL Companies Over Oracle-Sun Deal

in News on August 3, 2009 at 3:13 pm PT

September third. That’s the day the European Commission will determine whether or not to clear Oracle’s planned $5.6 billion merger with Sun. And though there would seem, on the face of things, to be no serious antitrust objections to the deal, one never knows. Questionnaires distributed by the EC suggest the agency is particularly interested in the merger’s potential impact on MySQL.
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