4 posts and columns on tape

Finally! A Web + TV Combo That Makes Sense: Jimmy Fallon Livestreams Jimmy Fallon.

in Media on May 20, 2010 at 2:04 pm PT

Yes, yes, yes: Google is the latest company to try merging your TV with the Web. But here’s a very meta video mashup you don’t have to wait until next fall to see.

Former MySQL Boss to EC: Approve Oracle-Sun Deal

in News on October 9, 2009 at 7:32 am PT

Though he resigned earlier this year, former MySQL boss Mårten Mickos still has strong opinions about the open-source database outfit, which was acquired by Sun in 2008. In a letter to the European Commission Thursday, Mickos urged regulators to green-light Oracle’s takeover of Sun, arguing that to delay it will only harm competition.
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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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Think of the Net as a Giant Mixed Tape and Price Accordingly

in News on June 16, 2008 at 1:15 pm PT

Of the 1,770 songs stored in the average MP3 player of the average 14- to 24-year-old, nearly half are pirated. This according to a new study by the University of Hertfordshire, which found nearly two-thirds of that demographic willing to admit it downloads music illegally.