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Friday, November 20, 2009

Oracle Blinks

ellison_sundog-150x150The European Union’s formal objection to Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun has evidently transformed the database giant’s intransigence into grudging agreeability. The EU has extended the deadline for approval of the $7.4 billion merger to Jan. 27 from Jan. 19 at Oracle’s request.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Weekend Update 11.14.09–Keeping Your Heads and Data in the Cloud

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If you follow AllThingsD, and Weekend Update hopes you do, then one thing you’ve come to value is the special way the staff gets around the world to cover the important stuff and report it straight from the geek’s mouth. This week our bicoastal brigade brought the tech news as it happened, and in Boomtown’s case, from 30,000 feet.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

AMD Not Above Gloating Over Intel Legal Troubles

rockem-sockem-150x150AMD has been carping about Intel’s alleged anticompetitive acts without satisfaction for so long that the company evidently feels entitled to a bit of gloating now that its rival has found itself in the legal crosshairs of the European Union and New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, among others. In remarks made during AMD Financial Analyst Day, CEO Dirk Meyer said that Intel’s current legal woes “ratify” AMD’s allegations.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

HP to Acquire 3Com in Dig at Cisco

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Another big acquisition for Silicon Valley. Hewlett-Packard said Thursday said it would acquire networking gear outfit 3Com for $2.7 billion, or $7.90 a share. The acquisition, which has been approved by both companies’ boards, will bolster HP’s Ethernet switching offerings and, thanks to 3Com’s routing business, intensify competition with rival Cisco.

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HP Buys 3Com

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Weekend Update 11.07.09–Big Trouble in Little China Edition

Sometimes big news comes in small packages–especially in the world of high tech. This week, AllThingsD covered some little changes that mean serious consequences for the companies that make the stuff and consumers who rely on it.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Weekend Update 10.24.09–Drinking From the Fire Hose Edition

We knew it had to happen. There was no way the great white (and blue, and whatever color Yahoo is) search engine sharks could resist the fire hoses full of text chum Twitter produces 24/7. Heck, Twitter even chops its textual fish heads into lovely bite-sized chunks.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Weekend Update 10.17.09–Blogs, Drugs and Rock and Roll

For those about to rock, All Things Digital salutes you.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Art Levinson Bails on Google Board Amid FTC Probe [UPDATED]

ArtLevinson_smFormer Genentech chairman and CEO Art Levinson has resigned from Google’s board, where he has been a director since April 2004. No reason was given for his departure, though his membership on both the Google and Apple boards, and the Federal Trade Commission inquiry into into possible implications of such dual memberships, surely played a role.

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Former MySQL Boss to EC: Approve Oracle-Sun Deal

mysqlThough 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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Monday, October 5, 2009

HP, Oracle in Alleged Brocade Bromance

brocadethumbBrocade investors are smiling into their coffee cups this morning after reports that the networking-gear maker has put itself up for sale sent the company’s shares soaring. People familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg that Brocade is seeking a buyer and that both Hewlett-Packard and Oracle are among its potential suitors.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sun’s Senior VP of North American Sales Now HP’s Senior VP of North American Sales

departuresRandy Seidl’s bio is still live on the Sun Microsystems Web site, but the exec who once oversaw the company’s North American sales has new digs. At Hewlett-Packard.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

HP Mulls Printer-PC Group Re-Fiorinazation

carly book-thumbFour years after separating its PC business from its imaging and printing group, Hewlett-Packard is planning to merge them, undoing one of Mark Hurd’s first big moves as CEO. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that the plan under consideration would combine HP’s printer and PC businesses under Todd Bradley, who currently oversees only the latter.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Weekend Update 09.26.09–The Cougar Hunter Edition

Kara was half James Bond, half Indiana Jones in the cities and jungles of BoomTown this week. She jet-setted, jet-lagged and still managed to report on a genuine cougar fight.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Intel CEO: Okay, Now the Worst Is Behind Us

otellini_pauljpg-150x150Looks like the worst is once again behind us. In remarks at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the PC industry is headed for recovery, albeit slowly.

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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