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| Oracle: No Truth to MySQL Report Tech Confidential submits: We were all ready to launch a bit of self-righteous skepticism at a report in Friday's New York Post that said Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) was ready to kowtow to European regulators over its pending $7.2 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA). Specifically, the Post, citing two unnamed sources, said that Oracle plans to hive off Sun's MySQL database unit, the acquisition of which the European Commission has objected to, as some sort of separate entity.Oracle beat us to it, with a spokesperson telling Reuters that the Post report is "completely untrue." Despite the concerns voiced by the EC over combining MySQL with Oracle's leading database management software, we find it hard to believe that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who has in no uncertain terms said that his company will win unconditional approval for the Sun deal, would back down.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
The Truth About Intel's New Netbook Chip Intel's Atom N450 won't create the netbooks that business customers really want to buy. Plus holiday netbook buying advice. feeds.pcworld.com |
HP's Racial Webcam Woes -- Just A Case Of Bad Lighting? A YouTube video claims that integrated HP webcams don't recognize black faces. We tried it ourselves and found that lighting may play as large a role as skin color. feeds.pcworld.com |
India's Bharti to Acquire Bangladesh Telecom Operator India's Bharti Airtel expands into Bangladesh with the acquisition of a majority stake in Warid Telecom feeds.pcworld.com |
Wow, Did That Go on Sale? Famous Tech Vaporware Vendors announce dozens of power-packed gizmos each year at the Consumer Electronics Show--and many of those products do eventually appear on the market. Here are the best that never did. feeds.pcworld.com |