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Salesforce Nabs Open Source Database Guru for War on Oracle

Tom Lane is a core developer of PostgreSQL, the popular open source database that provides an alternative to proprietary software from the likes of ...
IBM Preps Smartcloud for Real-time Analytics

IDG News Service (New York Bureau) - Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We're the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion -- being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM's general manager for Information ...
Syrias civil war mapped using new global events database

GDELT ) database as a source of information for journalistic storytelling. The New Scientist project also presents an excellent example of going beyond template-based maps and using GIS to visualise locational data. Aldhous ...
Google Oracle among companies dropping subsidiaries from disclosures

Google's disclosures of overseas subsidiaries have dropped from 100 in 2009 to 2, and both of those are in Ireland, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. and Oracle Corp. are among companies taking advantage of a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that allows companies to not disclose overseas subsidiaries unless their operations are "significant." For a ...
Oracle Fin surges on strong share sale response

Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd gained 8 per cent after a higher-than-expected response to its share sale squeezed out short positions in the futures market, dealers said. Oracle, majority owned by Oracle Corp, attracted demand of nearly four times its share sale of 4.4 million shares, according to exchange data, surprising investors who had shorted the stock for arbitrage in anticipation ...

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Public Enemies

As indicated by its title, which is taken from a rigorously researched nonfiction book by Bryan Burrough, but immediately calls to mind William Wellmans rip-roaring 1931 film classic of a similar name, Michael Manns Public Enemies is a cool and calculated throwback to the rom ... ...

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Behind the screens with Paramount Theatres film programmer

May 22--Stephen Jannise has the soul of a cinephile. He has been professionally programming movies in Austin for two years, but the 27 year-old head of the Paramount Theatre's film department has been thinking like a programmer since he was a teenager. When Netflix debuted during Jannise's high school years, the Nederland native considered starting a program were people could go online ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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Knicks, Pacers, Grizzlies, Thunder in semis

New York, Oklahoma City, Indiana and Memphis all won their first-round NBA playoff series with Game 6 victories, reaching the Conference semifinals.

The New York Knicks got the staggers Friday and almost gave up a 26-point lead but steadied to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 while Oklahoma City Thunder booked its spot in the last eight for the third straight season by downing the Houston Rockets 103-94, reports Xinhua.

The Indiana Pacers withstood a big final-quarter comeback from Atlanta and beat the Hawks 81-73, and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105. With Miami, San Antonio and Golden State already into the next stage, the last spot will be decided when Brooklyn host Chicago in their Game 7.

Boston cut a 49-75 deficit to four points but Carmelo Anthony made a jumper to give New York an 81-75 lead and then sank a 3-pointer. Then J.R. Smith converted a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead the Knicks had nursed most of the game.

Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who won a playoff series for the first time since the Patrick Ewing era in 2000. They will host the Pacers in Sunday's opening game of their Conference semifinal series. ...