Analysis of an apology: Toyota, a Japanese thing?
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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Is the apology of Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda really uniquely Japanese?
Oracle loses some MySQL mojo
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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Oracle veteran and MySQL sympathizer Ken Jacobs has resigned from the database giant, calling into question Oracle’s ability to deliver on its MySQL promises.
Survey: Majority of people don’t want an iPad
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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A survey by online retailer Retrevo finds that 61 percent of people aren’t interested in owning an iPad. It also suggests that the hype around the product has actually made things worse.
BlackBerry has spyware risk too, researcher says
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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Veracode researcher demonstrates spyware that allows someone to steal a stranger’s contact list, read text messages in real time, and track the location of the phone.
Google to air ad during Super Bowl?
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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CEO Eric Schmidt appears to have confirmed–by tweet, no less–that his company will air an ad in the third quarter of the Big Game on Sunday.
FCC: iPad use could further strain AT&T 3G
Posted by admin on Feb 7, 2010 in Science
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If the 3G version of Apple’s iPad tablet proves to be as popular as analysts are predicting, AT&T will face increased network congestion problems, warns a blog post by two agency directors.