Techmeme: Oracle's Larry Ellison Beats Up on His Rivals

3:20 PM ET, October 7, 2010

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Stan Medvedenko / Sony Insider:

Sizes And Pricing for Sony Google TV Family Leaked — Many of our readers out there are pretty excited about the Sony Google TV. We've written about it nearly a dozen times and it's basically a television with an Intel processor and the ability to fully surf the web (including flash sites).

Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:

Am I Blind, Or Am I Just Not ‘Seeing’ What's So Great About Google TV? — You can't see it, but I'm tapping out over here. Why? Because for the life of me I cannot understand the hype surrounding Google TV (and by extension, the Logitech Revue and other, similar items).

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:

Verizon, Apple quarreled over iPhone retail options, digital content — Major sticking points in negotiations between Verizon and Apple have reportedly been the wireless carrier's interest in allowing retail partners to sell the iPhone, and Verizon's promotion of its V Cast digital video-on-demand store.

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, VentureBeat, VatorNews, Yahoo! News, DailyTech, PR Newswire, PC Magazine, Switched and MacDailyNews

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Impeccable Timing Of The Verizon iPhone Rumors

Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:

Sorry Facebook, Google Already Had A Patent On Location-Based Social Networks — Facebook created quite a stir yesterday when it emerged that the company has a patent on location-based social networking, a very competitive and crowded field Facebook has just entered.

Discussion: Tech Report and TechCrunch

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Oops! That Facebook Location Patent Forgot To Mention Crowley's …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, TechEye and The Huffington Post

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook Granted Patent on Check-ins, Don't Bet on Them Using it

Discussion: VatorNews, ZDNet, All Points Blog, Wired In Blog| BNET and SelectStart

Michibusch / The Twitter Engineering Blog:

Twitter's New Search Architecture — If we have done a good job then most of you shouldn't have noticed that we launched a new backend for search on twitter.com during the last few weeks! One of our main goals, but also biggest challenges, was a smooth switch from the old architecture to the new one …

Discussion: PC Magazine, I4U News, louisgray.com, The Next Web, VatorNews, msnbc.com, Softpedia News, Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch, Pluggd.in, Search Engine Roundtable and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:atul

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Twitter Hits 1 Billion Queries Per Day, Announces New Search Tech

Discussion: Fast Company, Silicon Alley Insider and TechCrunch

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:

Cisco: The Umi Is Simply Too Expensive To Drive Much Demand — I said it yesterday, and now the Street is saying it: Cisco (CSCO) has got to be kidding if they think people are going to line up to buy their Umi home video conferencing system with a price tag of $599 - plus $24.99 for monthly service.

Discussion: InformationWeek, PC World, Technologizer, GMSV, Network World and Engadget

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Cisco's Umi home telepresence system: A shadow corporate system?

Discussion: internetnews.com and Cisco Blog

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google News Testing Twitter Integration With “Friends” — Google is apparently testing a new feature that lets you connect your Twitter account to Google News. Some people are seeing a “Friends” box on the right hand side of Google News. — The friends box asks you to enter your Twitter username and click “Save.”

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and The Blog Herald

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Skype's Android shackles are broken, 3G calling hacked into reality — Well, that didn't take long. Just days after the official Skype application finally landed in the Android Market, along comes an .apk that's far more salacious for Americans. Thanks to xeudoxus over at Droid Forums …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Gizmodo, Phone Arena and Electronista

Nick Bilton / Bits:

What Did Microsoft and Adobe Chiefs Talk About? — Left Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg; right, Matthew Staver/Bloomberg. — Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe. At right, Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. — Steven A. Ballmer …

Discussion: The Business Insider, Thanks:atul

Business Week:

Oracle's Larry Ellison Beats Up on His Rivals—Again — The CEO's public attacks on rivals are a sign that competition is heating up in enterprise computing — Thank heavens for Larry Ellison. Without the smack-talking Oracle (ORCL) co-founder and chief executive officer …

Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo:

Sony's 16.41MP Sensor Shoots 1080p Video and Will Be in Phones Next Year — Sure, it's not all about the megapixels, but Sony's just trumped Panasonic's Lumix phone with their 16.41MP Exmor R-based CMOS sensor—seen in a phone near you shortly. — Shooting 1080p video at 30fps, it uses back-illumination to reduce visual noise.

Tony Romm / The Politico:

D.C. crowd's path to Silicon Valley — A trek to Silicon Valley has become a must-do for D.C. lawmakers seeking to stress their business and tech bona fides while developing relationships that could lead to big campaign donations down the road. — Just last week, six Democratic senators …

Discussion: Technology Liberation Front and The Next Web

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Yahoo Rolling Out New “Accordion” Search & Other Features — Yahoo is launching a number of search enhancements this evening that start to deliver on the UI innovation that the company has been promising since the Microsoft search deal was announced. It's part of Yahoo's bid to remain relevant …

Discussion: TechCrunch, PC World, The Register, Yahoo! Search Blog, CNET News, AdAge, MediaFile, Search Engine Journal, Softpedia News, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, MediaPost, paidContent and BoomTown, Thanks:atul

Larry Magid / CNET News:

Study: 92% of U.S. 2-year-olds have online record — There has been a lot of concern about young people posting too much information about themselves online, but a study commissioned by security company AVG found that 92 percent of U.S. children have some type of online presence by the time they are 2 years old.

Discussion: John Battelle's Searchblog, Mashable!, Business Wire and PC Magazine

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Facebook Groups: Privacy Blunder or Twitter Replacement? — Facebook rolled out a comprehensive upgrade to its Groups feature on Wednesday, but judging by some of the responses from both high-profile users and regular Facebook fans, the ability to “tag” anyone and add them to a group automatically …

Discussion: Search Engine Land, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Technologizer, The Jason Calacanis Weblog, Fast Company, Inside Facebook and Facebook Blog

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Stealth Startup Proferi Raises $6.3 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, Duffield, and Greylock — Stealth startup Proferi closed a $6.3 million Series A funding today. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, PeopleSoft and Workday founder Dave Duffield, and Greylock Partners, who led the round.

Discussion: VentureBeat and Between the Lines Blog

Ben Parr / Mashable!:

Mark Zuckerberg's Take on “The Social Network” — Despite previous statements that he had no plans to see The Social Network, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg did, in fact, watch the film on the company's field trip to the movies last Friday. — I just wrapped up an interview …

Jeff / HootSuite blog:

HootSuite Mobile Apps Go Free for iPhone and Android on Oct. 13 — Mobile HootSuite fans will enjoy an added bonus next week - as of noon PST on October 13, the full version of HootSuite for iPhone and HootSuite for Android will be absolutely FREE to download.

Discussion: Thoughts from the Sidelines, Android Phone Fans, Droid Life, IntoMobile and The Next Web

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

Evan Williams on Decentralized Social Networks — Twitter founder Evan Williams says Twitter is open enough to be interoperable with decentralized social networks built by other people, but that none have overcome the trade-off in user experience innovation that comes with decentralization.

DigiTimes:

Dual-OS to become a standard for Acer dual-core netbooks — Acer, at its new netbook launch press conference, noted that the company plans to adopt dual-operating systems (Windows 7 and Android) as one of the standard specifications for its future dual-core netbooks, according to sources from Acer.

Discussion: The Tech Report, PC Magazine, Android Community, I4U News, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Liliputing and Geek.com

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

FriendShuffle: StumbleUpon for Facebook Likes — FriendShuffle is a delightfully simple service just launched tonight. Log in with Facebook Connect and it will create a web-framed slideshow of the pages “Liked” by your friends on Facebook. Shuffle through, discover new content recommended …

Discussion: All Facebook and Techland

Erik Siemers / San Jose Business Journal:

CollegeNET sues Google over ‘Speedbook’ — Google Inc.'s heavily-anticipated tablet PC dubbed the “Speedbook” is being challenged in federal court by Portland-based software firm CollegeNET Inc. — In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore., CollegeNET said it already owns …

Discussion: bizjournals

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