STLR Link Roundup – January 29, 2010
The latest on the STLR radar: Ephemerallaw assess the chances of Microsoft being sued for the Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability involved in the hacks recently suffered by Google, Adobe and other major companies. Billboard.biz reports that search engine Baidu, Google’s arch-rival in China, has won a piracy case brought by the International Federation of the [...]
STLR Cheat Sheet: Oracle’s Takeover of Sun Microsystems
Oracle Corp.’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. has hit the IT headlines again this week with the issue of the European Commission’s formal statement of objections, presaging an uphill battle for Oracle to secure antitrust clearance in the EU. STLR brings you this cheat sheet on the issues, explaining what’s at stake, the [...]