Herea4ぎa4г our roundup of the weeka4ぎa4г tech business news (shorter than usual due to the Thanksgiving holiday). First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Oracle wins a whopping $1.3B verdict against SAP &8212' Piracy doesna4ぎa4д pay &8230' at least not for SAP.
With Saturday Night Live spoof, TSA is losing the Internet war on pat-down searches &8212' What we seem to have here is a citizen revolt in progress, aided and abetted by the Internet, with word spreading on social networking tools such as YouTube and Twitter.
iPhone OS 4.2 lands: Brings multitasking to iPad, free Find My iPhone service &8212' Ita4ぎa4г time to get updating: Apple rolled out iPhone OS (iOS) 4.2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, bringing with it some long-awaited new features like multitasking support on the iPad, and a surprise reveal that its a4ぎAFind My iPhonea4ぎ device location service is now free.
iPad beats back first Android tablet a4ぎa4 what does it all mean &8212' Just a month in, the first model in a new series of Android-based tablet computers is already losing to Applea4ぎa4г market-defining iPad. We talked to consultant Tim Bajarin about where things are going from here.
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VentureBeata4ぎa4г top 10 holiday gift ideas: affordable and fun gadgets that work &8212' Our top picks were easy. Apple or Apple or Apple.
As its CEO steps down, whata4ぎa4г happening at RockYou &8212' News broke Tuesday that Lance Tokuda is stepping down from his role as chief executive of social game- and app-maker RockYou. Coming barely more than a month after the company announced substantial layoffs, we started wondering where RockYou is headed.
Your iPhone can be charged wirelessly a4ぎa4 how about your electric car &8212' Plugs. Theya4ぎa4вe, like, so 2008.
Report: Windows Mobile was for work, Windows Phone 7 is for fun &8212' Microsoft seems to have a new mantra: When all else fails, shoot for a bigger audience.
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Companies: Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, RockYou, SAP
People: Tim Bajarin
Companies: Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, RockYou, SAP
People: Tim Bajarin
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