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• Oracle, Google hammer out potential trial roadmap

  By Rachel King | May 16, 2012, 10:18am PDT

  Lawyers for Oracle and Google try to figure out where we could go from here on the copyrights phase of the trial.

• SAP Sapphire: Hasso Plattner talks in-memory computing, slams Oracle

  By Andrew Nusca | May 16, 2012, 9:04am PDT

  Legendary SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner discusses the limits of today’s technology and why in-memory computing will change everything — nevermind what Larry Ellison says about it.

• Oracle releases HP documents: 'Make your own decision'

  By Zack Whittaker | May 16, 2012, 8:11am PDT

  Oracle has released a cache of HP documents first seen during litigation, which shows just how much HP wanted to keep the ailing Itanium chip going.

• Smartphones: Commoditization looms; shakeout can't be far behind

  By Larry Dignan | May 16, 2012, 8:07am PDT

  Bottom line: The smartphone race will look dramatically different a year from now. A shakeout is on the horizon.

• Apple iPhone 5, iTV launches to bolster transportation networks?

  By Larry Dignan | May 16, 2012, 7:38am PDT

  The transportation system seems to be pointing to more tonnage courtesy of tech product launches. One analyst connects the Apple dots.

• Windows RT may breach Microsoft-EU 'browser ballot' deal

  By Zack Whittaker | May 16, 2012, 3:45am PDT

  The European Commission is keeping its eye on Microsoft, after a U.S. Senate subcommittee said it would investigate potential antitrust matters relating to Windows on ARM browsers.

• Cognizant CEO allays growth worries, eyes 'SMAC stack' services

  By Larry Dignan | May 16, 2012, 2:38am PDT

  India’s outsourcing firms have headroom for growth, says Cognizant’s CEO. Can the company build successful services around social, mobile, analytics and cloud?

• Gartner: Samsung steals Nokia's crown as global phone leader

  By Zack Whittaker | May 16, 2012, 1:44am PDT

  Samsung and Android — in the face of a 2 percent slowdown in global phone sales — remain an unstoppable force, as Nokia and Apple are both put in their respective places.

• Judge warns Oracle could end up with nothing in IP trial

  By Rachel King | May 15, 2012, 2:45pm PDT

  Oracle makes a last-stand effort on trying for infringer’s profits, but possibly reopens the door for accepting statutory damages.

• SAP Sapphire: SuccessFactors' Lars Dalgaard swings for the cloud fences

  By Andrew Nusca | May 15, 2012, 12:07pm PDT

  Former SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard makes his pitch that SAP bought a winner that can take the company into a cloud-based future.

• Google: No 'shred of evidence' Android team saw Sun's patents

  By Rachel King | May 15, 2012, 11:12am PDT

  Google followed up with its closing arguments in phase two of the trial, reiterating that it had no knowledge of Sun’s patent portfolio.

• SAP Sapphire: CEO outlines vision for 'a better future'

  By Andrew Nusca | May 15, 2012, 11:11am PDT

  In a speech last night, co-CEO Bill McDermott sought to preach the word about the company’s short-term potential. This morning, counterpart Jim Hagemann Snabe looked beyond the horizon.

• Oracle argues 'Google's reckless path to patent infringement'

  By Rachel King | May 15, 2012, 9:48am PDT

  UPDATED: Oracle argues that just because Google says the Android team didn’t know about Sun’s patents didn’t mean they didn’t have access to them.

• NetSuite eyes commerce as a service, launches SuiteCommerce

  By Larry Dignan | May 15, 2012, 9:15am PDT

  NetSuite is hoping that connecting back-end data will be a differentiator as it connects ERP/CRM with customer touch points.

• Windows 8 Pro upgrade for new PC buyers set at $14.99

  By Zack Whittaker | May 15, 2012, 7:17am PDT

  Microsoft’s usual plan is to offer a free upgrade to users of older versions of Windows to bump up to the next release version. This time around there will be a cost, according to sources.

• Compuware launches new platform for cloud, big data applications

  By Charlie Osborne | May 15, 2012, 7:07am PDT

  Compuware has released a new platform that claims to be the industry’s first ‘deep transactional management system’ for dynamic clouds and big data platforms.

• Dell intros integration packs for syncing data across cloud apps

  By Rachel King | May 15, 2012, 6:00am PDT

  Dell is beefing up its cloud portfolio with new integration packs touted to be able to sync critical, sensitive data across cloud-based software applications and services.

• Intel revs vPro rollout, pushes platform play

  By Larry Dignan | May 15, 2012, 5:30am PDT

  The chip giant touted vPro’s embedded security features and designs to connect intelligent systems everywhere.

• VMware rolls out latest cloud app platform, adds SQLFire

  By Larry Dignan | May 15, 2012, 5:00am PDT

  VFabric is designed to give companies core applications services to build and manage Java Spring apps on-premise and cloud.

• Amid telepresence turmoil, LifeSize rolls out Unity systems

  By Larry Dignan | May 15, 2012, 3:48am PDT

  LifeSize’s pitch is that the Unity systems can just be plugged into any room without worrying about microphone placement, furniture and room makeovers