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MySQL a 'pretty poor database' says departing Oracle engineer

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Alibaba splits itself into Chinese and overseas ops

Seeks world domination through 'diversified business governance'

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China to upgrade mainstream RISC-V chips every six months

Home-baked silicon is the way forward

The SEC is investigating whistleblower claims that Tesla was reckless as its solar panels go up in smoke

Tens of thousands of homeowners and hundreds of businesses were at risk, lawsuit claims

Graviton 3: AWS attempts to gain silicon advantage with latest custom hardware

Key to faster, more predictable cloud

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The Omicron dilemma: Google goes first on delaying office work

Hurrah, employees can continue to work from home and take calls in pyjamas

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This House believes: A unified, agnostic software environment can be achieved

How long will we keep reinventing software wheels?

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Sun sets: Oracle to close Scotland's Linlithgow datacentre

Questions for tenants as Ellison's gang executes its OCI strategy

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How to destroy expensive test kit: What does that button do?

Fidgety fingers and boredom = trouble

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Microsoft to 600 million Indians: feel free to hand over some data

LinkedIn adds Hindi service to target the world's third-most-spoken language

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Franchisees' closures also affect petrol stations

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Miscreants make off with $150m of digital assets in BitMart security breach

Or it might be nearer $200m. Even the amounts stolen seem to be volatile in the crypto world

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Cuba ransomware gang scores almost $44m in ransom payments across 49 orgs, say Feds

Hancitor is at play

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MongoDB CTO Mark Porter: 'It is 34 per cent compatible, through our tests'

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MySQL a 'pretty poor database' says departing Oracle engineer

PostgreSQL a better option for open source RDBMS, he claims

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Helios-NG: An open-source cluster OS that links the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga

Does anyone have the stones to revive this long-forgotten software?

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The dark equation of harm versus good means blockchain’s had its day

Put crypto back in the crypt

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It's primed and full of fuel, the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be packed up prior to launch

Fingers crossed the telescope will finally take to space on 22 December

Fail: Exam paper marked by Elon Musk up for auction

Sweary test on sale as Tesla CEO forgets where he parked his car

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Uber's gig economy business model takes a blow from London legal double-whammy

Free Now taxi app unlawfully registered by regulator – and Ts&Cs didn't comply with the law

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Galileo satnav system gets two new somewhat confusing satellites

Despite being the 27th and 28th launched, they're the first of a dozen first-gen birds

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China's Yutu rover spots 'mysterious hut' on far side of the Moon

Cube-shaped object is probably just a rock. Yutu will check it out anyway

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