Monday 11th January 2010
by WayneHere is today’s Daily Run Down.
- Microsoft is reportedly testing a way to Migrate MySQL to MSSQL.
- Apple will be having their Q1 2010 earnings call on January 25th.
- The Real Networks antitrust case has been tossed.
- Microsoft will be issuing a patch for Word for Mac, per court order.
- The Prop 8 trial cannot be streamed the Supreme court says. This is not what I would call free speech.
- IBM is suing an ex-customer over an unpaid Bill of $1.7 million.
- Google is now learning that being in retail is a user-support nightmare.
- A reporter has broken the ‘unbreakable’ phone.
- Microsoft has made it legal to rent Windows and Office worldwide.
- A German minister claims Google is too powerful.
- Eric Rohmer, the French filmmaker, has died at the age of 89.
- Barnes & Noble is saving students some money by renting textbooks.
- An Australian World War II shipwreck has been filmed.
- A Giant spider has been discovered in some Middle East sand dunes.
- EA has now confirmed that NBA Jam will be revived.
- It looks like China has become the largest exporter.
- Warner Music received $9 million when Apple purchased Lala.com.
Look for more stories tomorrow.
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