October 12, 2007 12:08 PM PDT
Podcast: Handicapping Larry Ellison's next big bet
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Oracle versus BEA--let the battle begin; will Google smoke the peace pipe with publishers?; and practicing for an asteroid collision.
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CNET News.com's Mike Ricciuti explains why Oracle decided to make a $6.6 billion bid to buy BEA Systems--and why BEA's response (so far) is a loud, "No thanks. Please buzz off."
Google and the print book publishers have been at odds for so long that any idea of rapprochement seemed wishful thinking. But a breakthrough may be near.
In the event of an asteroid collision with Earth, what might we humans want to do to prepare? Now a group of researchers from MIT have the first available data on the asteroid with the best chance of smacking into this planet sometime down the road.
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