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Oracle makes its big data push even bigger
2013-09-23 20:22:26| InfoWorld: Top News
Oracle is doubling down on big data with a number of new products and enhancements to existing ones, in hopes that customers looking to analyze massive amounts of information for business insights will in turn invest further in Oracle. For one thing, Oracle's Big Data Appliance now features "enterprise-class" security for Hadoop, the open-source data processing framework, Oracle announced Monday during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
Eminent Domain Used to Push Big Oils Agenda
2013-08-02 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Food & Water Watch released a report last month detailing lax laws and regulations, such as the controversial clause of eminent domain, that benefit oil and gas companies trying to seize private land to extract or transport fossil fuels. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), eminent domain is an exercise of power of the government or quasi-government agencies to take private property for "public use." The oil and gas industry`s right to claim land has been...
Despite boom, higher costs push Big Oil into slump
2013-08-02 01:49:11| Energy - Topix.net
But these seemingly prosperous conditions aren't doing much for Big Oil: Profit and production at the world's largest oil companies are slumping badly.
Despite boom, higher costs push Big Oil into slump
2013-08-02 00:59:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
New troves of oil have been found all over the globe, and oil companies are taking in around $100 for every barrel they produce.
Obama Makes Big Push for Broadband in Schools
2013-06-21 19:34:14| PC Magazine Wireless Networking Product Guide
President Obama today announced a new program, dubbed ConnectED, that is intended to provide 99 percent of U.S. students with access to broadband Internet service within five years.