NBC's Zucker: Apple used us! (Shh, we used Apple too) (Ars Technica)

NBC chief Jeff Zucker made a number of requests of Apple before walking away from the iTunes Store, including raising prices and a cut of iPod sales. When Apple said no, Zucker became bitter.

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BEA or Ellison: Who Will Prevail? (BusinessWeek)

The middleware provider is holding out for a sweeter deal, but Oracle hasn't made another offer and shareholder Carl Icahn is pushing hard for a sale

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EMC acquires network-configuration player (Network World)

The number of pure-play network change and configuration-management vendors decreased again Tuesday as EMC announced it had purchased Voyence for an undisclosed amount.

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Slideshow: 12 Things You Need to Know About Ruby on Rails (eWeek)

Why Ruby on Rails is to application development what Apple is to desktops.

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Web 2.0 Entails 'Sleeping Giant' Security Risk (Campus Technology)

As increasing numbers of enterprises climb aboard the Web 2.0 bandwagon, it's more important than ever for software developers to keep security in mind during the development process. So says Danny Allan, director of security research at Watchfire, the Waltham, MA-based Web-app security company acquired by IBM in July.

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