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Submission + - Microsoft brings SQL Server to Linux (betanews.com)

Mark Wilson writes: The new Microsoft has place an increased importance on the cloud, and with other companies following suit, reliance on server solutions has increased. Today the company announces that it is bringing SQL Server to Linux.

Both cloud and on-premises versions will be available, and the news has been welcomed by the likes of Red Hat and Canonical. Although the Linux port of SQL Server is not due to make an appearance until the middle of next year, a private preview version is being available to testers from today.

Comment Re:I'm no Seleneologist but.... (Score 1) 214

A moon rock is supposed to cost ~$50,800/g*. A quick Google search shows that platinum costs $35.85/g and gold costs $37/g.
The most valuable thing on the moon are the rocks themselves. I guess their price will come down dramatically if mining begins and there becomes a legal moon rock market.

* - http://www.space.com/11804-nas...

Comment Drones (Score 1) 1

I think it is a clever idea for an app. I wouldn't pay for it, but if it were free, I'd give it a try. If he open sourced it, like some other people do when their apps get rejected, it probably wouldn't be very useful (to those with developer accounts) because I don't believe that push notifications work in apps not in the store.

Comment Re:our car can go 100mph! (Score 1) 105

It looks like they updated the page. It now says this in two other places:
"This product supports very fast cellular networks. It is not compatible with current Australian 4G LTE networks and WiMAX networks."

Current spec page:
http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/specs/

Google cache of the page without the message:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fau%2Fipad%2Fspecs%2F

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Submission + - Google shows cell phone prototype to vendors

taoman1 writes: Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.

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