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Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has a $100M problem: What charity to give it to. Seems he’s been in hot water for an accusation of insider trading, so he’s going to donate 100 big ones to charity as part of the settlement (wonder why Martha didn’t think of that?) Well, since he owns Oracle, that now owns Siebel, that owns ...

The tech giants picked up some significant trinkets over the weekend. Of most direct interest to ACS is the purchase of Siebel Systems by Oracle ($3.6 B). ACS uses the Siebel CRM system. So how long before we get to choose between switching to Oracle or live with an unsupported software system? Then Meg Whitman and eBay bought up Skype ...

A lot of hope for really early detection of cancers is pinned on finding molecular indicators of them–ie, biomarkers. Here’s an update from a Technology Review article: Many of today’s tools for screening and diagnosing cancer are crude at best. So researchers are working to find more-sensitive tests based on specific molecules–called "biomarkers"–that are early signs of tumors and whose ...

As you all know we held a Relay For Life in Second Life last weekend and we raised about $4,650.00 in the virtual environment and $5,750.00 overall to benefit the American Cancer Society.  To transfer that money out of the virtual world we sold the virtual currency through Gaming Open Market who specialize in exchange these virtual currencies.  Like in ...