A California court ordered SAP, the German software corporation to pay their US rivals Oracle $1.3 billion in a data theft case that has been raging since March 2007. The case was based on Oracle’s claim that a subsidiary of SAP, TomorrowNow, had stolen customer support documents and software.
The plaintiff company claimed that SAP had the intention of using the collected information to poach the more than 300 customers involved. It demanded $1.65 billion in compensation amidst protests by SAP that it was only entitled to $40 million.
The jury, which …

Computer Science Corporation has been going places and this time round is no different; the company has clinched a new deal that will see it provide information technology services in two new sites in the states of San Antonio, Texas and Augusta. The company is to provide intelligence community agency.
The company is supposed to provide secure and non- secure networks, data centers, desktops and other services in a deal that has a year base and a four year rolling agreement that is worth a whooping $280 million. The thing that …

The South Florida Technology Alliance has new members in the board of directors, Stefan Pittinger and Quinn Bailey. The former is the Vice President and General Manager of Peak 10 South Florida while the latter is the Manager of Tax Services for Daszkal Bolton LLP. The company promotes regional technology community and gives active members the basis to participate in a vibrant network of innovative technology.
To her credit Stefan is a guru in tech industry and is committed to have her expertise used for the better of the company in …

The company engaged in the business of surveying technological solutions, ICOP Digital, Inc was announced the winner of the statewide bid in Florida. The award was for car video solutions installed in new car purchases. The bid in the fire/ rescue vehicle and other automobile was managed by the Florida Chiefs Association, the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Association of Counties.
The cooperative contract is such that all the parties concerned in the State have the added advantage of facilitated pre-determined prices of new vehicle purchases. ICOP is the only company …

The Science Museum of Minnesota has given, as its part of proving back to the society and help in the preservation of the environment, a 30-acre tract of land good for real estate in rural Afton to be preserved and be left as open space for wildlife keeping.
The deal was struck last week with Belwin Conservancy. Belwin Conservancy is a non-profit making body that concerns itself with environmental awareness and over the years earned a name for drawing thousands of people, mostly students, to its center. The environmental group owns …

A satellite that according to reports will be used to eavesdrop on enemy communications was launched on Sunday. The spacecraft was released to orbit by the United States National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station via a Delta-4 heavy rocket.
The spacecraft which can put as much as 13 tons in a geostationary transfer orbit is the largest unpiloted American launch vehicle and has an antenna reflector of 18m for relaying phone and data traffic.
The gigantic booster which took off at 1758hrs is taking its fourth flight since its …

The uproar over TSA’new security measures is not about to die down. The new security measures which involve either submitting to a full-body scan or being subjected to a pat-down that involves the checking of genital areas and breasts are still evoking fury from a public that feels its privacy has been deeply intruded.
In a bid to quell protests over the issue, John Pistole, the Transport Security Administration Head said that the agency was working on modifying the screening process so as to give it a less-invasive feel. This appeared …

Mr. Hartless has been appointed as the new Vice President of Technology Associates to be head of operations. The company has been in search of a person to help it grow and expand to better heights and his appointment is geared towards diversification in the company’s Defense and portfolio. He has been in the industry for more than 25 years and prior to his appointment he worked as a Marine Corps officer, a position he held from 1999.
He has been involved in the top level of management for quite along …

Blekko which is “slashing the web”debuted today to mixed responses from users. The new web search engine’s CEO said that Blekko’s goal was to streamline search results and limit spam.
By giving the top results from about 3 billion websites deemed trustworthy by Blekko, the newest kid on the block alongside all-powerful Google and also-ran Yahoo is trying to reduce spam and clean up searches by cutting out irrelevant results.
Blekko boasts of having a human touch,so that you can to refine and fine tune the search results you need, picked from …

Once again NASA’s Chandra X ray observatory did a great job. It has recently spotted an unusual object in the space and has sent its pictures to the scientists. The news of the unusual object in space has created a great hype among common men. People have already started to make different types of speculations without understanding anything about the object. Therefore, to make the people aware of the object and to provide some information on the latest discovery, NASA officials have decided to hold a conference. NASA news conference …