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• The big promise of big data

  For Twitter, making sense of its mountains of user data was big enough of a problem that it purchased another company just to help get the job done.

• Top 10 Web hacking techniques of 2010 revealed

  A Web hack that can endanger online banking transactions is ranked the No. 1 new Web hacking technique for 2010 in a top 10 list selected by a panel of experts and open voting.

• Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing's next frontier

  Look for more robust voice recognition to take hold in the realm of personal computing, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in a brief interview this week that also touched on topics ranging from tablet computing, Oracle's acquisition strategy, and enterprise memory technology.

• REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

  Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

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  Java's future uncertain under Oracle grip

  Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems'? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.

• Data center derby heats up

  Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up with Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.

• Oracle will stay in the hardware business, Ellison says

  Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company.

• FAQ: Oracle (and HP's) new database in a box, accelerator

  Oracle's annual OpenWorld show is usually a showcase for its enterprise software. This year, however, it was all about hardware, as CEO Larry Ellison introduced a new family of database/storage products last week that it had been working on with partner Hewlett-Packard for three years.