Larry Brilliant recalls the personal side of Steve Jobs (Jessica Guynn/L.A. Times Tech Blog)
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Larry Brilliant recalls the personal side of Steve Jobs — Over the course of 35 years of friendship, Larry Brilliant never gave an interview about Steve Jobs. — Jobs shielded himself and his family from the media, and his friends respected his privacy.
Larry Page set to take over as Google CEO starting Monday (Mike Swift/Mercury News)
Mike Swift / Mercury News:Larry Page set to take over as Google CEO starting Monday — When Google (GOOG) co-founder Larry Page reclaims the role of CEO on Monday, it will be business as usual at the Googleplex. No formal ceremonies are planned. There will be no speeches. — The absence of pomp underscores Page’s [...]
Eric Schmidt Stepping Down, Cofounder Larry Page To Be Google CEO (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land)
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:Eric Schmidt Stepping Down, Cofounder Larry Page To Be Google CEO — Wow. Just announced, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down from that position, to become “Executive Chairman,” with Google cofounder Larry Page stepping into the CEO role. — The Announcement — From Google’s press release on the news:
Cisco, BMC forge cloud infrastructure partnership (Larry Dignan/CNET News)
Larry Dignan / CNET News:Cisco, BMC forge cloud infrastructure partnership — Cisco and BMC Software said today they are expanding their partnership to enable telecommunications companies to offer multi-tenant cloud-computing services. — Under the terms of the alliance, BMC and Cisco will sync product development road maps …
Who’s Behind Stuxnet? The Americans? The Israelis? (Larry Seltzer/Security Watch)
Larry Seltzer / Security Watch:Who’s Behind Stuxnet? The Americans? The Israelis? — The security research world is oohing and ahhing lately at what may turn out to be the most sophisticated malware attack ever: Stuxnet. — Stuxnet appears to be more than just another malware attack, and more than just another targeted attack.
Computer automatically deciphers ancient language (Larry Hardesty/MIT)
Larry Hardesty / MIT:Computer automatically deciphers ancient language — A new system that took a couple hours to decipher much of the ancient language Ugaritic could help improve online translation software. — Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office — In his 2002 book Lost Languages, Andrew Robinson …
Netflix migrating more infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:Netflix migrating more infrastructure to Amazon Web Services — Amazon Web Services on Friday announced a big reference customer—Netflix. — According to Amazon, Netflix, which has been using the e-commerce giant’s Web services for a year, will expand its usage and migrate more of its infrastructure to the cloud.
