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.