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Oracle chief architect to reveal MySQL strategy

Edward Screven will deliver a keynote at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo Tuesday

Privacy groups file FTC complaint on behavioral advertising

The groups complain about the real-time sale and trading of Internet users' profiles

Avatars rising in the enterprise

Virtual worlds are finding a niche in the workplace for purposes such as training, simulation and prototyping

Touchscreens will be slow to penetrate business, Gartner says

But next generation of schoolchildren will demand access to touch systems in 10 to 15 years

FCC: 60 new proceedings in ’10 related to broadband plan

The agency plans proceedings on TV spectrum, public safety network and other parts of the national plan

HP chip discovery could be a tech ‘game changer’

The 'memristor' acts as a turbo boost for transistors

Samsung thinks thin with sensors, displays

The company is slimming down hard drives, webcam sensors and LCDs for mobility and design

IBM systems signal shift toward tighter integration

Its preconfigured servers can mean faster performance for customers, but also less choice, analysts said

Gartner Explores DevOps

Air Force wants reusable rocket ships

Air Force also works with NASA to develop reusable rockets