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The US chief information officer
announced the Obama administration's ambitious plans to upgrade the networks and services of all US government agencies to IPv6 by September 2012. Internal networks would be expected to be upgraded by September 2014. Priority will be placed on public-facing web services.
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Oracle Fights Back Against Chip Pricing
Oracle just dropped another lawsuit, this time on microchip manufacturer Micron Technology. According to Oracle, Micron and other DRAM manufacturers are artificially inflating prices. The suit is based on DRAM sales made to Sun. Also, in 2002 the US Justice Department investigated Micron for price fixing but did not bring legal action. Oracle is currently trying to buy a chip manufacturer.
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