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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Mar 20, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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When you send a text message or an email, should your Internet or phone company hang onto them in case the police ever want to take a look? That is the discussion on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers look into overhauling the federal law that covers when the authorities can get access to electronic communications and when they can't. And software company Oracle is trying to move to the cloud.

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Should cops be able to read all your old text messages?

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When you send a text message or an email, should your Internet or phone company hang onto them in case the police ever want to take a look?

For software giant Oracle, the cloud of doom

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For years, Oracle's business has been selling big, expensive computers to hold all your data. The cloud has upended that business model and Oracle's latest profit report could tell us if the company is adjusting.

When you send a text message or an email, should your Internet or phone company hang onto them in case the police ever want to take a look? That is the discussion on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers look into overhauling the federal law that covers when the authorities can get access to electronic communications and when they can’t. And software company Oracle is trying to move to the cloud.

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