Breakfast briefing: Microsoft splashes out despite layoffs  •
Despite cutting thousands of jobs - including some in the UK -
Microsoft has splashed out on purchasing boutique Vancouver
games studio BigPark, reports VentureBeat. The 50 employees will
become a part of Microsoft's Xbox division, but terms of the
deal aren't public.  • Despite concerns that Oracle might get
rid of Sun's pesky hardware division, Larry Ellison has put
those rumours to rest. "We are definitely not going to exit the
hardware business," he told Reuters - adding that he actually
planned to boost investment in SPARC chips.  • I'll admit I was
pretty sceptical about Intel's new "rock star" advertising
campaign but since Jack pointed me to one of the ads featuring
USB god Ajay Bhatt and it made me smile, I thought I'd pass it
on. Except it's not actually Ajay Bhatt, but an actor. Now I'm
sceptical again.   Today's best video