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MySQL.com falls to SQL injection attack
It must have been with the greatest sense of irony when a pair of hackers broke into MySQL.com over the weekend using an SQL injection attack. For those who are not familiar with the term, an SQL
Oracle's Itanium decision sounds tone-deaf
Oracle's announcement last week that it will stop developing software for systems using the Itanium processor strikes me as rather tone-deaf, given the enormous pressures CIOs face these days. For
Lessons the tech industry refuses to learn
The technology industry repeats too many of its mistakes too often, and many of them occur during flurries of Wall Street-driven mergers, argues InfoWorld's Bill Snyder. We're on the eve of a new
Google "directly copied" our Java code for Android, says Oracle
Oracle ( NASDAQ: ORCL ) has updated its lawsuit against Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ), and is now claiming that the latter has "directly copied" programming code from its Java code. Oracle acquired Sun earlier
Is Oracle getting too big and scary for you?
Has Oracle's ( NASDAQ: ORCL ) ambitious acquisition strategy left you feeling a bit uneasy? If so, you're not alone, according to an article by Ashlee Vance at The New York Times. Oracle's purchase of
Apple, Microsoft top vulnerability ranking
Security firm Secunia has just released its Half Year Security Report (.pdf), which I downloaded to examine further. Unlike many of the sponsored studies that get passed around these days, the
Oracle releases new version of MySQL enterprise
Oracle ( NASDAQ: ORCL ) early this week announced the release of a new edition of MySQL Enterprise. This is the first major upgrade of the popular open-source database software since it was taken over
Creator of Java, James Gosling resigns from Oracle
James Gosling, also known as the "Father of Java" has resigned from Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). In a blog post titled "Time to move on" posted last Friday, Gosling sought to avoid questions on his precise
Dishing dirt on Gates, Jobs
Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz used his personal blog this week to reveal some industry dirt and explain his side of the story about the end of Sun. It's an insider's view of what
Oracle profits up; expects Sun deal to get go-ahead
Oracle yesterday announced an increase in its profitability to 12.5 percent, news which saw its shares increase. Perhaps more importantly to IT watchers around the globe, the database juggernaut also
