Did Steve have a Götterdämmerung moment?

Let’s say this acquisition moved me … to a BIGGER house

Google has confirmed that it has opened up its wallet to acquire the development team behind the mobile chat app Emu.…

Out-of-date, unsafe ActiveX controls to be blocked starting next week

Internet Explorer will soon join its rival browsers by automatically blocking old, insecure add-ons – and it’s got its eye set squarely on Java.…

Oracle issues new patch after Java 8u11 found to mess with some dev tools

Software tool vendors are complaining that recent updates to Java are breaking their environments.…

‘Iffy’ release candidates turned out alright says Linus Torvalds

The Linux kernel has been updated, again.…

This time, Larry’s Oracle is going after the networking giants

Analysis  Larry Ellison’s Oracle bowled out Solaris 11.2 last week – and what does this Unix-like give us? Cloud computing, yes, but also a stab at a datacenter-in-a-(large)-box.…

Comments due 1 September

The long-awaited HTTP 2.0 protocol has inched a step further towards completion, with the IETF issuing a last call on the two key documents of the spec, with comments to end on 1 September.…

Size is a relative thing

Oracle’s Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men and best-paid CEOs in the US, is getting his pay cut by more than half.…

You’ll never believe what it’s called inst… actually, you probably can

Microsoft has at last revealed the date when its second major update to Windows 8.1 will ship to customers: never.…

Could an IPO be in the offing?

MongoDB has appointed venture capitalist and former entrepreneur Dev Ittycheria as its new chief executive, adding fuel to speculation that the NoSQL database firm may be planning to go public soon.…