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Europe’s head of competition has criticized Oracle for what she characterized as a lack of cooperation over the investigation of Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, a spokesman for the European Commission said. See the original post:  EU chides Oracle over probe of Sun deal  Read More →

Virtualization and cloud computing shaking up the old order, and the customary control is slipping away from security managers as the revolution unfolds. Read more here: Gartner on cloud security: ‘Our nightmare scenario is here now’  Read More →

SAP said Wednesday that Siemens has signed a three-year renewal of its software maintenance agreement, an announcement that would seem to quell widespread speculation that the global engineering and electronics company was considering dumping vendor-provided support in favor of lower-cost alternatives. Original post: SAP,... 

Rapid7 is buying Metasploit, and promising to advance open source penetration testing and the Metasploit Project, which develops exploits against known vulnerabilities. Read the original post:  Open source security project could get a boost with Metasploit buy  Read More →

On Friday, a judge in San Jose will hear arguments regarding Gartner’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ZL Technologies that seeks to not only eviscerate the long-controversial “Magic Quadrant” but also punish Gartner severely — the damages sought are astronomical — for ever having foisted... 

Yahoo has reported revenue of US$1.58 billion for the third quarter of 2009, down 12 percent from the same period a year earlier, although net income was up sharply, by 244 percent, the company said. Read the rest here:  Yahoo revenue down, but income up sharply  Read More →

Samsung has invested in Fusion-io, deepening the relationship between two significant players in the fast-growing flash-storage business. See the original post here: Samsung invests in flash startup Fusion-io  Read More →

Apple today revamped its iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines in a long-expected refresh that company executives hinted yesterday was imminent. Original post: Apple unveils new iMacs, revamps MacBooks and minis  Read More →