How Oracle installs deceptive software with Java updates
Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. And with each update, Java actively tries to install unwanted software. Here's why it has to stop.
Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. And with each update, Java actively tries to install unwanted software. Here's why it has to stop.
Business buyers who said no to Microsoft's Surface with Windows RT will get a chance to try the Surface with Windows 8 Pro.
Following up a struggle with Wall Street over estimates last week, Google posts fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell.
The launch of RIM's new BlackBerry 10 handsets and operating system is just around the corner.
The shift from PCs to post-PC devices is a lot more than just replacing desktops and notebooks with smartphones and tablets.
Kim Dotcom's new Mega cloud service still has many bugs.
The latest Ballmer basher: Microsoft's former OEM chief
Center to provide third party mediation and dispute resolution services to technology companies involved in intellectual property disputes, with the country seeing surge in such cases due to online piracy.
published 27 minutes ago by Ellyne Phneah
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Hacker Davy Jones breaches government sites including that of Sri Lanka Port Authority site and Bureau of Foreign Employment, and those of two local TV stations.
published 48 minutes ago by Ellyne Phneah
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Vodafone is set to pay the application fee to potentially bid for some of the spectrum in the upcoming auction.
published 1 hour ago by Josh Taylor
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The Australian government has launched its first ever National Security Strategy, stating that in a post-September 11 era, risks and challenges are evolving rapidly.
published 2 hours ago by Michael Lee
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Telstra is moving away from being just a telecommunications provider with its new Global Applications and Platforms division.
published 2 hours ago by Josh Taylor
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Users unconvinced that their telco is being truthful about network coverage might be tempted to try out crowd-sourced coverage maps, but are they any more accurate?
published 3 hours ago by Josh Taylor
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My ZDNet colleague Ed Bott has exposed some icky practices at Oracle regarding their monetization of the end-user JRE install. Here's a better Java option for you to check out and some considerations for the future that the industry might want to look at.
published 4 hours ago by Jason Perlow
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Fedora Linux's developers are considering replacing MySQL with MariaDB. That, in turn, might lead to Red Hat abandoning MySQL for MariaDB.
published 4 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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CA CEO says company needs to "do more to accelerate innovation, gain market share and better differentiate our solutions in the marketplace."
published 4 hours ago by Larry Dignan
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Forget the search giant's war with Wall Street over expectations -- there's plenty of interest in Google's latest quarterly results.
published 5 hours ago by Andrew Nusca
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Google says that it is restructuring Motorola Mobility and it inherited a product pipeline to work through. Can Google get Motorola humming once it gets the pipeline?
published 5 hours ago by Larry Dignan
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AMD tumbles to the end of the 2012 fiscal year with yet another poor result for its fourth quarter.
published 5 hours ago by Zack Whittaker
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Overall, IBM weathered sluggish IT spending well. Software revenue was up 3 percent; services sales fell 2 percent and systems and technology sales fell 1 percent.
published 6 hours ago by Larry Dignan
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UPDATED: Following up a struggle with Wall Street over estimates last week, Google posted fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell.
published 6 hours ago by Rachel King
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Rumors are circulating that Dell is the focus of a buyout. Would that fundamentally change the company's position, and help it to break free from its reliance on the PC industry?
published 6 hours ago by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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36% Worthless – 64% The Future
58% Yes – 42% No
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37% Yes – 63% No
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