Industry

Congrats, Team Oracle — now let’s get back to technology

Larry Ellison's OpenWorld no-show was not the vote of confidence customers needed in Oracle's race for in-memory databases and the cloud

Apple’s next revolution may be Bluetooth-powered iBeacons

The Bluetooth Low Energy-based tech allows for all sorts of interactions in public spaces, from stores to museums to first responders

Malicious browser extensions pose a serious threat and defenses are lacking

Many security products offer inadequate protection against malicious browser extensions, a researcher has found

Microsoft wants to scan your JavaScript libraries

A new service, BrowserSwarm, tests JavaScript frameworks against many different combinations of browsers and OSes

Carbon nanotube computer hints at silicon’s super-low-power successor

Swapping carbon for silicon is still a long way off, though, and processor makers have plenty of tricks left

Enterprises more accepting of Android, while Windows is losing ground

Only 26 percent of enterprise staff are very interested in developing mobile apps for Microsoft's OSes, according to a new survey

T-MOBILE drops BlackBerry — GATES admits control-alt-delete ‘a mistake’ — GOOGLE supports #hashtag search — EBAY eliminates/buys PayPal rival — Counting TWITTER’s investor winnings

New US bill aims to curb NSA collection of phone and other records

The bipartisan bill aims to make bulk collection of telephone records illegal

Ericsson thinks small for a big solution to workplace wireless

Ericsson's Radio Dot System, which uses tiny radio units to boost weak mobile service, is cheaper and easier to manage than specialized DAS equipment

There’s reason to hope Windows 9 will be better

Microsoft's new head of operating systems group, Terry Myerson, gets it. But will he have the fortitude -- and backing -- to build a better Windows?