Industry

Apple sells record 9 million iPhones, blowing past expectations

Despite reports of manufacturing glitches severely hampering sales, Apple sells nearly twice as many new iPhones as a year ago

LinkedIn denies harvesting user email accounts without permission

A lawsuit charges that the company breaks into email accounts of its members to gather contacts' addresses

iPHONE sales break records, hackers break fingerprint security — Microsoft unveils Surface 2 — PAYPAL checks out Braintree — ELLISON goes to Plaid

Internet threat level rises on expanded IE attacks

Gang responsible for Bit9 hack in February is responsible for latest attacks exploiting IE 'zero-day,' says FireEye after threat level moves to 'Yellow'

German hackers say old technique can bypass Apple’s Touch ID

A high-quality scan of a person's finger and a bit of latex -- an old technique -- can defeat Touch ID, the Chaos Computer Club claims

Oracle claims Java SE, ME convergence is boon for developers

There's a stronger focus on Java use in embedded systems, plus praise for improving Java 8 via Project Lambda

Oracle’s Ellison promises ‘ungodly’ database speed with new in-memory option

Ellison also announced a new high-memory server appliance

Microsoft inches toward Office on iPad, Android tablets

Windows-first strategy remains sacrosanct, but 'We don't have our heads in the sand,' says Ballmer

What if Verizon succeeds in killing the Internet?

Poor Verizon, its free speech is being violated by laws and competition. Won't someone think of the children?

Video: Watch this Siri hack bypass iOS 7’s lock screen

Security vulnerability allows a third party to grab your iPhone and tell Siri to perform various functions even when locked