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Video: iPhone 5’s fingerprint scanner hacked already

German hackers have defeated Apple's new security measure, though it is a complicated process

Oracle’s in-memory database: Ripe for the picking by open source

Though snazzy and 'ungodly' fast, Oracle's in-memory database will inevitably give way to open source implementations

LinkedIn lawsuit exposes amateur moves of ‘professional’ network

LinkedIn denies hacking users' email accounts, as claimed in class-action suit, but its current policies aren't above reproach

Canada’s Fairfax offers to acquire BlackBerry in $4.7 billion deal

BlackBerry had been looking for a buyer, and Fairfax already owns about 10 percent of BlackBerry stock

Oracle makes its big data push even bigger

Oracle's family of products for analyzing massive and varied data streams keeps growing

Offshore IT service providers are the leading users of L-1 visas

The IEEE-USA is calling for reform of the L-1 visa program, which unlike the H-1B visa has no cap or prevailing wage requirement

How to master disruptive technologies

Upsetting the status quo is exactly the point, as companies dive into social networking, the cloud and more

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