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Java’s encrypted communications no panacea for security problems

Transport Layer Security will be turned on in an upcoming Java release, due in mid-March

GOOGLE sells Motorola, keeps patents — FACEBOOK grabs mobile crown — MICROSOFT eyes Nadella for CEO — ELLISON: IBM, SAP no longer threats

Ellison: Facebook is new model for business applications

Interfaces that Oracle and SAP built for their business apps 10 years ago 'aren't appropriate in the age of Facebook and Twitter,' Oracle's CEO says

Facebook sees apps in its future … lots of apps

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company plans to develop a range of new standalone apps for interacting and sharing content

With Motorola sale to Lenovo, Google is unloading a headache

Buying the handset maker caused tension with Google's Android partners and never delivered profits, analysts say

Intel to close down AppUp online app store

The company will refund users for paid applications through Dec. 19

Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter

Facebook reported $2.59 billion in revenue in Q4 -- a 63 percent increase -- with more than half of its ad sales coming from mobile devices

Ellison says IBM and SAP no longer Oracle’s main rivals

The CEO said he's focused on agile cloud providers like Amazon and Salesforce.com

MacBook Pro delivers blazing speed in Gigabit Wi-Fi test

In a test of three smartphones and two laptops, all five products validate the superior throughput of 802.11ac

The feds’ data center debacle makes HealthCare.gov look good

A government effort to reduce its data centers had the opposite effect, and no heads rolled. Time is running out to fix federal IT