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Oracle fixes the latest 40 Java security flaws

In the continuing race to the bottom between Oracle Java and Adobe Flash, the Java maker moves ahead...or is it behind? Today the company rolls out a series of patches for 40 different flaws.

Death By Lawsuit: SCO Resurrects And Insanity Is Restored

If ever we needed confirmation that markets, not courtrooms, should decide the technologies we use, witness SCO Group's reborn dream to sue all of UNIX-dom into its wallet. It was a specious lawsuit in 2003 when SCO Group (now Xinuos) first launched its $1 billion broadside against IBM.

Larry Ellison Rejuvenating Hawaii's Sixth-Largest Island (Which He Owns)

McGruber writes "In June of 2012, we discussed news that Larry Ellison, co-founder and chief executive of Oracle, purchased the Hawaiian island Lanai for $300 million.

FDA Calls On Medical Devicemakers To Focus On Cybersecurity

alphadogg writes "Medical device makers should take new steps to protect their products from malware and cyberattacks or face the possibility that U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't approve their devices for use, the FDA said.

B/R Experts Rank the Confederations Cup Contenders

Welcome to the pre-tournament power rankings of the Confederations Cup contenders, voted for by some of your favourite B/R writers.

Each voter has ranked the teams 1-8, with one point being awarded for the lowest ranking and eight for the highest.

Paramount Pictures in Talks for Distribution Rights to 'Terminator 5'

Late last year, some hope for another sequel in the Terminator franchise surfaced when Megan Ellison, founder of Annapurna Pictures and daughter of Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, struck a deal to land the rights to the sci-fi series from Pacificorp.

The Secret(s) to OpenStack's Overnight Success

OpenStack has been around since 2010, but it wasn't until 2012 that the open-source cloud computing project really took off.

AWS Adds Free Usage Tier For Red Hat Linux, Drops Prices For Relational Database Service

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added a free tier for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The company also announced last night that it is dropping prices for its relational database service.

AWS has offered Red Hat Enterprise Linux since 2007. In 2010, AWS began offering a free usage tier.

Oracle Reinstates Free Time Zone Updates For Java 7

twofishy writes "The internet has been buzzing this week with the news that Oracle has ceased to provide free time zone updates outside of the standard JDK release cycle.

However, at the end of yesterday the firm appeared to have a change of heart.

Is Hadoop Not Enough For Cloudera?

Even as the hype around Hadoop has exploded, its use as a "poor man's ETL" or "unsupervised landfill" has remained somewhat pedestrian. Because that's about to change. At least, if Cloudera has its way.