sNot even a week after Oracle sent out its latest set of Java patches, security firm Security Explorations reported two more vulnerabilities that allow hackers...

Earlier this month, Oracle released version 5.6 of MySQL, the widely popular open source database. While the latest version brings a number of significant new...

It looks as if the Python programming language has grown up. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) just spent $3 million to help fund...

When it comes to Java, Oracle has been having just about the worst year ever. If there is any kind of silver lining to the...

Today is Data Privacy Day, a global celebration that commemorates the 1981 signing of the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data...

After seeing and hearing about too many successful incidents of hacking and identity theft, one does not need to be a paranoid systems administrator to...

Lately, Oracle has embraced cloud computing in a big way. The company’s latest twist on its cloud infrastructure as a service is an on-demand option...

Last month, not long before all the holiday excitement set in, the programming language Perl quietly turned 25. The language has grown and changed a...

Administrators of big databases, rejoice. The Apache Software Foundation just unveiled Apache Cassandra 1.2, a high-performance NoSQL database with tons of new features, including version...