Oracle ships critical updates ... SAP buys BPM vendor ... Trojan imitates Skype installer

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Oracle ships critical update for database, applications
Oracle Corp. released its latest critical patch update on Wednesday, fixing 51 vulnerabilities in a range of products, including its flagship database line.

SAP buys BPM vendor to boost NetWeaver
SAP AG is buying a small Indian software company to help beef up the business process management capabilities in its NetWeaver applications platform.

Trojan imitates Skype, steals login credentials
Security analysts are warning of another malicious software program masquerading as an installer file for Skype.

MySpace will use Skype for VOIP in social network
MySpace will give its millions of members the ability to engage in free voice chats via the MySpace instant messaging service, thanks to a partnership with VOIP provider Skype.

Sentilla pushes Java to tiny microprocessors
Sentilla Corp. Tuesday introduced a software suite adapted for Java applications to run on low-power microprocessors.

Porn typosquatter fined again by FTC
A so-called typosquatter who served pornographic advertisements on domains such as Bobthebiulder.com and teltubbies.com has been fined again by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Intel sales rise on record microprocessor shipments
A spike in the number of microprocessor units shipped helped Intel Corp. record an increase in its third-quarter revenue and income, the company said Tuesday.

Yahoo Q3 earnings slip again
Net income fell in the third quarter for Yahoo Inc., as the Internet company continues to face competitive challenges.


OPINION

Google and DoubleClick: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
By Dan Blacharski, ITworld

It's been since April that Google announced its plans to buy DoubleClick, but the deal's not done yet. Deep-pocketed Google has been on a shopping spree all year, buying up Web 2.0 media companies; including mobile social network Zingku, YouTube, Writely, and others; and amidst all that, is still trying to compete against Big Telco, buy bandwidth, and create their own phone. And at the same time Google is buying up other companies left and right, they're expanding organically too, by launching dozens of other applications and services. ...continue reading 'Google and DoubleClick: Good, Bad, or Ugly?'



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Wikipedia habit earns reprimand for Japanese bureaucrat

An employee of Japan's ministry of agriculture apparently spent less time at the office helping manage Japan's farmers and more time obsessively editing articles in the Japanese-language Wikipedia about Gundam, a popular anime series about robots. The ministry cut off Wikipedia access from all office computers, noting dryly that "the agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam." ...read more

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