A federal court in California has ordered seven technology companies including Apple, Intel, Adobe and Google to face a private antitrust suit from five former employees, who alleged that the companies conspired to eliminate competition between them for skilled labor to suppress compensation and mobility of employees.

Oracle considered buying Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion as part of an aborted effort to build its own smartphone, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in court Tuesday.

Oracle and Google were in court Monday for the start of an eight-week jury trial over Google's use of Java in Android.

Zuckerberg vows to keep Instagram independent for its millions of users.

The desktop management suite is gaining a new virtualization utility, while an existing one is being upgraded.

Facebook has shot back at Yahoo's patent infringement lawsuit from last month.

IBM's newly updated flagship database can shrink storage requirements and speed query response, the company claims.

Oracle's Safra Catz and Google's Andy Rubin weren't able to come to an agreement in their dispute over Java technology in Android.

A Novell legújabb, kisvállalatok részére összeállított Open Workgroup Suite csomagja már tartalmazza a ZENworks Endpoint Security Management megoldást, illetve az Open Enterprise Server új Novell Cluster Services szolgáltatásait is. A programcsomag magában foglal minden, a kisvállalati infrastruktúrák működtetéséhez szükséges megoldást, az asztali és szerver operációs rendszerektől kezdve a levelezőprogramon át egészen a csoportmunka-eszközig.

The company formerly known as Silicon Graphics also targets HTC, RIM, LG and Sony in a patent infringement suit.

Huawei said its rejection is a setback but it will continue to offer security services the chance to review its hardware and software.

The acquisition could help it shore up defenses against new patent infringement lawsuits.

Google's new privacy policy is already under scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe.

The long-simmering case is expected to last eight weeks.

The ailing search provider has filed a lawsuit against Facebook.

Twitter said the platform Posterous Spaces will continue to operate without interruption.

WD Technologies and HGST will compete with separate brands.

A szoftveres támadások, vírusok elleni proaktív védekezés terén piacvezető ESET a napokban jelentette be az üzleti felhasználók részére kifejlesztett új termékeinek BETA verzióit, amelyek az ESET Endpoint Security BETA és ESET Endpoint Security Suite BETA névre hallgatnak. Az új üzleti megoldások a felhasználók számára tavasztól lesznek elérhetőek.

Chinese company Proview said it started developing its own "iPAD" product in 1998.

The company wants to make more money from the traffic generated via its mobile browsers.