Software

For years, Oracle's business has been selling big, expensive computers to hold all your data. The cloud has upended that business model and Oracle's latest profit report could tell us if the company is adjusting.

For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.

Last week NASA lost direct contact with the International Space Station while updating their computer software. NASA may have learned their lesson, but have you?

The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet

Companies who produce technology, from Apple to Google to Marketplace, rely on the "beta" release to get new products to market before they're bug free. But are we too liberal with the term?

Apple users are clamoring to get the newest updates, including the just released iOS 5 for the iPhone and storage via iCloud. Well all that ruckus...

This memo item brought to you by a poor imitation of Edward G. Robinson....

Adobe announced an upgrade to its Creative Suite software. No big change to the best known product in the package, Photoshop, except when it comes...