EBay is about to shake up its pricing structure again, introducing an option that allows sellers to list up to 100 items for free each month if bidding starts under a buck. If the goods don’t sell, eBay collects no fee. The changes, which will take effect March 30, will affect nearly every transaction on [...]

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If you use any version of Internet Explorer to surf Twitter or other Web 2.0 sites, Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina can probably read the entire contents of your primary hard drive. The security consultant at Core Security said his attack works by clicking on a single link that exploits a chain of weaknesses in IE [...]

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The new version of Sybase’s flagship database system software, released today, will be the first version that can be run entirely within working memory. Version 15.5 of the Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) has an option to run in-memory databases, said Peter Thawley, a Sybase senior director and architect. Sybase joins other database vendors in [...]

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Larry Ellison has promised jobs for Sun Microsystems’ existing employees and an expansion in their ranks, along with instant profits for his shareholders. Oracle’s chief executive on Wednesday claimed that – far from laying off beleaguered Sun employees – his company would be hiring 2,000 additional people during the next few months. He reprimanded as [...]

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Oracle invites you to view our Oracle + Sun Product Strategy Webcast series. You’ll get the chance to learn more about the combination of Sun and Oracle—and what it means for you. These informative, on-demand sessions offer strategies for Sun’s major product lines related to the combination, explain how Oracle will deliver more innovation to [...]

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The U.S. Office of Naval Research has found that when it comes to fighting wars around the world, gamers are more capable at taking on the enemy than nongamers. According to Ray Perez, a program officer in the ONR’s warfighter performance department who discussed the findings in the Pentagon Web Radio Webcast, gamers perform “10 [...]

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With its acquisition of Sun completed, Oracle (NSDQ:ORCL) plans to invest heavily in Sun’s server, storage, and processor products with more of a focus on accelerating Oracle’s software stack and less on general purpose business. Oracle on Wednesday brought several Sun executives on stage to discuss the company’s hardware strategy after Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, [...]

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A LITTLE blue symbol is carrying big implications. Trying to ward off regulators, the advertising industry has agreed on a standard icon — a little “i” — that it will add to most online ads that use demographics and behavioral data to tell consumers what is happening. Jules Polonetsky, the co-chairman and director of the [...]

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The City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that would shutter the majority of the nearly 1,000 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and make the use of marijuana in the remaining outlets illegal. The vote is a major setback for backers of medical marijuana and a victory for community groups that have long complained [...]

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Everything from flywheels to giant batteries have been proposed for utility-scale storage. Utilities in Southern California are going to try ice-powered air conditioners. The Southern California Public Power Authority, which represents 11 municipal utilities, said on Wednesday that it will use ice storage units from Ice Energy to significantly cut its peak-time energy consumption. The [...]

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