From ComputerWorld: Oracle has been awarded $50 million in damages in a lawsuit against Rimini Street, which provides software maintenance for Oracle customers.

The award was less than the $245.9 million Oracle had been seeking, but more than the $10 million maximum that Rimini had said it should...

From PC World: Samsung won't give up on its Tizen operating system for smartphones: it's launched a new handset running the OS, aimed at price-sensitive users in India.

The South Korean company uses Google's Android operating system for most of its smartphones, but sees a potential for Tizen in low...

From CNET: Apple could be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages after losing a patent lawsuit over its processors.

The case relates to Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors, used in the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and various iPads. In the latest of many patent disputes for...

From DailyTech: There's magic in the air... or err... Apple, Inc. (AAPL) products.

Today Apple shuffled out a new lineup of thinner, lighter I/O peripherals:

- Magic Keyboard -- $99 USD
- Magic Mouse 2 -- $79 USD
- Magic Trackpad 2 -- $129 USD

This refresh has actually been a long time coming for...

From ComputerWorld: Adobe is making it easier to work with PDF files stored in the cloud, thanks to a new partnership with Dropbox that connects users of the Acrobat PDF editing and viewing products with documents stored in the cloud storage firm's online locker. Starting Tuesday, users will be able...

From InfoWorld: Google is trying to entice developers to take a look at its virtual reality platform, Google Cardboard, by offering updated SDKs and documentation and making the Cardboard app available in 39 languages.

The Google Developers Blog today revealed the availability of the app in dozens...

From PC World: SAP has taken the wraps off of Project Orca and given the service a new name: SAP Cloud for Analytics.

Due in the fourth quarter, the technology is built natively on SAP's Hana Cloud Platform, which has the company's Hana in-memory database at its core.

SAP will deliver the service...

From CNET: Twitter will let go of up to 336 employees, or about 8 percent of its workforce, in an attempt to streamline its operations.

It's the first major business move by the company since it appointed Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO a week ago.

The social network, known for the brevity and...

From CRN: Dell has acquired EMC in a $67 billion deal that transforms the onetime PC maker into a $90 billion computing powerhouse with its sights set on dominating the enterprise IT market.

The deal -- the largest in the history of the IT business -- creates a new world order in the intensely...

From InfoWorld: The end of the BlackBerry handset is nigh -- or at least it will be if the company can't get its phone business in the black before 2016 is out. BlackBerry CEO John Chen already said he'd think about giving up on handsets if the company's situation didn't improve. At Code Mobile on...