From InfoWorld: Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.

Under Oracle's new stewardship, Java will be expanded to more...

From PC World: Motorola's fourth-quarter sales fell 20 percent year-on-year, but the company still made out a small profit, unhampered by the exceptional charges that plunged it into loss a year ago, it reported Thursday. It expects to make a loss in the first quarter, however.

The...

From CNET News.com: It's been a long slog getting Firefox Mobile off the ground, but on Wednesday, Mozilla announced a third release candidate for its mobile browser. (Our First Look video gives an overview of RC2, the previous version.) Once code-named Fennec, Firefox 1.0 for Nokia...

From CNET News.com: AT&T posted a 25.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings as its wireless and new TV businesses continued to grow.

In the quarter that ended December 31, AT&T said Thursday, it earned $3.09 billion, or 51 cents a share. During the same period a year ago...

From DailyTech: Acquisitions and mergers are common in the tech world and when two large companies each boasting lmany customers try to merge, you can count on scrutiny from regulators. Such was the case with the Oracle/Sun merger.

Oracle announced that it intended to purchase Sun...

From DailyTech: Apple today announced the iPad, a promising new tablet device which the electronics manufacturer swears will revolutionize the mobile computing industry, much as its iPhone did. The new device runs a modified version of OS X similar to the iPhone. Unlike the iPhone...

From DailyTech: Google Voice became the face of complaints about both AT&T's service policies and Apple's App Store policy. The app, which would allow for free SMS texts and domestic calls (using data rather than the voice network), was set to promise iPhone owners a way to escape...

From DailyTech: Micro-Star International (MSI) is known among enthusiasts for its graphics card designs and motherboards. However, the Taiwan-based OEM makes a variety of other products including servers and barebones PCs. Among its most successful entries outside the component...

From CNET News.com: Tapping into a new revenue source, Ubuntu Linux's corporate backer Canonical has signed a partnership to use Yahoo's search results by default in the version of Firefox it ships.

The move takes a page from the Mozilla playbook. Firefox is set up by default to...

From CNET News.com: Google's Social Search product is ready for wider testing.

First announced back at the Web 2.0 conference, Social Search allows Google searchers to link their Google Profile with the various profiles they have on social-networking sites such as Facebook and...