Oracle to issue 88 security patches next week

Oracle is planning to release 88 patches on Tuesday, covering vulnerabilities affecting a wide array of its products, according to a pre-release announcement posted to its website on Thursday. Tuesday’s scheduled patch release is larger than Oracle’s last quarterly critical patch update in January, when it released 78 fixes. The…

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iPhone App Raises Social Network Privacy Issue

A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members’ private data. Path was sharply criticized in blogs and social media forums after an independent software developer revealed that Path’s Apple iPhone application…

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