Industry

SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

The deal gives SAP mobile and database technology

Indian online retailer offers electronic publishing services

The service, around open publishing formats, is targeted at aspiring authors

Clouds hang over Microsoft Office, SharePoint 2010 launch

The Redmond giant takes on the cloud with the release of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

4 things Facebook doesn’t tell you about privacy, security

Experts say read between the lines of the Facebook experience and you may still discover some unsettling factors

Incredible tethering

House Committee fails to find smoking gun on market plunge

Wild plunge of last week adds greater urgency for the SEC to stem market swings

Appeals body ducks question of software patentability

The highest appeals body of the European Patent Office ruled as inadmissible four questions on software patents

In India, a BPO center coming up in a jail

About 200 prisoners will be working on this project

PCI Security Council updates requirements for payment card devices

Rules would bolster security on retail point-of-sale and unattended payment terminals.

Microsoft, Verizon defend Kin’s monthly pricing, noting cloud backup

Product manager says new phones will have app downloads in the future