For the second time this year, the Iranian government is claiming it forced down a stealthy U.S. Air Force spy drone. Only this time, Iran says it bagged the RQ-170 “with little damage” by jamming its control signal — a potentially worrying development for American forces heavily reliant on remote-controlled aircraft.

There are good reasons to question Iran’s story — or at least parts of it. For starters, the earlier claim of a drone shoot-down proved false. Why would this announcement be any more credible? Also, for most U.S. unmanned aircraft, merely jamming the control signal won’t bring the...

HP and Oracle's Itanium lawsuit makes for fun reading, but it's bad for customers

You’ve got to hand it to Larry Ellison. At a time when everyone in the enterprise is excited about data analytics, the consumerization of IT, and anything mobile, he’s found a way to keep us writing about his database and middleware company. The secret? Legal filings chock full of colorful copy and tantalizing redactions.

Oracle updated its cross-complaint in a lawsuit with HP Friday, its latest jab in a boxing match that’s been fought since Oracle nabbed former HP CEO Mark Hurd and effectively put him in charge o...