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MySQL AB has released the production version of its open-source database upgrade, MySQL 5.0. The new release, which had been expected this month or next, adds several features that have long been ...

The Net retailer's cloud-computing effort is getting more sophisticated with the arrival of a database service with which more people will be familiar. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

In a Facebook engineering blog, Steaphan Greene, a Facebook software engineer, announced the creation of a new MySQL branch: WebScaleSQL. This is a version of Oracle's MySQL for gigantic database ...

The creator of MySQL has launched a Web-based campaign to "save" the open-source database from the "clutches" of Oracle, which is attempting to purchase its current owner, Sun Microsystems. Oracle ...

Anyone who's followed the fortunes of MySQL and MariaDB these past 15 years will probably remember SkySQL, another brand that once existed within that same database ecosystem and, a year ago, became a ...

A flaw in the highly popular MySQL database management system can allow malicious servers to steal files from clients. First reported by Security Boulevard Friday and then picked up in more detail ...

Good old-fashioned SQL still rules the database roost, though popular offerings in the NoSQL camp are closing the gap, while MySQL is the most popular of the whole bunch. The new 2019 Database Trends ...

More than 85,000 MySQL databases are currently on sale on a dark web portal for a price of only $550/database. The portal, brought to ZDNet's attention earlier today by a security researcher, is part ...

Oracle has added additional commercial extensions to the enterprise edition of its open-source MySQL database, further differentiating it from the community version available to anyone at no charge. A ...