Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ)  —  The eyeless, mouthless Java mascot named Duke cartwheels across a T-shirt from a JavaOne conference.  —  (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)  —  Sun Microsystems' years-long effort to profit from Java has come to this …

Nick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head  —  Over the past couple of months, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has made it clear that he doesn't like blog comments very much, and that includes the ones on his own sites such as Gizmodo and Jezebel.

Nvidia: Smartphone graphics to best Xbox 360 by 2014  —  There once was a time when mobile platforms never had a chance of matching game consoles.  That's about to change, says chipmaker Nvidia.  —  Infinity Blade Dungeons on display at the new iPad unveiling.

Skeumorphism & Storytelling  —  Designers love to hate skeumorphism.  It's just decoration, they say.  It's completely useless.  It will go out of style.  Or as Mark Boulton, co-founder of Five Simple Steps, put it on twitter: … Yet Apple and many other software developers continue to use it heavily in some of their apps.

Creative Artists Agency gets into celebrity tech start-ups  —  When Matt Kozlov walks through the halls of the super-powerful Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency each morning, he works alongside agents and managers for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.  His job?

Instagram restricts ‘thinspiration’ hashtags and bans accounts that glorify self-harm like cutting  —  Instagram has taken action to prevent users of its service from ‘glorifying self-harm’ and using it to promote extreme weight-loss topics like anorexia and bulemia.

Samsung Galaxy S III listing appears on Amazon Germany: 4.7-inch screen, 12-megapixel camera  —  We know that Samsung considers its lockdown around the upcoming Galaxy S III the tightest in the company's history, but it may have just sprung a leak — thanks to Amazon Germany.  —  Developing...

Exclusive: BlackBerry maker hires law firm for restructuring  —  (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work out a restructuring plan that could include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents, people briefed on the matter said.

Splunk CEO Twice Zuckerberg's Age Sees Stock Soar in IPO  —  Splunk Inc.'s Godfrey Sullivan doesn't fit the profile of the young hotshot Silicon Valley executive.  At age 58, he's been in the technology industry longer than Facebook Inc. (FB)'s Mark Zuckerberg has been alive.

Share to ‘Drive’ spotted on Google developer's phone  —  At this point, Google Drive is perpetually coming out next week, but one of our forum members has just pointed us towards what appears to be a Google employee using Drive on a company phone.  Today's Android Developers Hangout showcased …

FBI Seizes Activists' Anonymizing Server In Probe Of Pittsburgh's Bomb Threats  —  Police outside a building in Pittsburgh that received a bomb threat earlier this month.  —  As anonymous bomb threats rattle the University of Pittsburgh, the FBI is taking some extraordinary measures to identify …