Top stories: February 6-10, 2012

The NoSQL movement, a victory for the web, and it's time to end DRM and embrace a unified ebook format.

Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week.

The NoSQL movement
A relational database is no longer the default choice. Mike Loukides charts the rise of the NoSQL movement and explains how to choose the right database for your application.

Jury to Eolas: Nobody owns the interactive web
A Texas jury has struck down a company’s claim to ownership of the interactive web. Eolas, which has been suing technology companies for more than a decade, now faces the prospect of losing the patents.

It’s time for a unified ebook format and the end of DRM
The music industry has shown that you need to offer consumers a universal format and content without rights restrictions. So when will publishers pay attention?

Business-government ties complicate cyber security
Is an attack on a U.S. business’ network an attack on the U.S. itself? “Inside Cyber Warfare” author Jeffrey Carr discusses the intermingling of corporate and government interests in this interview.

Unstructured data is worth the effort when you’ve got the right tools
Alyona Medelyan and Anna Divoli are inventing tools to help companies contend with vast quantities of fuzzy data. They discuss their work and what lies ahead for big data in this interview.


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Photo used with “Unstructured data” story: mess with graphviz.

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