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Google Calls Oracle Lawsuit A Baseless Attack On The Open-Source Java Community

Oracle, the company who acquired Sun Microsystems, the Java programming language and related technology in a nice package deal, accused Google of patent and copyright infringement in relation to those technologies. Based on its response, Google isn’t happy: https://gizmodo.com/oracle-files-lawsuit-against-google-for-patent-and-copy-5611746 We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 13

Oracle Files Lawsuit Against Google For Patent And Copyright-Infringement

Oracle may be known for making database software, but it also happens to have acquired the Java computer programming language and related technology when it purchased Sun Microsystems. Now the company is suing Google for using those technologies in Android. Oracle’s lawsuit claims that Google infringed on seven patents and violated copyrights by using Java…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 12

Oracle CEO Blasts HP Board For Ousting Mark Hurd

Of all those offering their take on Mark Hurd’s bizarre, unexpected resignation as HP’s CEO, Lawrence Ellison, CEO of database software company Oracle, might be the loudest yet. He thinks HP’s board just made a very stupid decision. https://gizmodo.com/former-hp-ceos-accuser-and-softcore-porn-actress-jodi-5607672 In an email to the New York Times, Ellison wrote: The H.P. board just made the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 9

Apple Wins Software Insecurity World Cup

According to security company Secunia, Apple is now the company with more security vulnerabilities, taking over Oracle, which falls to the second position. On the third position is Microsoft. This doesn’t mean that Mac OS X is the most insecure operating system, since Secunia’s report doesn’t take into account the nature of the problems it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 22

Sun CEO Tweets Resignation in Haiku

Jonathan Schwartz manned the CEO helm at Sun Microsystems for almost four years. But now that the company’s been sold to Oracle, he’s tweeting off into the sunset. Hey, at least he counted his haiku syllables right. https://gizmodo.com/why-oracle-bought-sun-microsystems-for-7-4-billion-5220210 I think it’s only fair, since Jonathan left us with a poem, that we return the courtesy.…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 4

Tech Companies Are Getting Taller

The WSJ’s glance at tech companies going more vertical mostly focuses on Oracle’s acquisition of Sun to produce both hardware and software, but it has other bits, like Apple purchasing chip designer PA Semi, that make it worth reading. [WSJ]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 30

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?

A quick glimpse into the life of a software billionaire: When Larry Ellison’s BMW Oracle Racing yacht snapped its $10 million mast this week, the ship’s helmsman (not Ellison) described the event as a “minor setback.” That’s $10 million for a mast. Granted, it’s part of a massive structure that’s twice the size of a…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 8

Apple Kills ZFS Plans for Snow Leopard

Don’t hold your breath for the ZFS filesystem to appear in any future Snow Leopard updates. A message yesterday on the project’s homepage very clearly acknowledges that development has stopped completely. A message on MacOS Forge tersely states, The ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and repository will also be removed shortly. There…

Tech News Chris Jacob Oct 24

Schwarzenegger Explains Why Technology Is Great

“This conference is all about pumping you up,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told Oracle’s annual OpenWorld gathering. He went on to list all the ways technology had improved his life, from the substances he used to take as a body-builder, to all the special effects in his movies. Added Arnie: It’s an honor to be in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 15

Founder of Siebel Systems Attacked by a Rampaging Elephant

Tom Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems (which he sold to Oracle for a giant pile of money) was charged by an elephant in the Serengeti while on vacation there. Where’s your money now?! Early on the morning of Aug. 1, Siebel said, he and a guide went to a watering hole, where they hoped to…

Biology Adam Frucci Sep 3

Game Over for Sun’s “Game Changing” 16-Core Rock CPU

In the wake of their buyout by Oracle, Sun Microsystems has canned their 16-core Rock chip project—once touted by the company as a “game changer,” and their answer to IBM’s latest Power CPUs—after five years of development. This represents the second major chip offering from Sun to be shelved in recent years. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/why-oracle-bought-sun-microsystems-for-7-4-billion-5220210

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 16

Why Oracle Bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

Why did Oracle pay $7.4 billion for Sun Microsystems after the IBM pulled out before pulling the trigger? Two things says Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: Java and the Solaris operating system. [Computerworld] https://gizmodo.com/ibm-withdraws-7-billion-bid-for-sun-microsystems-5199644

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 20

Bill Gates Oozes Cool, Chip Fat

We just spotted a series featuring technology superstars on CBS’s 60 Minutes show. The interviews may not be new, but the show teasers are awesome. The best of the bunch is by far the interview with Bill Gates, whose usually modest demeanor is thrown out the window. Check it out after the jump: He eats…

Tech News Haroon Malik Dec 15

Google Calls Oracle Lawsuit A Baseless Attack On The Open-Source Java Community

Oracle Files Lawsuit Against Google For Patent And Copyright-Infringement

Oracle CEO Blasts HP Board For Ousting Mark Hurd

Apple Wins Software Insecurity World Cup

Sun CEO Tweets Resignation in Haiku

Tech Companies Are Getting Taller

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?

Apple Kills ZFS Plans for Snow Leopard

Schwarzenegger Explains Why Technology Is Great

Founder of Siebel Systems Attacked by a Rampaging Elephant

Game Over for Sun’s “Game Changing” 16-Core Rock CPU

Why Oracle Bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

Bill Gates Oozes Cool, Chip Fat

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