Kara Swisher in News on December 6, 2011 at 6:04 am PT
Hey geeks, the comics might have been right about Counter-Earth!
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 2, 2011 at 5:45 am PT
A nasty security vulnerability in Java is likely to cause headaches at large companies with lots of PCs, because installing a fix takes a lot of time.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 26, 2011 at 4:50 am PT
Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO who saw Sun Microsystems through to its acquisition by Oracle, isn’t sitting still. He has taken three board seats and runs a health-focused start-up.
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 6, 2011 at 8:21 am PT
The patent amassing firm, which was started by former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, said it has filed a patent infringement suit after Motorola refused to license its intellectual property.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on September 26, 2011 at 11:28 am PT
In his first interview since joining Oracle, Mark Hurd talks about that company’s surprising strength in Europe and the plans for its relatively new hardware business.
John Paczkowski in News on September 21, 2011 at 11:40 am PT
Little progress being made in Larry versus Larry.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 4, 2011 at 9:27 am PT
With Oracle, Microsoft and others arguing that Android infringes on their intellectual property, Google is looking to boost its collection of patents, arguing that doing so is the best way to protect itself.
Bankrupt Nortel said on Monday that Google has bid some $900 million to acquire that company’s patent portfolio.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 30, 2011 at 10:30 am PT
With the deal, RIM gains a warehouse of more than 30,000 patents as it seeks to wind its way through the murky, litigious world that is the modern smartphone business.
John Paczkowski in News on March 28, 2011 at 10:46 am PT
Java founder James Gosling, who left Oracle after its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last year, has a new job: working for Google.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 1:10 pm PT
Oracle’s earnings are in. Both revenue and profits beat the expectations of analysts. Shares are up more than 3 percent after hours.
