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Four Apple execs amongst top 5 'most richly compensated'

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:44:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366040782_corporaterule.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bloomberg. The people included senior VP of Technologies Bob Mansfield, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, senior VP of Operations Jeff Williams, and general counsel Bruce Sewell. Abo...]]>

Oracle, Apple update Java to fix newly-discovered exploits

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:51:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Update 17. The patch is being released early, Oracle says, to cope with a security hole that is being "actively exploited by attackers to maliciously install the McRat executable onto unsuspecting users' machines." The vulne...]]>

Google grows, Apple reduces US lobbying cash in 2012

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1108/corruption.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Fortune. The company ended up spending $18.22 million, easily beating out any other American technology firm. Microsoft, in fact, came in second place with $8.09 million, despite likewise increasing its spending. Other major tec...]]>

Oracle snaps up Acme Packet Inc for $2.1 billion

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360006809_oraclebldg-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Oracle is intending to purchase equipment manufacturer Acme Packet Inc from Bedford, MA for $2.1 billion. The deal is Oracle's largest acquisition since it Java 7 Update 13. In an announcement, Oracle explains that the update was originally slated to go live February 19th, but that it was pushed out early because of "active exploitation in the wild of one of the vulnerabilities affecting the Java Runtime Env...]]>

Java zero-day exploit seen in malicious advertising

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:29:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Java is being used online by hackers, according to security researchers. The 0-day exploit has also reportedly been included in two malware toolkits used by hackers, wi...]]>

Oracle to buy Eloqua for $871 million

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:32:00 GMT

Oracle files appeal of precedent-setting Java API trial

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/gavel-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />close of the trial, Oracle filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a notice of appeal of Judge Will...]]>

Oracle taps Nokia for mapping services

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/nokian9-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Wall Street Journal confirmed

Judge: Oracle must pay Google $1 million in court costs

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:36:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/alsup-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />initial request of $4 million. Additionally, the judge h...]]>