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Article | 30/06/2011 Oracle calls HP suit over Itanium a 'publicity stunt'
Hewlett-Packard's lawsuit against Oracle over its decision to stop developing software for Intel's Itanium processors is a "publicity stunt" and meant...
Article | 29/06/2011 Oracle: Google owes us US$2.6 billion
An Oracle damages expert estimates that Google owes the company US$2.6 billion for alleged Java patent violations, according to a court filing made Tu...
Article | 28/06/2011 Google faces claim for €295M damages in French court
A French publishing company has filed suit against Google, alleging anti-competitive practices and claiming €295 million (US$420 million) in damages.
Article | 23/06/2011 Winklevoss twins give up Facebook fight
The Winklevoss twins have decided to drop their long-drawn legal battle with Facebook and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and accept an earlier U...
Article | 21/06/2011 Couple charged in 'massive' NYC software project scam
U.S. federal officials on Monday announced the indictments of a New Jersey couple for "a massive and elaborate scheme" to defraud New York in connecti...
Article | 18/06/2011 BMC buys software from vendor that lost IBM legal battle
BMC Software said Friday it has acquired a range of IMS (information management system) database software and related customers from Neon Enterprise S...
Article | 16/06/2011 Oracle refused bug fixes for Itanium customers: HP lawsuit
Oracle refused to provide critical bug fixes for customers who run its software on Hewlett-Packard's Integrity servers, in a bid to coerce them to swi...
Article | 16/06/2011 HP sues Oracle over dropped Itanium support
Hewlett-Packard sued Oracle on Wednesday over Oracle's decision to stop developing software for Intel's Itanium processor, the chip used by HP in its ...
Article | 16/06/2011 HP sues Oracle over dropped Itanium support
Hewlett-Packard sued Oracle on Wednesday over Oracle's decision to stop developing software for Intel's Itanium processor, the chip used by HP in its ...
Article | 11/06/2011 FTC settles with DVD seller over fake reviews
A company marketing guitar and other instructional DVDs will pay US$250,000 for allegedly fake reviews posted by the company's affiliate marketers, th...
Article | 10/06/2011 Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in i4i case
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a $US300 million patent infringement ruling against Microsoft, granting a victory Thursday to i4i, which filed th...
Article | 9/06/2011 Lawson shareholders sue to block Infor sale
A pair of Lawson Software shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit to block the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor's sale to Inf...
Article | 9/06/2011 HP: Oracle is legally bound to reverse Itanium decision
Oracle's decision in March <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/380743/oracle_stops_developing_software_intel_itanium_chips/">to stop develo...
Article | 8/06/2011 Oracle seeks hefty slice of Google's ad revenue
Oracle wants a significant chunk of the ad revenue Google generates in connection with its Android mobile OS, according to a filing made this week in ...
Article | 4/06/2011 Canada blocks extradition of Cisco suspect
A Canadian judge has blocked the extradition of a former Cisco Systems executive and slammed that company and U.S. authorities for allegedly duping Ca...