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Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple
Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems. Read more »
Oracle: Our $6.7bn BEA offer was too high
If Oracle renews its bid for rival BEA Systems, it would come in at a price below its initial offer of US$17 a share, the company told analysts Wednesday. Read more »
IBM mocks Oracle's open source philosophy
Larry Ellison's lust for control of open source technologies misses the point, according to an IBM executive. Read more »
'We're ready for IPO' says NetSuite founder
"We've been preparing the company for some time..." Read more »
Larry a big Linux fan, says Oracle exec
A senior Oracle executive has backed the reasoning behind the software vendor's mooted move into the operating system sphere and illustrated the depth of chief executive Larry Ellison's allegiance to Linux. Read more »
Sun: Shame on us if we can't grow
Sun Microsystems' current advantages mean it should be able return to revenue growth and profit, Chief Executive Scott McNealy said on Wednesday in his latest attempt to restore Wall Street optimism about the server and software company. Read more »
Flaw hunters pick holes in Oracle patches
Oracle, the business software maker that has marketed its products as "unbreakable," faces mounting criticism over its security practices. Read more »
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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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Ratbags burn, smash and 'nuke' hard drives
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Five services you can turn off in Windows Server 2003
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.