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Microsoft won't stop .Net on Android

Oracle's patent and copyright lawsuit against Google for its use of Java in Android won't be repeated by Microsoft if .Net is used on the Linux-based mobile operating system instead.

By Rodney Gedda | 27 August, 2010 09:34

Tags: patents, Oracle-Sun merger, oracle, .net, monotouch, monodroid, mono, Microsoft, legal, Java, Google, Free Software Foundation, C#, Android
Oracle to lay off more Sun workers

Oracle is making further job cuts related to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, primarily in Europe and Asia, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday.

By James Niccolai | 07 June, 2010 04:31

Tags: Oracle-Sun merger, oracle, layoffs, careers
Oracle to scale back Sun server line, make other changes

Oracle will pare back Sun Microsystems' server lines and move to a build-to-order model to cut costs and get the hardware company back to profitability, Oracle executives said on Wednesday.

By James Niccolai | 28 January, 2010 07:09

Tags: Sun Mircosystems, sparc, servers, Oracle-Sun merger, oracle
Oracle-Sun merger foes head East

With the European Commission seen as virtually certain to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in just a week, those campaigning to prevent the deal encompassing Sun's MySQL database unit have shifted their efforts to regulators in Russia and China.

By Paul Meller | 19 January, 2010 02:35

Tags: Sun Mircosystems, Oracle-Sun merger, oracle, mysql, mergers and acquisitions
Oracle earnings jump 15 percent in Q2

Oracle on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $0.29 per share, a rise of 15 percent over the same period last year. Total revenues rose 4 percent to $5.9 billion and net income jumped 12 percent to $1.5 billion.

By Chris Kanaracus | 18 December, 2009 10:52

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REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

Tags: Sun Microsystems, Oracle-Sun merger, oracle, mysql, Jonathan Schwartz
Top 10 technology stories of 2009

The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry. Acquisitions among big vendors continued to reshape the market, operating-system wars extended to mobile battlefields, microblogging became a powerful source of real-time information, and the take-up of small, 'Net-connected devices was stronger than ever. Here, in no particular order, is the IDG News Service's pick of the top 10 technology stories of 2009.

By Marc Ferranti | 09 December, 2009 12:17

Tags: Yahoo, Windows 7, twitter, steve jobs, Oracle-Sun merger, Microsoft, intel antitrust, Google Chrome OS, GFC, droid smartphone

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