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Sending the penguins out with a hot foot
October 27, 2006
perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle.
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Week in videos: CEOs aplenty
October 28, 2006
Between Steve Ballmer, John Chambers and Larry Ellison, chief executives stole the video show this week.
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Oracle's Ellison to take stage at next RSA confab
August 30, 2006
Business software maker's backing of event comes as company faces continued scrutiny over its security practices.
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Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs
November 16, 2007
Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage.
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Fine-tuning open source
April 17, 2006
As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system?
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Software's 'stack wars'
April 19, 2006
Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings.
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Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft
September 21, 2005
Search giant could become more important than Redmond rival, says author who has studied its patents and engineering.
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Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection
November 4, 2006
Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits.
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Building a new-idea factory
April 28, 2005
At his new company, ex-Microsoft bigwig Nathan Myhrvold gathers well-known inventors for "invention sessions." Will the idea pan out?
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Unlocking security at RSA 2007
February 12, 2007
Change is in the air at the confab this year, as tech giants start making their weight felt.
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Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses
May 7, 2007
Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force.
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How to marry a billionaire? Start with Forbes list
September 22, 2006
To even make the magazine's annual survey of richest Americans this year, you had to have at least $1 billion.
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