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<title>Four Apple execs amongst top 5 'most richly compensated'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/15/ceo.tim.cook.notably.missing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366040782_corporaterule.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Four out of the top five highest-paid executives among Standard &amp; Poor 500 companies belonged to Apple during 2012, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission filings seen by Bloomberg. The people included senior VP of Technologies Bob Mansfield, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, senior VP of Operations Jeff Williams, and general counsel Bruce Sewell. About 80 percent of S&amp;P 500 companies had submit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle, Apple update Java to fix newly-discovered exploits</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/04/five.more.vulnerabilities.discovered/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Oracle has released a new version of Java 7, 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 usersí machines."  The vulnerability was made public late last week.  It also fixes a second, previously undocumented flaw, believed to be likewise connect...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google grows, Apple reduces US lobbying cash in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/18/major.tech.companies.wield.influence.on.american.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1108/corruption.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google increased the amount it spent on lobbying the US government 90 percent year-over-year in 2012, according to data compiled by 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 tech businesses that funneled more money...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle snaps up Acme Packet Inc for $2.1 billion</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360006809_oraclebldg-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a bid to solidify its networking hardware business, 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 purchased Sun Microsystems for $7 billion, and follows a year rife with purchases, all pointing to a greater emphasis on the hardware aspects of its business in the future....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle issues Java 7 Update 13 early to fix vulnerabilities</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Oracle has released 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 Environment (JRE) in desktop browsers."  In all the code fixes 50 security holes; 44 of these are said to have been browser-onl...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Java zero-day exploit seen in malicious advertising</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A previously unknown vulnerability in 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, with the best form of protection currently being to turn off the Java plug-in for all browsers until the hole is patched....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle to buy Eloqua for $871 million</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/20/oracle.buys.software.maker.eloqua/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1356057243_ScreenShot2012-12-20at7.32.47PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Oracle has agreed to buy software maker Eloqua for $23.50 per share, or about $871 million, it was revealed today. Eloqua's board has reportedly agreed to the purchase price, which is more than twice the value of the company's initial public offering price in August, and 31 percent higher than its closing price yesterday. The deal will give Oracle more of a presence in cloud computing and bring ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle files appeal of precedent-setting Java API trial</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/gavel-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[At the end of the day on Wednesday, and months after the surprise close of the trial, Oracle filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a notice of appeal of Judge William Alsup's decision in the Java patent trial with Google. Oracle is contesting the decision based on Judge Alsup's ruling of the Java API being non-patentable....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oracle taps Nokia for mapping services</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/nokian9-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia and Oracle have finalized a deal that will see the Finnish smartphone maker providing Oracle's clients with access to Nokia's map data and location services. The Wall Street Journal confirmed the deal with a Nokia representative on Sunday, and it is likely to be announced tomorrow at the OracleWorld conference in San Francisco. For Oracle, the deal represents an easy way to provide its cli...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Judge: Oracle must pay Google $1 million in court costs</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/alsup-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Court Judge William Alsup has awarded Google $1 million in legal fees in a hearing earlier today -- denying the search engine giant its initial request of $4 million. Additionally, the judge has decided to take "no further action regarding the subject of payments by the litigants to commentators and journalists," referring to his order requiring Oracle and Google to disclose astroturfe...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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