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A new MacBook Pro is unveiled during the keynote address at the Apple 2012 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Moscone West on June 11, 2012 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Apple Says Macs At Its Offices Were Hacked

Apple says a small number of Mac computers at its offices were infected by malicious software, in an attack similar to the one Facebook acknowledged last week.

2013/02/19

Apple Blocks Java On Macs Due To Vulnerabilities

Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

2013/01/31

Oracle Corp. company headquarters in Redwood Shores. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

ConsumerWatch: Oracle Issues Java Fix; Feds Maintain Warning

Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week. Even after the patch was issued, the federal agency continued to recommend that users disable Java in their Web browsers.

2013/01/14

US Government Tells Computer Users To Disable Oracle’s Java

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.

2013/01/11

Google headquarters in Mountain View (left), Oracle headquarters in Redwood City. (Getty Images / CBS)

Google-Oracle Jury Reaches Impasse On Key Issue

A federal jury in San Francisco has reached an impasse on a key issue in Oracle’s copyright-infringement case against Google, handing the database-software company a major setback.

2012/05/07

Jury Begins Deliberations In Oracle-Google Trial

The federal case in San Francisco centers on Oracle’s allegations that Google’s popular Android software for mobile devices relies on technology stolen from Java. That’s a programming platform that Oracle Corp. acquired in 2010 as part of its $7.3 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

2012/04/30

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (Stephen Lam/Getty Images)

Oracle CEO Mulled Expansion Into Smartphones

Larry Ellison acknowledged Oracle’s interest in diversifying beyond its main business of database software while testifying Tuesday on the second day of a trial pitting two high-tech bellwethers.

2012/04/17

Oracle Focuses On Google Emails In Android Trial

Oracle intends to rely heavily on Google’s own internal emails to prove Google’s top executives knew they were stealing a popular piece of technology to build the Android software that now powers more than 300 million smartphones and tablet computers.

2012/04/16