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Database giant Oracle has won an appeal against Google in a long-running case, with a court reversing a verdict that had found Google's use of 37 Java APIs in the Android mobile operating system was covered by fair use.

Linux is becoming open to more malware threats because of the applications and programming languages that can be used as a means to attack components of the open-source operating system when used in a server environment, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab claims.

A vulnerability in the Apache Struts Web application framework has left a large number of high-profile sites open to exploitation, according to researchers at security vendor lgtm.

The end of Solaris, the UNIX-like operating system developed by Sun Microsystems, is nigh, with the core talent associated with the OS and its SPARC hardware being laid off by Oracle on Friday.

Google loves fair use. It is this that enabled it to "borrow" 11,000 lines of code from Java, which is owned by database giant Oracle, and use it as one of the building blocks for its Android operating system.

Oracle has begun the next chapter of its legal battle with Google over Android, filing an appeal brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Computing devices may be reducing in size and a majority of users may be obsessed with just their smartphones, but the venerable mainframe still has a big and steady role to play in business, a survey by the US technology company BMC Software has found.

Oracle has followed up words with actions, filing papers on Wednesday US time to appeal the fair use jury verdict which went Google's way in May, over the latter's use of 37 Java APIs in Android.

Oracle has opened a bid for another trial in its long-running feud with Google, telling federal judge William Alsup that a jury verdict in May that went in favour of Google was marred by the search engine company not revealing that it planned to extend Android use to laptops and desktops.

Many people are familiar with the laws of thermodynamics. But they are unaware that there's been an addition to the number recently. The new law states that if a technology company is successfully avoiding paying its fair share of tax, then it can do no wrong.

The jury in the Google-Oracle trial has come down on the side of the search engine giant, deciding on Thursday that its use of 37 Java APIs in the Android mobile operating system is covered by fair use.

Jurors in the Google-Oracle case in California came up against a roadblock on Tuesday in the course of considering the evidence that has been laid before them: they were unable to look at source code which is part of the evidence in the case.

The digital economy is breathing new life into the mainframe. Whether it’s buying an airline ticket, shipping an item from overseas, or making a mobile transaction, you may not know it, but mainframes are most likely powering those most popular applications.

Jurors in the Google-Oracle case in California retired on Monday US time to consider the evidence that they have been presented over the last fortnight, with lawyers from the two companies making a last-ditch appeal to try and get an outcome favourable to them.

Jurors in the Google-Oracle case will begin their deliberations on Tuesday Australian time, after closing arguments, to decide whether the search engine giant's use of 37 APIs from Java in its Android mobile operating system is covered under fair use.

Jurors in the Google-Oracle trial in California were sent home on Thursday, with the two combatants having completed the presentation of evidence.

A former top sales executive from Sun Microsystems has given testimony in the Google-Oracle case in California, saying that he had projected a US$45 million loss for the company over three years due to competition from the Android mobile operating system.

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Oracle has lost a great deal of licensing revenue due to the emergence of Google's Android mobile operating system, the database company's chief executive Safra Catz told a trial in California on Tuesday.

Oracle chief executive Safra Catz told a trial in California on Monday that the database giant did not buy Sun Microsystems so it could sue Google.