In a trial that starts Monday, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says he intends to prove that incoming Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker stole ideas from Oracle in his previous position as head of European competitor SAP.
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Russia’s police may have cut down the amount of spam in your inbox by opening an investigation of an alleged spam kingpin.
Russian officials began the investigation of Igor A. Gusev Tuesday, The New York Times reported. Officials said Gusev likely fled the country.
According to authorities, Gusev was a key player in the operations of SpamIt.Com, which paid spammers to promote online…
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Russia Investigates Alleged Spam Kingpin originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:47:00.
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Gemalto NV, a Dutch maker of security software, sued Google (GOOG), saying that the Android smartphone operating system used its software without permission.
The complaint accuses Google of improperly including Gemalto’s Java Card technology in the Android development platform, Bloomberg News said.
Java Card allows software written in Java and other programming languages to work on…
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Gemalto Sues Google Over Android OS originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:32:00.
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Hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel, dubbed the “mini-Madoff”, was sentenced to 168 months in jail after being found guilty of embezzling millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme.
The sentence is one month in jail for every $1 million he embezzled.
Nadel,…
Bidders will have the chance to dip into the lifestyle of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, when a collection of his prized possessions are put up for sale.
Among the goods to go under the hammer are a Steinway & Sons grand piano, a woman’s ring with a 10.54-carat diamond and a miniature bronze bull, USA Today reported.
“These pieces are the last of what once occupied the…
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Bernie Madoff’s Prized Possessions Up For Auction originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:05:00.
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