http://www.mail.com/companies/4438-oracle-corporation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/4438-oracle-corporation.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2031320-sap-co-ceo-cloud-computing-business-profitable.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The co-CEO of business software maker SAP says its push into cloud computing is starting to make money — and predicted it would reach profits that rival or exceed those of its traditional business. The cloud business contributed about 28 million euros ($36.72 million) to first-quarter earnings. SAP AG, whose software helps compan... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:42:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2031320-sap-co-ceo-cloud-computing-business-profitable.html 2013-04-19T17:42:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026420-palestinians-seeking-statehood-to-high-tech.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians are turning to their fledgling high-tech sector as they lay the groundwork for a future state, saying the unique hardships of life in the West Bank have fostered a creative spirit conducive to the world of startups. Dozens of high-tech hopefuls recently competed for the honor of having the best business idea at the ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:52:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026420-palestinians-seeking-statehood-to-high-tech.html 2013-04-17T20:52:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015560-obamas-political-group-raises-modest-48.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The advocacy group born out of President Barack Obama's campaign organization raised just under $4.9 million in its debut quarter, a modest sum illustrating the challenges of keeping campaign-year fervor alive once the voters have all gone home. Organizing for Action told supporters Friday that more than 109,000 people donated money to t... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:12:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015560-obamas-political-group-raises-modest-48.html 2013-04-12T22:12:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2007486-googles-android-target-antitrust-complaint.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet usage on mobile devices. The complaint comes from the "FairSearch" initiative of 17 companies, including Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp., and Oracle Corp. The group claims that Google is acting unf... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:22:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2007486-googles-android-target-antitrust-complaint.html 2013-04-09T19:22:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999086-hps-chairman-steps-down-2-directors-to-depart.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Ray Lane is stepping down and two other board members are leaving in a shake-up spurred by disgruntled stockholders stung by the personal computer maker's downfall. The housecleaning announced Thursday comes just two weeks after HP barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at Lane, the company's chairm... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:56:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999086-hps-chairman-steps-down-2-directors-to-depart.html 2013-04-05T01:56:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Michael Dell's attempt to gain more control over his company about to turn into a financial tug-of-war? The answer could come Friday. That's the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors set to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 deal to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group of inves... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:03:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html 2013-03-22T04:03:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Dell is about to find out if other bidders think his company is worth more than he does. The answer could come Friday, which marks the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors settled on to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 agreement to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group o... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:09:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html 2013-03-21T22:09:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970034-weak-oracle-sales-cyprus-fears-weigh-us-stocks.html Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday after Oracle's weak sales results weighed down big U.S. technology companies. Traders also worried about Cyprus running out of time to avoid bankruptcy. Major indexes followed European markets lower at the open and remained solidly negative all day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 129 points by ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:18:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970034-weak-oracle-sales-cyprus-fears-weigh-us-stocks.html 2013-03-21T21:18:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1968420-oracle-shares-fall-weak-3rd-quarter-report.html NEW YORK (AP) — Oracle Corp. on Wednesday reported flat earnings for its fiscal third quarter, hurt by a continued drop in sales of hardware systems and a surprise decline in sales of new software — which the company attributed to a lackluster performance by its expanding sales force rather than lack of demand. "While our overall business remains healthy ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:05:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1968420-oracle-shares-fall-weak-3rd-quarter-report.html 2013-03-20T23:05:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1961422-nadal-sharapova-win-indian-wells-titles.html INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Rafael Nadal continued his successful comeback with his third title in four tournaments, and Maria Sharapova broke through, too. Nadal rallied to beat Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and win the BNP Paribas Open after Sharapova claimed her first title of the year, 6-2, 6-2 over Caroline Wozniacki in the women's final on Sun... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:37:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1961422-nadal-sharapova-win-indian-wells-titles.html 2013-03-18T08:37:18Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1947420-federer-azarenka-advance-indian-wells.html INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Defending champion Roger Federer beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 in a third-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, with the Swiss star tweaking his back near the end of the match. Victoria Azarenka, the defending women's champion, needed three sets to move on. Federer earned his 890th career ATP Tour victory, joinin... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:00:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1947420-federer-azarenka-advance-indian-wells.html 2013-03-12T05:00:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than 1 billion users, according to a blog posting Friday by t... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html 2013-02-16T00:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1867172-oracle-to-buy-acme-packet-21b.html REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) — Oracle will buy Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, for about $2.1 billion. Acme's gear is used by more than 1,900 service providers and enterprises around the world. Its technology will complement Oracle's offerings for telecoms providers, said Citigroup analyst Walter Pritchard. ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1867172-oracle-to-buy-acme-packet-21b.html 2013-02-04T17:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859776-apple-blocks-java-macs-to-vulnerabilities.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Java allows programmers to write a wide variety of Internet applications and other software programs and run them on most computers, including Apple Inc.'s... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859776-apple-blocks-java-macs-to-vulnerabilities.html 2013-01-31T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1820176-oracle-java-fixed-feds-maintain-warning.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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. "This and previous Java vulnerabilities have been widely ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1820176-oracle-java-fixed-feds-maintain-warning.html 2013-01-14T22:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815168-us-government-tells-computer-users-to-disable-java.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks. The recommendation came in an advisory issued late Thursday, following up on concerns raised by computer security experts. Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding t... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815168-us-government-tells-computer-users-to-disable-java.html 2013-01-12T01:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1778950-oracle-buying-software-co-eloqua-811m.html REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) — Business-software maker Oracle is adding to its cloud-computing capabilities with an $810.8 million purchase of software maker Eloqua. Oracle said Thursday that buying Eloqua will bolster its "cloud" technology for helping companies make decisions on their marketing, sales and customer support. Cloud computing refers to the c... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1778950-oracle-buying-software-co-eloqua-811m.html 2012-12-20T13:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774960-oracle-2q-earnings-rise-18-pct-to-top-street-view.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Snapping out of a summertime lull, Oracle's latest quarter demonstrated that companies have been splurging on software and other technology as the year comes to a close, despite uncertainty about the economy's prospects. The results announced Tuesday are an improvement from Oracle's previous quarter, when the business-software maker's... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774960-oracle-2q-earnings-rise-18-pct-to-top-street-view.html 2012-12-18T22:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751194-cisco-grabs-no-1-company-crown.html NEW YORK (AP) — Cisco Systems Inc. isn't content to be the world's largest maker of computer networking gear. It says it wants to become the "No. 1" supplier of information technology to big businesses by broadening its offerings of services and software. But when Cisco says "No. 1 IT company," it doesn't mean that it's going to be the biggest-selling com... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751194-cisco-grabs-no-1-company-crown.html 2012-12-07T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750396-election-hits-2b-mark-amid-last-minute-donations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It was a cost that surpassed $2 billion and sometimes came with the cloak of anonymity for billionaire donors. The election was the first in which "super" politica... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750396-election-hits-2b-mark-amid-last-minute-donations.html 2012-12-07T08:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749472-2-billion-price-tag-presidential-election.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports released Thursday. The reports detailed a last-minute cascade of money from mega-donors and an onslaught of spending by the Obama and Romney campaigns and "super" political ac... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749472-2-billion-price-tag-presidential-election.html 2012-12-07T02:49:00Z