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		<title>Oracle Copyrights “Hello World”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle’s relationship with the open-source community has been rocky at best.&#160; Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2009, which also gave Oracle control of the open-source Java programming language.&#160; Which Oracle promptly used to sue Google over its use of Java code in the Android mobile operating system. “During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber-Attack: Did Sony Deserve It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 18:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January 2011, well-known computer hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz discovered and published the keys to the Sony PlayStation 3 game console.&#160; GeoHot had previously cracked the iPhone, allowing users to “jailbreak” their phone and run any software they want. Crack Goes the PS3 Around the same time, another hacker group fail0verflow had also cracked the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Sues the World for Patent Infringement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Woman Sued for Her Tweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beware all bloggers and tweeters: What you write may get you sued! Chicago woman Amanda Bonnen discovered this lesson the hard way.&#160; Her 117-character rant on Twitter may cost her more than $50,000 as the result of a defamation lawsuit filed by the target of her ire.&#160; That’s $427 a letter! Bonnen was having trouble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pull My Finger so iFart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decline of western civilization is now complete.&#160; The #1 app for the iPhone is iFart, the digital equivalent of a whoopie cushion.&#160; The software sold $10,000 worth on its first day.&#160; And since no good deed goes unchallenged, there are over 75 farting apps now available for the iPhone. And just when you thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Sues to Defend Visual Studio Users</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is scary, folks.&#160; If you use Microsoft Visual Studio to create web services, you could be subject to lawsuits for patent infringement.&#160; Yes, simply using a software program puts your company and livelihood at legal risk, yet another sign of how terribly flawed is the U.S. software patent system. Fortunately, Microsoft is coming to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Finds Non-Compete Clauses Invalid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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