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Google Wins Trial Against Oracle, Saves $9 Billion
The ruling that Google's use of APIs is a fair use will have wide-ranging ramifications for the rest of the tech industry.
Why the Very Silly Oracle v. Google Trial Actually Matters
From poetry to paintings to hamburgers, Oracle v. Google has been a confusing mess. Thankfully only everything is at stake.
In Oracle v. Google, a Nerd Subculture Is on Trial
The problem with Oracle v. Google is that everyone actually affected by the case knows what an API is, but the whole affair is being decided by people who don’t.
In a $9 Billion Trial, Google's Secret Weapon Is a Filing Cabinet
Two tech titans are duking it out in a courtroom battle that involves an oft-misunderstood technology and billions are on the line—but I don't want to talk about those things. I want to talk about a filing cabinet.
What an API Is and Why It’s Worth Fighting For
It's a key question on the eve of Google vs. Oracle, round three.
2015's Most Popular Programming Language Was Good Old Java
After a brief reign, C is unseated. Meanwhile, Objective-C plummets.
Oracle Agrees to FTC Settlement Over Java Security Lapses
"What's worse than stale coffee? Stale Java."
Patagonia's 'Oracle' EP Makes a Case Against The Scandinavian Sound
Stream the latest from the Swedish trio for vibes that are more Berlin than Stockholm.
Know Your Language: The Slow Flickering Star-Death of Java (Part One)
How and why Java rules object-oriented programming, and why it's the beginning of the once-crucial language's long, long winding down.
Oracle's Cybersecurity Czar: We Can Find Our Own Bugs, Thanks
Reverse engineering is a "sin," and bug bounties are useless, according to Oracle's cybsersecurity chief.
Someone in Government Was Also Tipping Off Silk Road 2, Sources Say
Did a DEA agent accused of acting as a mole on Silk Road also play double agent on its successor?
Listen to the Electric Lullaby of Grungy Punks Calypso's "Isn't Now"
Jackson Scott has returned with a psychey, punky new grunge album.