Google’s Marissa Mayer becomes Yahoo CEO
Google’s longtime executive to begin her new job leading the struggling iconic Web company tomorrow. Yahoo has named Marissa Mayer, one of Google’s top execs, as its next CEO, ending a hunt that began after Scott Thompson was forced out in May for padding his resume. Ross Levinsohn, who has been the interim CEO, had […]
Judge says 37 Oracle APIs are not copyrightable
In a ruling in the Oracle vs. Google case, a San Francisco district court judge says 37 of Oracle’s APIs are not copyrightable. Oracle plans to appeal the ruling. The structure, sequence, and organization of the 37 Java APIs at question in the Oracle v. Google case are not copyrightable, Judge William Alsup of the […]
Android chief: We didn’t believe we needed a license from Sun
Android chief Andy Rubin wrapped up his testimony this morning in the copyright portion of the Oracle-Google trial at the U.S. District Court here. Google counsel Robert Van Nest picked up from where he left off on Tuesday afternoon, asking Rubin what happened after initial negotiations with Sun Microsystems ended in 2006. Rubin said that […]