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Larry Page

Lawrence "Larry" Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google.

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Google Wins Patent Verdict In Oracle Trial

A federal jury said Wednesday that Google Inc.

(GOOG) didn't infringe Oracle Corp. (ORCL) patents that protect Oracle's Java technology, handing Google a victory as the companies' high-profile trial nears a close.Oracle had sued Google in August 2010, alleging that Google's Android mobile phone software infringes patents and copyrights that protect Java. Oracle had obtained Java just months earlier, when it purchased Java developer Sun Microsystems.The verdict marks the end of the second, patent phase of the trial. A third phase, to determine whatever damages Google may owe, will wait until proceedings resume Tuesday following the long holiday weekend. The jury was dismissed.The first part of the trial, which had covered Oracle's claims that Google infringed copyrights that protect Java, ended with a mixed verdict--it found that Google infringed on a relatively small portion of Java code protected by copyright, though Oracle has indicated it would pursue a significant amount of related...

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  1. Oracle Suit Vs. Google Over Android Hits Trial

    Jury selection in a high-stakes dispute over smartphone technology between Oracle Corp and Google Inc kicked off on Monday morning, starting a trial that could revea...

  2. JPMorgan Tops 1Q Estimates

    FBN’s Diane Macedo breaks down the stories moving the markets around the world.

  3. Google To Create New Class Of Non-voting Stock

    Google Inc. Chief Executive Larry Page said Thursday the company would create a new class of non-voting stock at the online giant. In a letter signed by Page and Goo...

  4. Google 1Q EPS Crushes Views, Revenue In-Line

    Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) weighed in Thursday with first-quarter earnings-per-share that beat expectations as revenue came in mostly in-line and paid clicks rallied ...

  5. Are Social Networks Hurting Google’s Outlook?

    Citi Internet Research managing director Mark Mahaney on Google’s outlook, expected earnings and whether it is still a “buy” for investors.

  6. Outlook for Google Earnings

    Morningstar senior equity analyst Rick Summer previews Google's earnings.

  7. Google CEO Touts Gains, Focuses on Long-Term Bets

    Google Inc's chief executive said the company's fledgling social network, Google+, has scored more than 100 million active users, and he reiterated the Internet sear...

  8. Google Generates Four Times More Revenue From iPhone Than Android

    According to legal documents for its upcoming hearing with Oracle, between 2008 and 2011 Android generated less than $550 million in revenue for Google. Apple’s iPho...

  9. Google Pushes Play Front and Center: Is Selling Content Now King?

    Google is marching steadily towards Larry Page’s reported goal of a “single, unified, ‘beautiful’ product, across everything.” It started last year, as redesigns cam...

  10. Facebook Tops Google as Best Place to Work

    FBN’s Shibani Joshi on Facebook speaking out against companies violating privacy of Facebook users by seeking employee information on the site, plus Facebook taking the top spot as the best place to work over Google.

  11. French Data Watchdog Questions Google on Privacy

    France's data protection watchdog has given U.S. internet search group Google Inc three weeks to answer questions about its new privacy policy, as part of a Europe-w...

  12. Former Google Exec: Larry Page Ruined Google

    Former Engineering Director at Google and current Partner Development Manager at Microsoft James Whittaker on Tuesday published a lengthy piece explaining why he cho...

  1. Zuck to Be Second-Richest American?

    Bill Gates had better watch his back.With Facebook's frenzied IPO headed toward a huge first-day pop, Mark Zuckerberg, already the world's youngest paper billionaire...

  2. Google Revamps Search Engine To Make It Smarter

    Google Inc. (GOOG) announced plans Wednesday for an extensive update to its dominant search engine, using troves of data to refine the answers it provides to user qu...

  3. Google Infringed on Oracle's Java Copyrights: Jury

    Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.Oracle may have suffer...

  4. Zuckerberg a No-Show at Facebook Road Show?

    FBN’s Charlie Gasparino on the possibility of Mark Zuckerberg attending Facebook’s IPO road show.

  5. Shareholder Sues Google to Block Stock Split

    WILMINGTON, Del., April 30 (Reuters) - Google Inc and its board were sued on Monday by a shareholder who wants to block the company's stock split plan because it ent...

  6. Google, Oracle CEOs Accuse Other Of Misusing Tech

    The chief executives of Silicon Valley giants Google Inc. (GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (ORCL) testified Tuesday in a San Francisco courtroom, as the companies each told a...

  7. The Political Power of Google

    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on Google’s strong political influence and the four universities that contributed even more than Google to Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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