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June 30, 2008 (Computerworld) Oracle Corp. has disclosed that it may seek damages of $1 billion or more in its lawsuit against SAP AG and its TomorrowNow Inc. services unit. The March 2007 lawsuit charges that TomorrowNow workers illegally downloaded data from Oracle's support Web site.

SAP has agreed to pay i2 Technologies Inc., a maker of supply chain software, $83.3 million to settle a patent lawsuit that i2 filed against the ERP vendor in 2006. In addition, the firms agreed to license certain technologies to each other.

Yahoo Inc. said it has fixed a vulnerability in its Web mail site that could allow a hacker to get access to personal accounts. Cenzic Inc., a Web application security company, discovered the cross-site scripting flaw.

Progress Software Corp. plans to buy Dublin-based Iona Technologies PLC, a maker of SOA tools, for about $162 million. The deal is set to close in September.

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