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Oracle Corporation

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Golden State Warriors Owners Confirm Plan to Move to San Francisco

    When Golden State Warriors brass told Oakland that the city was "still in the running," they might as well have said, "I do still want to be with you, I just think it would be best for both of us to see other people for a little bit, so we can grow as individuals before committing to each other." M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Live Review, 5/4/12: The Black Keys Get Swallowed Up By Oracle Arena

    The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys Friday, May 4, 2012 Oracle Arena Better than: The sound of a Guitar Center inside a parking garage. Maybe the Black Keys just aren't an arena band. Sure, the Akron blues-rock outfit sold out Oracle Arena just prior to the start of its Friday show. And the humble duo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Ron Paul Counts Bay Area Tech Companies Among Top Donors

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 21, 2012

    History Gets Bent

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 14, 2012

    Judge Not

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    America's Cup: Having Six Teams Would Thrill Organizers

    ​After a nearly seven-hour slog last night, the all-important America's Cup development deal advanced to the full Board of Supervisors. The race's backers and organizers wouldn't self-apply comparisons between their hulking, speedy boats and a steamroller -- but it appears the America's Cup itself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    What Exactly Is a Tech Company?

    ​Fast Company has published what might be the best, clearest look at the how the contours of the tech landscape are shaping themselves, and how that landscape has come to be dominated by four companies. I was alerted to the article via a tweet by Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton who characte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    La Oaxaqueña's Return, Gordon Ramsay Will Yell at More People, and Drinks at the W Hotel

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Back from the brink: While it looked as though La Oaxaqueña's brick-and-mortar was a goner, Eater SF shares it's readying for a comeback. Closed since August, the Mexican restaurant says it'll be back so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    America's Cup: Teams Introduced in San Francisco Today

    Golf would be much easier ​Mayor Ed Lee joined Regatta officials today to introduce eight of the 13 teams that will compete in the prestigious America's Cup to be held in San Francisco in 2013. Regatta Director Iain Murray introduced representatives of teams from China, New Zealand, Italy, South K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Catch the First Glimpse of Oracle America's Cup Team Next Week

    ​While we still have two years before the madness of the America's Cup truly descends on San Francisco, you can still get a taste of what we'll be seeing next week. Larry Ellison's ORACLE Racing team will begin practicing out on the Bay, using two 45-foot long wingsail catamarans to cut through th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Larry Ellison Too Good for His Own Golden Gate Yacht Club

    Not Larry Ellison's style​While the rich like to brag that they lunch at the yacht club, the really, really rich apparently boast that they never go near the place.Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, for one, avoids his own Golden Gate Yacht Club, despite the fact he and his employees spend hundreds of doll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Saturday Night: Gorillaz Drag Out De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, and More for a Cartoonishly Fun Halloween

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Four More Movies About Tech Moguls That We Want to See

    ​Thanks to The Social Network, tech is hot! And sexy -- meow. And whenever anything is hot and sexy, Hollywood mauls it until it's bleeding and dying from liver failure in an El Segundo psych ward. But that's a few years off! Right now tech movies are getting a little of the "ol' treatment," if yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Plane Crashes into Redwood City Lagoon Near Oracle; Woman Killed

    A Beechcraft BE 65 like this one is currently submerged in a Redwood City lagoon, and at least one passenger is dead​At least one person is dead following a small plane's plunge into a Redwood Shores lagoon. This, by the way, is the very same lagoon inundated by 50,000 gallons of raw sewage last w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    San Francisco's Clean Power Program Collapses, Starts Over

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    What Were the Odds of Paul the Octopus Picking Eight Straight World Cup Matches?

    TillaThe Oracle of Oberhausen, Paul the octopus​The biggest star to emerge from the just-concluded World Cup has eight legs -- but has never kicked a ball. An octopus named Paul living in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany is now an international celebrity following his feat of correctly picking e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Straight Outta Half Moon Bay, Sam's Chowder Van to Debut This Summer

    Sam's Chowder House lobster roll is coming to S.F. soonSam's Chowder House of Half Moon Bay has plans to go mobile this summer with Sam's Chowder Van. Fish and chips, lobster rolls, fish tacos, and ceviche cooked out of a 24-foot vehicle will soon hit the campuses of companies such as Ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Last Night: Fleetwood Mac at the Oracle Arena

    Fleetwood MacOracle Arena, OaklandPhotos by Christopher Victorio - Click here for a full slideshowBetter than: Watching American Idol's downright infuriating finale with clenched fists.Delving into the convoluted history of Fleetwood Mac is tantamount to stepping in a cow pile for the casual fan (an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Saturday Night: Metallica at the Oracle Arena

    MetallicaOracle ArenaDecember 20, 2008Notes and Photos by Karla Rivera Better than: EVER! Rapid, loud, head-banging metal - so amazingly clean and clear - the band was on fire from the get-go and so were we! The stage, set in the center of the arena (which later became a moat of multiple mosh pit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2008

    Sunday: Mozart’s Idomeneo at the War Memorial Opera House

    MetallicaOracle ArenaDecember 20, 2008Notes and Photos by Karla Rivera Better than: EVER! Rapid, loud, head-banging metal - so amazingly clean and clear - the band was on fire from the get-go and so were we! The stage, set in the center of the arena (which later became a moat of multiple mosh pit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    The Dude Abides for Chocolate, Peace and Sarah Silverman - The Weekend Hitlist

    MetallicaOracle ArenaDecember 20, 2008Notes and Photos by Karla Rivera Better than: EVER! Rapid, loud, head-banging metal - so amazingly clean and clear - the band was on fire from the get-go and so were we! The stage, set in the center of the arena (which later became a moat of multiple mosh pit ... More >>

  • Film

    May 7, 2008

    Fast Track to Nowhere

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Correction: Van Halen Will Not Run to Oakland, The Devil Considers Solo Appearance

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Bay Area Billionaires Buy and Sell People Like You Every Day

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Santa Flash Mobs, and 'I Am Legend': Your Monday Morning Hangover

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Santa Flash Mobs, and 'I Am Legend': Your Monday Morning Hangover

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Santa Flash Mobs, and 'I Am Legend': Your Monday Morning Hangover

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    The Top 50 Women in Business -- WSJ Honors Silicon Valley Fembots

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    LastNight: Bruce Springteen Turns Bouncer into Fangirl at Oracle Arena

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Dalai Lama's Counsel 'the Oracle' in Fundraising Mode

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Been There, Done That

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

  • Culture

    March 30, 2005

    Celestial Seasonings

    The human, political message of One Big Lie gets lost amid the divine fun. And we're glad.

  • Culture

    May 19, 2004

    A Transylvanian in Silicon Valley

    Dodging bullets, delivering truckloads of blood -- just another day in Romania

  • Music

    February 25, 2004

    House of Tudor

    Black Panthers, the "Time of the Season," and a little British dude named Goldie

  • News

    December 31, 2003

    The Oracle of San Francisco

    No, not that jerk-led software behemoth down the Peninsula – the real Oracle, with the surefire, bet-the-house prophecies you deserve

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Misplaced Priorities 101

    Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Whore vs. Bore

    Californians have refused public campaign financing, and we've gotten what we deserve: a governor's race between a fund-raising slut and a clueless rich guy

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Overpriced Sports Star Joins Local Team; Light Reading; A Match Made in Heaven; A Suggestion for Rearranging the Deck Chairs at Salon.com

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    The Software That Wouldn't Die

    Despite promises and deadlines, the S.F. school district still hasn't driven a stake through the heart of its disastrous PeopleSoft financial program

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from December 6, 2000

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    The PeopleSoft Touch

    Software Hard Times

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    The PeopleSoftTouch

    PeopleSoft software has forced a Delaware manufacturer to cut paychecks to Mickey Mouse and let failing Wisconsin college students evade expulsion. Guess what software the San Francisco school district owns?

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Pranks for Nothing

    Two sculptors stage a hoax at Oracle's trade show as a statement against the treatment of artists

  • Dining

    April 12, 2000

    Side Dish

    Forward to the Past; Beneath the Palms; Five and Dime; Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em; Rim Shot

  • Film

    March 31, 1999

    The Ultimate Illusion

    Forward to the Past; Beneath the Palms; Five and Dime; Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em; Rim Shot

  • Culture

    July 22, 1998

    Stage

    Forward to the Past; Beneath the Palms; Five and Dime; Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em; Rim Shot

  • Calendar

    December 18, 1996

    Mulch

    Forward to the Past; Beneath the Palms; Five and Dime; Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em; Rim Shot

  • News

    July 12, 1995

    The Electric Multimedia Psychedelic Time Trip

    Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

  • Calendar

    April 19, 1995

    REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

    Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

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