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 Janice Mapolon bsis-3A

Oracle Monitors Microsoft

Silicon Valley is no stranger to covert corporate

maneuvering and espionage. In 2000, arry !llison, t"e

"ead o# $racle, soug"t to e%pose rival Microso#t&s #unding

o# various public interest groups. $racle called its

decision to "ire a detective agency a 'public service.( In

its attempt to uncover )nancial lin*s bet+een Microso#t

and its alleged independent allies, t"e detective agency Investigative roup International -is said to "ave bribed

t"e cleaning sta to get t"eir "ands on documents. It also

attempted to buy t"e o/ce tras" o# a pro-Microso#t

advocacy group. "ile t"ese tactics crossed an et"ical

line, most e%ecutives at ot"er investigative )rms said no

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legal lines +ere crossed.

REYANN BAUTISTA

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Hewlett-Packard Steals fro Itself 

1ig 1rot"er is +atc"ing. And apparently so is e+lett-

ac*ard. In 2004, in an attempt to #erret out t"e source o# 

boardroom lea*s, e+lett-ac*ard +ent Tinker, Tailor,

Soldier, Spy  and snooped on its directors, reporters, and

employees. 5"e company, t"e largest 6.S. personal

computer and printer manu#acturer at t"e time, si#ted

t"roug" garbage, set up surveillance, planted spies, and

"ired investigators +"o posed as company directors and

reporters in order to obtain p"one records.

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board 7"air+oman atricia 8unn, +"o is believed to

"ave approved t"e spying, and a do9en top o/cials +ere

)red. In t"e end, paid :;<.= million to settle an

investigation by 7ali#ornia&s attorney general, :4.3 millionto settle s"are"older&s la+suits, as +ell as an undisclosed

amount to >ournalists at The New York Times.

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Ste!en "o#is $a!is T%ie!es &illette's Ra(or$esi)n

Steven ouis 8avis +as an engineer at rig"t Industries,

a company illette contracted to assist +it" t"e

development o# its ne%t generation s"aver system. In

;@@, 8avis #a%ed and emailed dra+ings o# illette&s ne+

ra9or to rival companies arner ambert, 1ic, and

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American Sa#ety Ba9or. As #a%es and emails are not t"e

most sop"isticatedly covert +ays to divulge trade secrets,

8avis pled guilty to t"e#t and +ire #raud and, in ;@@C, +as

sentenced to 2 mont"s in prison. 8avis admitted t"at "estole t"e in#ormation because "e +as angry +it" "is boss.