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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

New York Slaps Intel With Antitrust Suit

nycdontloveyouLooks like it’s going to be a very busy fall for Intel legal. This morning, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the company, alleging that it violated state and federal laws with a “systematic campaign” of illegal conduct.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Nokia Siemens Announces Ambitious Employee Sacking Plan

largest-axe3jpg-150x150jpgThey’re swinging the ax over at Nokia Siemens again. The mobile network equipment maker said today that it plans to reduce its 64,000-strong workforce by up to nine percent in a bid to “improve financial performance and return to growth”–something the joint venture has had a hard time doing since it launched in February 2007.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Cisco Snags Tandberg for $3 Billion

acquisitions1It’s merger mania in the tech industry. First Dell buys Perot Systems for $3.9 billion. Then Xerox purchases Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion. Now Cisco is acquiring Tandberg for nearly $3 billion in cash.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

What Was It Oracle Wants With Sun, Again?

closepinnose Sun Microsystems’s last quarterly report as an independent company was about as miserable as earnings reports get. No surprise, then, that the company didn’t bother to issue a press release or hold a conference call with analysts to discuss them.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Feds OK Oracle-Sun

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

More Measly Gains for Bing

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Monday, August 3, 2009

European Commission Queries MySQL Companies Over Oracle-Sun Deal

oraclecreosotejpg-198x300September third. That’s the day the European Commission will determine whether or not to clear Oracle’s planned $5.6 billion merger with Sun. And though there would seem, on the face of things, to be no serious antitrust objections to the deal, one never knows. Questionnaires distributed by the EC suggest the agency is particularly interested in the merger’s potential impact on MySQL.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New from Google: Google Windows

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

DOJ Checking Out Google Books Settlement

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sun Rise, Sun Set

After the collapse of acquisition talks with IBM, Sun’s shares continue to take a beating. Plus, Twittering Rhode Island’s daily cash flow and bad news from Blockbuster. (April 7)

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Weekend Update, 4.04.09

Welcome once more to Weekend Update! I’ll be filling in today for your regular host Beth Callaghan, who’s on vacation. And what sane person wouldn’t be, after the slew of Silicon Valley silliness inspired by April Fools Day this past week? Digital pranks were the name of the game, and Google and others heaped so many tepid hoaxes upon us that we wanted to call April Fold so as to quickly end this round of gags.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

IBM-Sun Day Monday?

Sun and IBM reportedly prepare for a Monday announcement. Plus, Stephen Colbert on Twitter, iPhone camera rumors, and YouTube’s 2009 losses. (April 3)

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IBM Mulling Sun “Resource Action”?

sun_ibmjpgNeither Sun nor IBM will confirm that the two companies are even in talks, but the two will reportedly announce their merger on Monday–not today as previously thought. And after the deal, then what? Massive layoffs, most likely.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

IPO Market Just Really, Really Lousy

thesandhillroad_thumbTo hear tell from the National Venture Capital Association, the VC landscape is as burned out and desolate as the ashen vistas of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” According to its latest data, not a single venture-backed company went public in the first quarter of 2009 or the one that preceded it. That’s the first time the association has ever recorded two consecutive quarters with no issues.

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Happy Holidays from Fairchild and Alcatel-Lucent

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