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November 20, 2009

Oracle Given More Time to Address EU Concerns

The European Commission has granted Oracle a six-day deadline extension to address antitrust issues in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, reports Bloomberg .   That will push the European r... More >

Dell Takes a Hit in Third Quarter

Dell reported profits for the third quarter fell 54 percent , which sent its stock price reeling. Bloomberg blamed lost market share and higher PC component costs.   The PC maker reported net ... More >

November 19, 2009

Sony Ericsson Moving to Atlanta, Making Cuts

In another hit to North Carolina's high-tech industry, Sony Ericsson announced plans to move its North American headquarters from the Research Triangle area to Atlanta, according to an Associated ... More >

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American Express Buys Mobile Payments Startup

American Express has agreed to buy person-to-person online payment startup Revolution Money for $300 million , reports The Washington Post .   Revolution Money launched in 2005 under an umbrel... More >

AT&T Faces Setback in Verizon Ad Battle

U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten has declined to grant AT&T's request for a temporary restraining order against Verizon's "There's A Map For That" campaign, reports ChannelWeb . Earlier this... More >

November 18, 2009

Holiday Deals on Office 2008 for Mac

It's not Target's $3 appliances , but Microsoft is offering a holiday special on Office 2008 for Mac , reports Computerworld .   It's cutting the price of the Home and Student edition, which ... More >

Microsoft, SAP to Join Forces Against Oracle

In a move that Seeking Alpha likens to Microsoft teaming up with Yahoo to fend off Google, Microsoft is pairing up with SAP to take on Oracle.   Microsoft is expected to announce Wednesday tha... More >

Salesforce.com Nearly Doubles Profit in Quarter

IT Business Edge's Ann All has been writing about how software-as-a-service has fared pretty well in this recession. That's being borne out in Salesforce.com's third-quarter results.   The SaaS... More >

November 17, 2009

Google, Bing Gain in October Search Market

There were two records in comScore's October numbers for U.S. search traffic , according to TechFlash . Google's market share rose to 65.4 percent and Yahoo's share fell to 18 percent.   Meanw... More >

Lawsuit Claims HP PCs 'Inherently Defective'

Computerworld reports that Michael Kent of Arvada, Colo., is suing HP, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective." Kent claims that the PCs constantly lock up with... More >

AOL Spinoff Set for Dec. 9

Time Warner has finally set a date for its messy divorce from AOL: Dec. 9. USA Today calls it "one of the most disastrous mergers in business history."   Reuters puts the value of the new c... More >

Vonage Settles with 32 States

According to The Wall Street Journal , Vonage has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. The company also will provide refunds to aff... More >

Applied Materials to Buy Semitool

Applied Materials, which makes chip-making equipment, will pay $364 million for Semitool , to acquire capabilities in advanced packaging and its conversion to copper, reports MarketWatch .   R... More >

November 16, 2009

Intuit Launches CRM for SMBs

Intuit has released a CRM application called Customer Management aimed at the same small businesses that use its Quicken and QuickBooks applications, reports VentureBeat . That puts it into competi... More >

Cisco Raises Bid for Tandberg

It seems I got ahead of myself last month when I wrote that Cisco was acquiring videoconferencing company Tandberg.   I should have said it wanted to buy the Norwegian company. Most of the co... More >