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Blackbaud, maker of fund-raising software for nonprofit organizations, has agreed to buy out troubled rival Kintera for $46 million in cash, according to an Associated Press story in The Boston G... More >
EDS faces two lawsuits that take a dim view of Hewlett-Packard's $13.2 billion buyout offer . The Utah-based Intermountain Ironworkers Trust Fund alleges in its lawsuit that terms of the de... More >
Colombia has ordered about 65,000 XO laptops from the One Laptop Per Child program, with the first 15,000 to go to rural areas or small towns, reports BBC News . OLPC founder Nicholas Negro... More >
As more of the Internet goes Mobile, metrics company comScore wants to keep up. Hence its decision to buy Seattle-based M:Metrics for $44.3 million in cash and stock options. M:Metrics analyz... More >
As it tries to determine appropriate restitution that Dell must pay customers, the New York Attorney General's Office has set up a Web site for those who plan to claim it , reports The Associated ... More >
In its third upgrade to Leopard, Apple made nearly 70 improvements ... including 41 security fixes . The patches deal with issues like risk of information disclosure, denial-of-service and remote co... More >
VMware will acquire application performance management company B-hive Networks for an undisclosed sum, reports PCWorld.com . The company is based in San Mateo, Calif., and Herzliya, Israel. ... More >
In its latest parry against Google, Yahoo will offer free real-time stock quotes to the 19.5 million readers of its finance sites, reports Bloomberg . Google and rival Web sites run quotes ... More >
A New York judge has ruled that Dell and Dell Financial Services engaged in fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection, reports Reuters . The judge o... More >
The blogosphere has gone ga-ga over Microsoft's five-minute demo of the touch-screen interface it has planned for Windows 7 that will do away with the need for a mouse. At the D6 tech conferen... More >
HP is getting into the security-as-a-service market with its HP Assessment Management Platform, which will be available in August. According to this eWEEK article, the platform will manage and mai... More >
Intel has pushed back to July 14 release of its "Montevina" Centrino 2 mobile chips due to technical and certification problems , reports News.com . The chips are to be released in volume by mid-Au... More >
It all comes down to the need for power, and in Israel, Intel has decided to produce its own. Local business site Globes reports the chip maker is in talks with private energy suppliers to ... More >
Microsoft has pulled the plug on a project to scan books and make their contents searchable, according to an Associated Press story in The Washington Post. In a blog post, a company VP ca... More >
Server sales posted strong growth in the first quarter despite the rise in virtualization, reports analyst company Gartner. Hewlett-Packard topped IBM in worldwide server revenue and shipment... More >
Yahoo has postponed its annual shareholders meeting , putting off a showdown with activist investor Carl Icahn until some indefinite date, possibly in late July, reports InfoWorld . It's the secon... More >
Avaya, which makes telecommunications gear, has notified about 400 employees their jobs will be eliminated , reports The Star-Ledger . Most of the layoffs will affect workers at Avaya's hea... More >
Cisco has released three security patches to address bugs that could crash its products, reports InfoWorld . Cisco claims it discovered denial of service bugs in the IOS Secure Shell softwar... More >
At a Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday, a Cisco executive said an internal PowerPoint presentation that refers to the Chinese government's censorship doesn't mean the company agrees with those pol... More >
When all else fails, dangle a little cash to lure customers. That's the theory behind Microsoft's new plan to promote its search engine. Users will get 2 percent to more than 30 percent back w... More >
IBM has unveiled new offerings to help its customers increase energy efficiency in their data centers . The announcements are part of the company's Project Big Green initiative. According t... More >
Cisco has won a 10-year global contract with casino operator Harrah's Entertainment to upgrade networks and offer digital surveillance equipment to improve security on its gaming floors, reports Re... More >
A Cisco PowerPoint presentation for Chinese employees will be under scrutiny Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Global Internet Freedom Act, which aims to defeat Internet censorship, ... More >
Intel said Monday the first servers using its quad-core Itanium processor will be out in early 2009. The new chip, code-named Tukwila, will roughly double the performance of its dual-core It... More >
Microsoft and Yahoo have resumed negotiations, but are talking of a deal short of a total acquisition of Yahoo, reports The Wall Street Journal . The negotiations center around the ads plac... More >
Aside from dealing with Carl Icahn's proxy fight, Yahoo announced Friday its partnership with advertising holding company WPP Group , reports News.com . No financial details were released. T... More >
Dell announced this week that it is aiming to reduce energy use by 25 percent in its desktop and laptop PCs by 2010, reports News.com . The PCs are expected to be similar to the desktop Dell unveile... More >
Only 8 percent of the 380 developers surveyed in April by Evans Data Corp. said they're writing applications for Windows Vista , while 49 percent said they're writing programs for XP, reports Compu... More >
A California judge has certified as class action a lawsuit against Sun Microsystems seeking overtime for technical writers , reports The San Jose Mercury News . The ruling means plaintiff Da... More >
Web metrics company comScore says Google for the first time has topped Yahoo as the most popular Web site in the United States, according to an Associated Press story in the San Francisco Chronic... More >
As more about business goes mobile, IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access its software , including Cognos business intelligence software and Lotus Connections, reports I... More >
As expected , billionaire investor Carl Icahan on Thursday proposed a dissident slate of directors for the Yahoo board as he tries to jump start negotiation between the company and Microsoft, repor... More >
What will Microsoft's next-generation operating system Windows 7 be like? Though the company has been pretty tight-lipped about it, News.com blogger Mary Jo Foley notes Bill Gates, in a rece... More >
Two executives are parting ways with AMD : Mario Rivas, chief of the computing solutions group, and Michel Cadieux, head of human resources. Randy Allen, formerly head of AMD's server business, will ... More >
Comtech Telecommunications announced Monday it will purchase Radyne Corp. , which produces technology for satellite and cable communications, in a cash deal that values Radyne at $223.6 million, acc... More >
Trying to get a jump on any possible tie-up between Google and Yahoo , a coalition of 16 civil rights and rural advocacy groups is lobbying federal regulators to investigate such a deal for antitru... More >
Those waiting to learn more about AMD's "asset smart" strategy to turn around the company's fortunes were left still waiting after an annual meeting Thursday that lasted about 27 minutes. The ... More >
Within hours after Microsoft released its Windows XP Service Pack 3, user forums began filling up with complaints about problems ranging from continuous reboots to system crashes, reports Informat... More >
Microsoft will issue four security updates this month on Patch Tuesday, reports vnunet.com . Three fixes for vulnerabilities rated "critical" apply to Word, Publisher, and the Jet database... More >
AMD has laid out its server and workstation road map that includes a a line of 45-nanometer chips by the end of the year and 12-core server processors within two years, reports vnunet.com . News.... More >
Speaking in Tokyo on Tuesday, Bill Gates said Microsoft won't be pursuing other deals to make up what it hoped to gain in its failed bid to buy Yahoo, reports The Associated Press on Newsvine.com... More >
AMD's share price rose Tuesday on rumors that it soon would announce plans to split the company. The Street speculates the news could be announced Thursday at its shareholders meeting. It qu... More >
After rejiggering its research labs earlier this year to focus on fewer projects it can bring to market faster, Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday began accepting proposals from university professors w... More >
Microsoft is back on track offering Web downloads of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and auto-updates of Vista Service Pack 1 after a conflict was found with its retail management software , reports News... More >
Hewlett-Packard has launched a storage system designed for companies that rely on storage in a big way. The StorageWorks 9100 Extreme system can be configured up to 820 terabytes. It should ... More >
Samsung, Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are joining forces to develop next-generation bigger silicon wafers , reports Reuters . Moving from the manufacture of 12-... More >
Google wants the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to get a pledge from Verizon Wireless that it will honor the open-access conditions put on the 700MHz spectrum before selling it, according t... More >
Apple tops Consumer Reports magazine's annual reliability survey for tech support for both desktops and laptops, solving users' problems 80 percent of the time, reports ZDNet . The industry averag... More >
A federal judge has stirred the muddy waters of companies with similar names. Orion Bancorp took Orion Residential Finance to court in Florida arguing that it had used the name Orion since 200... More >
Three Hewlett-Packard user groups have voted to join ranks, creating a 50,000-member organization , reports eWEEK. The three groups, Encompass, HP Interex EMEA and ITUG will become the singl... More >
In its cover story, "The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit," BusinessWeek looks at enterprises' increasing willingness to allow Macs in the workplace . It credits Microsoft with creating the ope... More >
Google's cozying up to IBM as the two work on plans to dominate the move to cloud computing , reports InformationWeek . Google wants an "in" with enterprise customers and a strong sales cha... More >
The blogosphere seems to be pointing to a Wall Street Journal report that Microsoft's board met Wednesday and decided it was willing to raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo to $33, but not the $35... More >
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