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CA Technologies has announced the purchase of Arcot Systems, which makes fraud prevention and authentication tools, for $200 million. v3.co.uk calls the deal a move to boost CA's cloud security of... More >
The Wall Street Journal writes by buying the wireless unit of Infineon Technologies, Intel is looking to move beyond PCs. The price in that deal was $1.4 billion. And yes, that appears to b... More >
According to MercuryNews.com , HP shelled out $55 million to settle claims by the Department of Justice that the company gave illegal kickbacks to other companies that recommended HP products to g... More >
According to The Wall Street Journal , Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed suit against Apple, Google and nine other companies, claiming that they are using technology developed nearly 10 ye... More >
Yesterday I wrote that Dell had raised its offer for storage vendor 3PAR to $24.30 in cash. But according to The New York Times, Hewlett-Packard then raised its bid to $27 and Dell upped the an... More >
According to Computerworld , Federal Trade Commission has decided to drop its investigation into LimeWire's controversial peer-to-peer file-sharing software. The agency found that the LimeWire pro... More >
According to Computerworld , Brocade has filed suit against the founder of A10 Networks , alleging he improperly used trade secrets and recruited top employees to build application-delivery product... More >
Even while it's still jockeying with Dell to buy storage vendor 3PAR, Hewlett-Packard has picked up database and data center automation company Stratavia, according to TechCrunch . Financial det... More >
In its quest to acquire 3PAR, Dell has raised its bid to $24.30 a share in cash , an offer it says the storage vendor has accepted, according to an Associated Press story in The Dallas Morning Ne... More >
The Los Angeles Times reports that Facebook has filed suit against a small startup for using "book" in its name. Teachbook.com, which has two employees and fewer than 20 users, offers tools... More >
Motorola has confirmed to TechCrunch its acquisition of startup 280 North, which developed a a programming language and set of frameworks collectively known as Cappuccino for rich Web application... More >
The server market experienced its most rapid growth since 2003, with Hewlett-Packard overtaking IBM as the top vendor, reports The Times of India. According to numbers by IDC, revenues grew... More >
Sony is facing a lawsuit from Taiwanese flat-panel display maker Chimei Innolux, according to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com. The suit, which was filed in Delaware, accuses Sony of vi... More >
Hewlett-Packard trumped Dell's bid for storage vendor 3PAR with an offer of $1.6 billion in cash, which one analyst called "a very exorbitant price." But Bloomberg reports Dell is preparing a ... More >
Numerous HP board members are facing a lawsuit from a private investor who claims the board essentially robbed shareholders by paying out a $40 million severance package to ex-CEO Mark Hurd. ... More >
Nokia is buying the eight-person startup Motally, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in mobile analytics, reports TechCrunch . Motally allows developers to track how much people... More >
Though Wall Street remains spooked about tech spending, add Salesforce.com to the tech vendors not only posting good sales figures, but also foreseeing a rosy future. In the second quarter, ... More >
V3.co.uk reports that Apple has filed a patent titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device” that seeks to detect unauthorized users of iPhones, lock down... More >
Hewlett-Packard and Dell, jockeying to buy storage vendor 3PAR, reported solid quarters, but Wall Street remains jittery about continued tech spending, reports Reuters. Both companies als... More >
Things get interesting with Hewlett-Packard making a rival bid for 3PAR, the storage vendor that Dell planned to buy for for $1.15 billion, reports Bloomberg . HP's bid of $1.6 billion co... More >
Following SAP's announcement that it would accept liability for some of Oracle's claims against its former subsidiary, TomorrowNow , U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton narrowed the scope of... More >
Intel announced Thursday plans to acquire security vendor McAfee for about $7.68 billion or $48 per share in cash, according to a Reuters story on ABC News. McAfee will become a subsidiary... More >
Electonics manufacturer Foxconn is planning rallies Wednesday to boost worker morale, its latest effort to deal with a series of suicides among its workers in China, reports Bloomberg . The... More >
Hewlett-Packard announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Fortify, a maker of software to detect security threats in business applications, reports TechCrunch. The price was not disclosed. The... More >
VirnetX Holding Corp. has filed a patent-infringement complaint against Apple, Cisco and others, claiming the defendants infringed on at least five virtual private network technology patents, accord... More >
Apple has hired Benjamin Vigier, an expert in near field communications technology as mobile commerce product manager, giving weight to the idea that it's going into mobile payments, reports nearfi... More >
Indian company Ybrant Digital is buying Lycos, the dot-com-era portal, from a South Korean company for $36 million, reports CNET News . The Boston Globe points out that Lycos sold to a Spanish com... More >
It's a banner day for acquisition news, leading off with Dell's purchase of 3PAR. But put Google down for two acquisitions: Jambool and Like.com. PCWorld.com explains that Jambool makes a ... More >
According to Computerworld , Dell denies that it has been withholding evidence in connection with a long-running case with Web hosting service provider Advanced Internet Technologies that charges ... More >
Dell has announced the acquisition of storage vendor 3PAR for $1.15 billion as it continues to diversify its business, reports All Things Digital . It reports the price is a 86.5 percent premium ov... More >
Google has vowed to fight a patent-infringement suit filed by Oracle that claims the search giant infringed on patents and copyright infringement in its use of Java in the Android operating system.... More >
MercuryNews.com reports that a mid-level Apple manager has been arrested for allegedly accepting more than $1 million in kickbacks from six Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories. P... More >
With Apps for Government and a winning bid to replace the e-mail system for the city of Los Angeles, Google is trying to boost its position in the business world. It's been tripped up by t... More >
To gain expertise in helping companies move from virtualization to cloud computing, CA Technologies has acquired consulting company 4Base, reports CBR . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... More >
Following the departure of HP Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd, HP's board of directors is facing a shareholder lawsuit alleging mismanagement and breach of fiduciary duties, according to Computerworl... More >
Just days after announcing its acquisition of Datacap, IBM is buying marketing software giant Unica for about $480 million, reports TechCrunch . The company said Unica's software will hel... More >
According to Computerworld , Oracle has filed suit against Google for patent and copyright infringement over Google's use of Java in the Android operating system. Oracle spokeswoman Karen T... More >
Cisco reported a 79 increase in quarterly profit, but sales fell below Wall Street expectations, and a modest sales forecast sent stocks into a tizzy, reports The Wall Street Journal . The... More >
InformationWeek reports that Viacom plans to appeal a judge's ruling that found Google-owned YouTube had taken sufficient steps to comply with the requirements in the Digital Millennium Copyright ... More >
According to InformationWeek , IBM and Oracle have agreed to dismiss a lawsuit involving longtime Big Blue executive Joanne Olsen who attempted to join Oracle as senior VP for on-demand services. ... More >
IDG 's Chris Kanaracus is reporting that data warehousing vendor Teradata has quietly bought Kickfire, which he describes as "a startup analytic appliance vendor known for its use of the open-sour... More >
IBM has acquired Datacap, which makes software to automate the capture and processing of data from documents and forms, for an undisclosed price, reports TechCrunch . It sees the move as a further ... More >
Samsung, Toshiba and Sharp are among the LCD makers facing an antitrust lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. According to InformationWeek , the suit accuses the "c... More >
VoIP provider Skype has filed plans for a $100 million initial public offering, reports The Wall Street Journal . The number of shares and price has not been disclosed, according to Mash... More >
In a step toward social networking, Google has acquired Slide , the start-up that makes apps for social networking websites, reports The New York Times . Google will pay approximately $228 million ... More >
Microsoft and Salesforce have agreed to settle their patent infringement suits against each other, according to eWEEK . In a statement, Microsoft explains the terms of the agreement: Salesf... More >
The Federal Trade Commission and Intel have reached a settlement in the harshest antitrust lawsuit Intel has faced yet from government regulators. As part of the settlement, according to an ... More >
According to a Reuters article on The New York Times, HP has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over an investigation into a kickback scheme related to government technology cont... More >
According to Computerworld , Cisco Systems and independent network maintenance company Multiven have reached a settlement over a 2008 lawsuit in which Multiven accused Cisco of forcing customers t... More >
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