http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:15 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-20T16:17:15Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns/?cs=37653 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 regulators' ruling back  from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27. The legislation_and_regulation business_technology european_commission oracle sun_microsystems Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:15 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns/?cs=37653 2009-11-20T16:17:15Z 17 hours, 38 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37653 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/dell-takes-a-hit-in-third-quarter/?cs=37644 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 income of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion, a intel dell smbs hp asia-pacific business_technology microsoft Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:26 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/dell-takes-a-hit-in-third-quarter/?cs=37644 2009-11-20T14:57:26Z 18 hours, 58 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/dell-takes-a-hit-in-third-quarter http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37644 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/sony-ericsson-moving-to-atlanta-making-cuts/?cs=37620 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 Press story in BusinessWeek.   It also plans to at&t latin_america north_america dell reduction_in_force sony_ericsson mobile_device_vendors business_technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:47 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/sony-ericsson-moving-to-atlanta-making-cuts/?cs=37620 2009-11-19T17:56:47Z 1 day, 15 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/sony-ericsson-moving-to-atlanta-making-cuts http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37620 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/american-express-buys-mobile-payments-startup/?cs=37613 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 umbrella company created by AOL co-founder Steve Case. mergers_and_acquisitions mobile_applications american_express mobile_payments revolution_money Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:29 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/american-express-buys-mobile-payments-startup/?cs=37613 2009-11-19T16:15:29Z 1 day, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/american-express-buys-mobile-payments-startup http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37613 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/att-faces-setback-in-verizon-ad-battle/?cs=37603 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 month, AT&T filed suit against Verizon claiming business_technology verizon 3g litigation at&t advertising_and_marketing Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:33 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/att-faces-setback-in-verizon-ad-battle/?cs=37603 2009-11-19T14:22:33Z 1 day, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/att-faces-setback-in-verizon-ad-battle http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37603 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/holiday-deals-on-office-2008-for-mac/?cs=37583 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 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, by $20 office_2008_for_mac business_technology productivity_software microsoft_office target Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:49:59 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/holiday-deals-on-office-2008-for-mac/?cs=37583 2009-11-18T16:49:59Z 2 days, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/holiday-deals-on-office-2008-for-mac http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37583 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/microsoft-sap-to-join-forces-against-oracle/?cs=37573 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 that it has chosen SAP as its “preferred provider” for strategic_planning microsoft yahoo enterprise_software_vendors oracle sap google business_technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:07 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/microsoft-sap-to-join-forces-against-oracle/?cs=37573 2009-11-18T14:59:07Z 2 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/microsoft-sap-to-join-forces-against-oracle http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37573 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/salesforcecom-nearly-doubles-profit-in-quarter/?cs=37568 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 provider reported its profit nearly doubled and business_technology saas salesforce.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:35 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/salesforcecom-nearly-doubles-profit-in-quarter/?cs=37568 2009-11-18T14:18:35Z 2 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/salesforcecom-nearly-doubles-profit-in-quarter http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37568 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/google-bing-gain-in-october-search-market/?cs=37560 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.   Meanwhile, Microsoft's Bing captured 9.9 percent of the search_engines it_market_analysts google yahoo technology_markets business_technology bing Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:31 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/google-bing-gain-in-october-search-market/?cs=37560 2009-11-17T18:52:31Z 3 days, 15 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/google-bing-gain-in-october-search-market http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37560 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/lawsuit-claims-hp-pcs-inherently-defective/?cs=37538 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 within 10 to 20 minutes of use.   The lawsuit, which business_development hp desktops_and_workstations advertising_and_marketing litigation pavilion_elite Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:34 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/lawsuit-claims-hp-pcs-inherently-defective/?cs=37538 2009-11-17T15:10:34Z 3 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/lawsuit-claims-hp-pcs-inherently-defective http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37538 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/aol-spinoff-set-for-dec-9/?cs=37535 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 company at around $3.5 billion , based on Time Warner's aol strategic_planning business_technology web_platform_vendors Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:51:42 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/aol-spinoff-set-for-dec-9/?cs=37535 2009-11-17T14:51:42Z 3 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/aol-spinoff-set-for-dec-9 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37535 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/vonage-settles-with-32-states/?cs=37534 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 affected customers.   Complaints ranged from business_technology business_ethics telecommunications_services vonage litigation Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:39:15 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/vonage-settles-with-32-states/?cs=37534 2009-11-17T14:39:15Z 3 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/vonage-settles-with-32-states http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37534 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/applied-materials-to-buy-semitool/?cs=37532 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 .   Reuters quotes CEO Mike Splinter saying: With this mergers_and_acquisitions applied_materials semitool processors business_technology processor_vendors Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:38 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/applied-materials-to-buy-semitool/?cs=37532 2009-11-17T14:28:38Z 3 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/applied-materials-to-buy-semitool http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37532 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/intuit-launches-crm-for-smbs/?cs=37519 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 competition with CRM vendors such as Salesforce.com.   crm_solutions business_technology intuit smbs quicken quickbooks saas Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:36 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/intuit-launches-crm-for-smbs/?cs=37519 2009-11-16T16:25:36Z 4 days, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/intuit-launches-crm-for-smbs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37519 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/cisco-raises-bid-for-tandberg/?cs=37512 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 company's shareholders, however, thought the offer of cisco_systems mergers_and_acquisitions business_technology web_video_and_voice_conferencing tandberg Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:27:44 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/cisco-raises-bid-for-tandberg/?cs=37512 2009-11-16T15:27:44Z 4 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/cisco-raises-bid-for-tandberg http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37512