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Article | 10/05/2013 Salesforce.com to buy Clipboard, shutting down service
Salesforce.com is to acquire Clipboard, a Web clipping and sharing service, and is closing down the service.
Article | 9/05/2013 Intel acquires two software companies
Intel has acquired two software companies as it continues to build its burgeoning portfolio to include more tools to write and manage programs and int...
Article | 9/05/2013 Sony profitable again, but core electronics still struggling
Sony made good on a promise to return to profitability after offloading a number of valuable assets last year, but its core electronics business is st...
Article | 9/05/2013 Silicon Valley tech incubator hosts Norwegian royals
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit tried touchless gesturing systems and other technologies developed by Norwegian startups at a te...
Article | 8/05/2013 Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison
Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.
Article | 8/05/2013 Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany
A lawsuit against Google's customer service practices in Germany is looming after the company declined to sign a document promising German consumer or...
Article | 8/05/2013 Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo
Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break it...
Article | 7/05/2013 Acer's Q1 net profit up 55 per cent, but revenue down
Acer said its net profit for the first quarter grew 55 per cent year-over-year, but its revenue continued to decline amid struggling PC sales.
Article | 7/05/2013 China's Baidu expands online video business with $370 million acquisition
China's largest search engine Baidu is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new US$370 million acquisition.
Article | 6/05/2013 Clearwire lays out its case for a Sprint buyout
Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to S...
Article | 6/05/2013 Dell boosts Cloud portfolio with Enstratius buy
Adding to its portfolio of IT management software, Dell has acquired Enstratius (formerly called EnStratus), which offers software for managing worklo...
Article | 6/05/2013 BMC set to go private in $US6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.
Article | 6/05/2013 McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft
McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday.
Article | 3/05/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks jump as market indexes hit milestones
On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, s...
Article | 3/05/2013 Veteran tech workers see themselves locked out of job market
Many tech companies have called for the U.S. Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to...