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Oracle e-mail points to cash gifts
News An Oracle lobbyist suggests cash for California lawmakers who could be "helpful."
Firefox fortune hunters
News The Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.
Tags: Web browsers
Web analytics: One hot career path
News The demand for Web analytics--people who analyze how visitors navigate a Web site--is poised to explode over the next five to 10 years.
Toshiba to shift manufacturing, cut 500 jobs
News Toshiba will stop manufacturing computers in the United States and will cut 500 jobs, or roughly a quarter of the work force in its U.S. computer unit, an executive told CNET News.com on Monday.
IBM to buy tools company Telelogic
News Big Blue will spend US$745 million for Swedish company, whose products are used to design, write and test complex software.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions
File swapping for wireless devices?
News File swapping has become commonplace on the home PC. But the same type of technology could be headed to some wireless devices.
Speedy Wi-Fi alternative nears shelves
News The first of what may become an avalanche of products based on the 802.11g wireless-networking standard will hit the market early next month as gear maker Linksys releases its line of "Instant Wireless-G" devices.
Qualcomm goes global with new GSM chip
News Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled a new set of processors that will allow wireless devices to tap a wide range of networks, including those that use technologies that rival Qualcomm's own system.
Broadcom scoops up 12th company this year
News Continuing its buying spree after a brief break for Thanksgiving, Broadcom said Tuesday it will buy Israeli chipmaker VisionTech for US$776.6 million in stock.
Broadcom eyes high-speed arena with new acquisition
News Continuing its shopping binge, communications chipmaker Broadcom on Monday said that it has agreed to acquire ServerWorks in a deal valued at roughly US$957 million.
Qualcomm translates USB for phones
News The cell phone chip maker says it has licensed mobile USB technology that will let handsets connect directly with cameras--and with printers, PDAs and any other device with a USB port.
P2P gets mobile, taps Bluetooth wireless tech
News Swedish software maker Pocit Labs says it has created the world's first Napster-like file-swapping software for mobile devices that communicate using so-called Bluetooth technology.
The New Yorker takes its goings on online
News The literary magazine takes another step into the digital arena with the launch of an online version.
CyberWorks Japan hasn't signed agreement to acquire Interplay
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, Hong Kong's largest telephone company, hasn't signed an agreement to buy US video-game publisher Interplay Entertainment Corp, the head of CyberWorks' Japan unit said.
Universal showcases online film trailers
News The film studio and digital video entertainment provider Cameo Technologies are launching a sneak peek of its films via the PC screen.
