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Sun rejects IBM offer, IBM withdraws bid
News Big Blue withdraws offer after Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's formal buyout bid and terminated its right to exclusive negotiations, says new report.
Tags: Acquisitions, IBM Corp., Merger Talk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wall Street Journal, merger, Acquisitions, Journal
Google moves toward micropayments for newspapers
News Is it an olive branch for the beleaguered (and Google-bashing) publishing industry, a move to encroach upon Facebook's turf in the micropayment wars, or a bit of both?
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Checkout, micropayment, digital content, payment, Facebook, America, Adobe PDF, credit card, Web 2.0
Researchers devise way to deny denial-of-service attacks
News Engineers at Auburn University in Alabama have developed a filter that could protect government, commercial and educational servers from being attacked.
Tags: Network security, Business security, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Authentication, Computer, network, Filter Value, Cloud Computing, distributed denial of service, Server
Oracle planning more online software
News Reports say Oracle is developing new online software products in what could signal a shift in focus from traditional software to software-as-a-service.
Tags: Cloud computing, CRM, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, software, Human Resources, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, industry, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Wall Street Journal plans micropayments model
News The newspaper plans to launch an a la carte-style payment plan for access to individual articles, according to a Financial Times report.
Tags: Business development/management, Google Inc., micropayment, Advertisement, Associated Press, Newsday, Financial Times, managing editor, revenue, Wall Street Journal
IBM cuts price on Sun deal
News IBM has reportedly lowered its buyout price for Sun Microsystems to a range of US$9 to US$10 per share, shaving a dollar off its previously discussed range, according to the Journal.
Tags: Acquisitions, IBM Corp., Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Wall Street Journal, Acquisitions, Journal
Siemens wants out of Fujitsu partnership
News As the German conglomerate looks to increase profits, it is considering getting out of the computer industry.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Personal Computers, Mainframes, Hewlett-Packard Co., Siemens AG, Japan, phone, Fujitsu Ltd., partnership
News Corp.'s challenge to Google
News Rupert Murdoch may make a deal with Microsoft to make Bing the only search engine to deliver News Corp. content--unless antitrust cops object.
Tags: Antitrust, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Wall Street Journal, vice president
Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites
News The media empire is talking with tech giant about having its Web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, News Corp., financial
Cisco, EMC, and VMware make alliance official
News The three companies are forming a joint venture that will provide unified data center products to big corporate customers.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, networking equipment, Virtualization, partnership, Cisco Systems Inc., EMC Corp., Storage, VMware Inc., Wall Street Journal
Nanjing displays leadership
Blogs Did you see the article yesterday in the Asian Wall Street Journal regarding Nanjing and its approach to peddlers? ...
Report: Cisco, EMC to form services joint venture
News The Wall Street Journal said Thursday that the tech giants are in talks to create a new services company that would push their products in the data center.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data Management, Cisco Systems Inc., EMC Corp., Storage, VMware Inc., Server, network, Wall Street Journal, data center
Twitter confirms new round of funding
News What the company isn't commenting on: the exact amount of the round--or whether it actually values Twitter at $1 billion, as reported earlier.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., marketing, customer service, Wall Street Journal, blog, team, Web 2.0
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Report: Dell to launch Android phone with AT&T
News Rumors have built all year about Dell's plans for the smartphone market, and the company might finally be ready to show off what it has developed.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Phone, Operating System, Motorola Inc., mobile, Google Android, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile
