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IBM servers to run Linux, Windows
News Big Blue taps tools from software maker VMware to allow x360 eServer models to run the two operating systems in various combinations.
Sun adds mobile synchronization software
News Licensing deal with Synchronica will allow mobile device synchronization in Sun's communications and application platform suites.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile platforms/communications
Palm opens engineering center in Ireland
News The center will be focused on technologies and applications for Treo smart phones.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Handhelds, PalmOS compatibles, Mobile/Wireless, PalmOS, Operations
Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha
News Microsoft's search engine has reached some sort of deal with Wolfram Alpha to display Wolfram content in Bing search results, although details are still unclear.
Tags: Web browsers, Business applications, Search, Web services, Branding, Wolfram Research, stock price, TechCrunch, founder, licensing deal
HP licenses inkjet tech for dialysis machines
News The hardware manufacturer's inkjet technology is to be used in a new type of dialysis machine for renal-failure victims.
Tags: Patents, Components, Hewlett-Packard Co., Inkjet Printer, intellectual property, printer, CEO, chemicals, ease of use, licensing deal
Twitter on the verge of big search deals?
News Microsoft and Google are separately talking to the company about potentially licensing its massive amounts of real-time data to supplement search results, new report says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Data Management, Data mining & analysis, Facebook, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., revenue
Former Grokster exec pulls out of Pirate Bay acquisition
News Less than two weeks after being hired to obtain legal content for Global Gaming, Wayne Rosso walks away over "strong doubts" about whether a deal can be completed.
Tags: Content management, Grokster Ltd., attorney, Swedish company, movie, payment, founder, licensing deal, CNET Networks Inc., acquisition
Pirate Bay buyer 'misled' investors, booted off exchange
News The Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Gaming have moved from comical to gravely serious as a Swedish stock exchange accuses company of "providing false information".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sweden, financial
Samba: TomTom suit tries to undermine GPL
News Jeremy Allison, leader of the Samba project, views Microsoft's patent suit against TomTom as part of wider attempt to undermine the open source GPL software license.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Patents, Microsoft Corp., Patent, GPL, TomTom, software, Open-source Community, Jeremy Allison
Microsoft: 'Pressures are broad and deep'
News In its earnings conference call, the software maker says it remains "more cautious than most" about the global economy.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Microsoft Corp., Quarter, CFO, EMC Corp., Sales, Emerging Market, financial analyst, licensing deal, hiring
Bing integrates Wolfram Alpha results
News Microsoft's search engine will use Wolfram Alpha computation engine APIs for results in areas including nutrition, health and advanced mathematics.
Tags: Web browsers, Search, nutrition, search engine, Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft Corp., Porter Five Forces, API, Search Result, knowledge
US Justice Dept: Google's book settlement needs rewrite
News Concerns about Google's settlement with book authors are valid, the Department of Justice said in a filing with the court overseeing the settlement. But things could change.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, copyright law, U.S. District Court, agreement
Sources: YouTube, not Warner Music, pulled videos
News Warner made "11th-hour" demand during contract negotiations and received its answer from YouTube when the company began yanking the label's videos, say sources.
Tags: Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., Video, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., record company, revenue, blog
Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero
News David Nelson, who is 15, will face enormous hurdles if his new music service, Muziic, is to become a hit. But he's betting YouTube is smart enough to recognize a good thing.
Tags: Music, Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Site, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Terms Of Service, Shawn Fanning
eBay does about-face with auction search site
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