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Open Book Alliance to veto Google book deal
News Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo join forces with library and author groups to oppose Google's settlement with publishing groups over digital book scanning.
Tags: Software, Web sites, Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Software, antitrust, PeopleSoft Inc., Wall Street Journal, Web 2.0
Lenovo, Microsoft layoff rumors swirl
News Amid pessimism surrounding the economic situation, more rumors of layoffs within companies including Lenovo and Microsoft have surfaced online.
Tags: Layoffs, Budgeting/cost control, Microsoft Corp., Workforce, Asia-Pacific, layoff, Lenovo Group Ltd., Worker, CNBC, job
NSI rivals protest Net name agreement
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Oracle's second quarter to be a mixed bag
News Analysts expect the company, which reports its Q2 results this week, to announce a mixed bag including healthy maintenance subscriptions, potential earnings miss and some belt tightening on deck.
Tags: Financial statements, Analyst reports, ORCL, Sales, Reback, Brendan Barnicle, business intelligence, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Oracle Corp., license revenue
Coalition to challenge Google Books settlement
News Internet Archive is reportedly forming a coalition of tech giants to be led by veteran Silicon Valley attorney Gary Reback.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Browser, Settlement, Class Action, antitrust, Internet, Web 2.0
Voxeo aims to bring telephones to Web
News Startup Voxeo Corporation said Tuesday that more than 1,000 developers have signed up to create Web applications for the telephone via its Web+phone network that provides businesses with voice-recognition services for customers to order take-out, book tee times or make travel plans.
Most in industry letting Gates go quietly
News News that Microsoft's chair plans to step down from a day-to-day role caused barely a ripple in the tech world.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Leadership
Monday deadline for Oracle bid
News Oracle expects to receive word by Monday whether federal antitrust regulators will let its hostile bid for PeopleSoft jump over regulatory hurdles.
Oracle-PeopleSoft merger hits one-year mark
News While the newly combined company has largely moved ahead as planned, the overall success of the merger is still a mixed bag.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions
On antitrust, is Google the next Microsoft?
News Google is facing opposition to its DoubleClick deal in what could be a repeat of the way Washington punished Microsoft a decade ago.
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, American Civil Liberties Union, antitrust, blog
Google Books opposition pours in at deadline
News Tuesday is the last day to file statements on Google's Book Search settlement and several groups have gone on record opposing the deal.
Tags: Data Management, Web 2.0, Databases, Web sites, Settlement, American Civil Liberties Union, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Judge
Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux agreement
News Novell's CEO on Monday issued a letter to the open-source community disputing Microsoft's contention that Linux infringes on Microsoft patents.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux
