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Samsung bids US$5.85B for SanDisk
News After four months of meetings, the South Korean electronics products giant has made a hostile bid to acquire the U.S.-based computer chip maker.
Tags: Memory, Acquisitions, Mergers, SanDisk Corp., Japan, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., U.S., merger, Seoul, licensing agreement
MySQL open to attack
News Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments.
Win XP windfall for PC makers
News Microsoft's decision to relax its grip on Windows XP's desktop and Start menu could yield cash bonuses for profit-starved computer makers. Companies are clamoring to pay for a piece of prime desktop real estate.
ICQ logs spark corporate nightmare
News Thousands of confidential messages between the CEO of an Internet company and top executives have been posted on the Web, stirring up a hornet's nest of corporate intrigue.
Travel books fit the world into a Palm
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Microsoft, AOL ink Windows XP pact
News America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have reached a tentative agreement under which the AOL 6.0 client will be bundled into Windows XP, sources close to both companies said.
Korea alleges Intel violated antitrust laws
News South Korea is the latest country to probe into Intel's alleged violation of antitrust laws in the country.
Tags: Antitrust
Some Linux versions can't handle Pentium 4
News Chalk up to the list of Pentium 4 pitfalls the fact that not all versions of the Linux operating system support the new Intel processor.
Internet busy with talk of Apple/IBM parting
News Consumers have been busy sharing their online reactions to news of Apple switch from IBM to Intel microprocessors.
Tags: Processors
Getting the skinny on mobile displays
News How do you build a better screen for cell phones? The industry thinks it may have some answers.
Tags: Monitors and displays, Cellular phones
Google files patent for wave-powered floating data center
News A recently unearthed Google patent applications sketches a comprehensive system for a floating data center powered by wave motions and cooled by the sea's water.
Tags: Data centers, Patents, Patent, Google Inc., theory, Scotland, financial, U.S., Larry Dignan, data center
Only the strong survive in Linux landscape
News Executives and analysts predict that the new Linux environment could spawn several trends: companies cooperating more, consolidating more or ceding influence to corporate giants.
Only the strong survive in Linux landscape
News A new reality has set in for Linux companies: Do whatever it takes to survive.
Start-up brings "blades" to the desktop
News Blade workstations could replace the omnipresent PC tower, if a start-up gets its way.
