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Microsoft reportedly inquiring about Facebook's availability
May. 08, 2008
In the wake of collapsed talks with Yahoo, Microsoft reportedly is sniffing around social-networking site Facebook as a possible acquisition target.

Can the Clearwire coalition save WiMAX?
May. 08, 2008
WiMAX received a big boost this week when Sprint and Clearwire announced that they will be combining their WiMAX businesses to create a new $14.5 billion mobile broadband company. But is it too little, too late?

Danish union wants IBM's Palmisano to testify in court case
May. 07, 2008
Danish IT workers union PROSA wants to call IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano as a witness in a Danish court case concerning the company's use of contracts that prevent customers and partners from recruiting IBM ...

Cisco Q3 report card: Lots of A's and B's
May. 07, 2008
Report card on Cisco's Q3 financial results.

Microsoft won't pursue other partnerships, says Gates
May. 07, 2008
Microsoft won't be pursuing tie-ups or takeovers to replace its failed Yahoo bid, Bill Gates said in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Ruckus sues Netgear over Wi-Fi
May. 06, 2008
Ruckus Wireless has sued Netgear, alleging the networking vendor infringed its patents on technology for improving Wi-Fi performance and reliability.

Yahoo faces shareholder ire over failed Microsoft bid
May. 06, 2008
Two public pension funds from the city of Detroit plan to expand a complaint against Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and other members of Yahoo's board of directors, saying they failed to act in the best interest of shareholders ...

IT Careers and Training Alert
May. 09, 2008
Free-email newsletter IT careers and training news and resources from NetworkWorld.

Microhoo: Gone but not Forgotten
May. 05, 2008
We'll never know whether a Microhoo would have been a best-of-both mix-up ready to challenge Google with hot new consumer offerings, or whether it would have been a horrible culture clash that brought both companies to ...

Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what?
May. 05, 2008
Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were.

Google's shadow hung over Microsoft-Yahoo deal
May. 04, 2008
In the end, Google played a significant part in the undoing of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, the latest example of Google's ability to interfere with Microsoft's attempts to boost its online advertising business.

Microsoft abandons Yahoo acquisition
May. 04, 2008
Microsoft has dropped its nearly three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo, ending a historic acquisition attempt whose failure takes Microsoft back to square one in its quest to boost its online business to better compete ...

Zamtel workers panic as layoffs hit in Zambia
May. 02, 2008
Zambia Telecommunications (Zamtel) workers are panicking following the company's announcement that it is laying off more than 800 workers this year to save the company from collapse.

Microsoft hit with patent suit over RoundTable
May. 02, 2008
A company that develops cameras that produce 360-degree videos is suing Microsoft for alleged patent infringement in its RoundTable conferencing product.

Nortel posts loss but says recovery is on track
May. 02, 2008
Nortel Networks reported growing revenue for the first quarter of this year and said its recovery plan is on track, even as it posted another loss.

Microsoft close to hostile bid for Yahoo
May. 02, 2008
Microsoft is gearing up for a hostile acquisition of Yahoo, with a formal announcement possible Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Bleeding Edge
May. 08, 2008
Briere and Hurley analyze where the edge networking industry is headed.

Technology Executive Alert
May. 09, 2008
Technology executives' source for news and resources from Network World.

Wikinomics author Don Tapscott joins SaaS startup
May. 01, 2008
Wikinomics author Don Tapscott will chair the consulting wing of a start-up software as a service (SaaS) company that he says offers a platform for Web 2.0 tools to help companies redesign their business model to ...

United Online to say it with flowers
May. 01, 2008
Take note, Microsoft: There may be better ways to diversify your business than by wooing Web 2.0 companies such as Yahoo.

Enterasys closer to big buy?
Apr. 30, 2008
Enterasys is closer to acquiring a company that it says will launch it towards $1 billion in revenue.

Alcatel-Lucent's losses continue
Apr. 30, 2008
For the fifth quarter running, Alcatel-Lucent reported a net loss: during the first quarter of 2008, it increased to €181 million.

SAP cuts investment in Business ByDesign as net income falls
Apr. 30, 2008
SAP is putting the brakes on the roll-out of Business ByDesign, its offering for small businesses, it said Wednesday, as it reported first quarter net income down 22 percent compared to a year earlier, on revenue up 14 ...

RadioShack blames Sprint for weak first quarter sales
Apr. 30, 2008
In what could be a preview of troubling first-quarter results for Sprint Nextel, electronics retail giant RadioShack said this week that sluggish growth in its wireless platform sales were primarily due to a decease in ...

Black Duck buying Koders for code search
Apr. 28, 2008
Black Duck Software plans to announce Monday that it has purchased the assets of Koders, maker of a code search engine and other tools, for an undisclosed sum.