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Opinion: Thanks for nothing, AOL, 08/28/06
So, have your browser remove Google’s cookies and use an anonymizing network or public Internet kiosk if you want to do a search that might be hard to explain five years from now.
Zend Raises $20 Million, 08/28/06
The PHP company plans to expand professional services, web application framework development, and the European sales force.
Google signs advertising deal with eBay, 08/28/06
Google has signed a deal to become the exclusive provider of text-based advertising for eBay’s Web sites outside of the U.S.
Mozilla cautiously accepts Microsoft handshake, 08/25/06
Microsoft and Mozilla will work together to make Mozilla’s open source browser and e-mail tools work well with Windows Vista, if a series of public communiques are to be believed.
Sony puts price on battery problems, 08/24/06
Sony has provided for the first time an estimate of what the recalls of its battery packs by PC makers could end up costing the Japanese company.
Judge penalizes Microsoft $25 million in patent case, 08/24/06
Microsoft’s quest for a new trial in a patent-infringement case it lost has resulted in a bigger fine for the software company.
Lenovo launches services unit, nabs Dell exec, 08/24/06
Lenovo plans to unite its customer service operations under a new group to be based in Singapore and lead by yet another executive poached from Dell.
Oracle gains more analytics with Sigma buy, 08/24/06
Oracle plans to add more real-time predictive analytics to its business intelligence, middleware and applications after acquiring intellectual property assets from Sigma Dynamics, a specialist in the field.
Update: Apple recalls 1.8 million laptop batteries, 08/24/06
Apple is recalling 1.8 million lithium-ion batteries for its iBook and PowerBook notebook PCs, just a week after Dell took a similar step.
IBM to acquire ISS for $1.3 billion, 08/23/06
IBM Wednesday announced its intent to acquire Internet Security Systems for $1.3 billion in an all-cash deal expected to be completed by year-end.
Microsoft to release two versions of Windows in Korea, 08/23/06
Microsoft will release two versions of Windows XP in South Korea on Thursday to comply with a ruling that it violated the country’s fair trade practices.
BEA acquires Flashline, 08/23/06
BEA Systems Wednesday said that it has acquired Flashline, a company that specializes in metadata repositories for service-oriented architecture projects.
AT&T unleashes lawyers — phone-record ‘roaches’ scurry, 08/23/06
AT&T filed a lawsuit in San Antonio Wednesday designed to unmask the identities of 25 so-called data brokers who the carrier says have ripped off phone-calling records from 2,500 of its customers — a legal countermeasure one expert says may already …
Apple to pay $100 million, settling iPod dispute, 08/23/06
Apple will resolve its patent squabble with Creative Technology by paying the Singapore-based company $100 million for a license to use a recently awarded patent.
Citrix, Microsoft to team on new appliance, 08/23/06
Microsoft and Citrix plan to co-develop a new line of branch office appliances that will combine Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration Server with Citrix’s upcoming WANScaler network acceleration technology.
Student-run VC fund invests in VoIP service provider, 08/23/06
University Venture Fund (UVF), a venture-capital fund run by college students with the guidance of professional investors, on Tuesday announced an investment in VoIP start-up Alianza Global Communication Services.
Gateway mulls offer for retail business, 08/23/06
Executives at Gateway are weighing a surprise offer to sell the company’s retail operations to the California entrepreneur whose eMachines business they bought in 2004.
Hynix gets delay in Rambus patent lawsuit, 08/23/06
A California judge has delayed a patent infringement trial pitting Rambus against Hynix Semiconductor while the Federal Trade Commission sorts out royalty rates for computer memory.
