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Microsoft Hires .Net Guru
Clemens Vasters, a longtime "friend" of Microsoft Corp., will soon be joining the software giant to work on the upcoming communications platform for the...
MS: Want Windows Live Messenger? Pay.
The only thing hotter than the Xbox 360 this holiday season may be invites to join the Windows Live Messenger beta test. Thankfully, Microsoft...
Lenovo Gains CEO, Operations Expert
Lenovo Group Ltd., which this week said it would swap CEOs, wants to wield the power of the penny.
The PC maker, which acquired IBMs...
GE Healthcare, MobileAccess Pair Up for Single Wireless Infrastructure
Giant GE Healthcare has teamed up with 85-employee MobileAccess Inc. to enable hospitals to use a common infrastructure for their wireless applications, such as...
Gravee Pours Itself into Internet Search
A new Internet search engine surfacing this week promises to share its advertising revenue with the Web sites that show up in its search...
Seagates Maxtor Grab Expected to Bring Leverage
The acquisition of Maxtor Corp. by Seagate Technology for approximately $1.9 billion Wednesday is poised to boost Seagates Far East manufacturing capabilities and strengthen...
Botnet Uses BitTorrent to Push Movie Files
A group of malicious hackers is using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer software to push copies of movies and Disney cartoons onto infected machines.
A group of...
Latest Gaim Beta Arrives
After several months of delay, the first beta of the popular open-source IM client Gaim is now available.
This new beta, Gaim 2.0beta1, now includes...
Oracles Multicore Dilemma
In a move to "simplify" pricing and create hardware "parity," Oracle has announced once again that they have changed their database pricing for the...
Maxtor-Seagate Deal Threatens Choices
By acquiring Maxtor, Seagate has eliminated one of its fiercest competitors and put itself in a good position going into the future.
2005 has been...