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Amazon.com Unit Exec Takes Post at Google

John Battelle made noise about this last night, and now the AP has the story: Google has hired Amazon search chief Udi Manber. Amazon's...

EDS Gets Biggest Cut of GM Pie

General Motors, in the week of Jan. 30, awarded $7.5 billion in technology contracts over the next five years. Not included in the deal...

Intel, Skype Making PCs Chattier

Skype Technologies and Intel are making good on a promise to work together to get people talking on their Intel-based computers. Skype said on Feb....

Ciscos Giancarlo Talks Progress, Strategy Shift

/zimages/4/126551.jpgCisco Systems of San Jose, Calif., on Feb. 7 posted healthy revenue growth of 9.3 percent to $6.6 billion for its third fiscal quarter...

Tech Companies Pay Doctors to Get IT

LOS ANGELES—Not satisfied with the nations largest physician incentive program, Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle have decided to launch their own. As part of...

Changing Physicians Incentives Needs IT

LOS ANGELES—A diverse group descended on Los Angeles this week to change the way that doctors get paid. In a turnout that surprised the...

Business Objects to Buy Firstlogic for Data Quality

Business Intelligence giant Business Objects is plunking down $69 million in cash for data-quality player Firstlogic, it announced on Feb. 8. This is the fourth—and,...

Open Source Popularity Forces Borland to Retrench

Borland Software Corp.s acquisition of Segue Software and divestment of its integrated development environment tools line is being viewed as the inevitable evolution of...

Effects of Domain Hijacking Can Linger

Malicious hackers who are able to hijack an organizations Web domain may be able to steal traffic from the legitimate Web site long after...

Borland to Divest Dev Tools with Segue Buyout

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Showing his penchant for the big move, Borlands chief executive Tod Nielsen on Feb. 8 announced that Borland has agreed to acquire Segue...