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eBay makes bid for revolution in B2B
Talkback Right, I've read that. So, what's B2B?
[June 21, 2005, 23:24]
Tandberg shareholders lukewarm on Cisco bid
News Less than 10 percent of Tandberg shareholders have accepted Cisco's cash offer for the company, according to a Cisco statement on Tuesday. In October, Cisco offered $3bn (£1.8bn) in cash to acquire Tandberg, in a move designed to strengthen its...
[November 11, 2009, 14:56]
US votes 'no' on Sun's ISO Java bid
News The US is only one of 27 countries voting on the International Standards Organisation's process. We are disappointed. We went in there cautiously and thought there was a 50/50 chance," said George Paolini, director of corporate marketing for Sun's...
[October 29, 1997, 9:22]
iSoft board recommends surprise bid
News In an abrupt about-turn, medical software company iSoft has advised its shareholders against a takeover offer from the Australian group IBA, instead recommending a bid from German company CompuGroup. CompuGroup made its surprise offer early on...
[July 20, 2007, 15:00]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog Comment I thought I had heard it all, but this takes the cake. Causes one to wonder to what depth will Microsoft sink to have their way?
[October 6, 2008, 5:24]
Bill Gates and the Sundance bid
News Microsoft plans to screen four independent movies at the Sundance Film Festival with its Windows Media 9 software. The software giant's media playback technology will be used with four films, "Masked and Anonymous," "The Maldonado Miracle," "A...
[January 17, 2003, 15:34]
Microsoft and Time Warner DRM bid halted
Talkback DRM is not just about movies and music. It's about who controls access to what data how. For a crude example: imagine that your car, your house, your vault, etc only have a very simplistic lock on them.
[February 14, 2005, 9:02]
Oracle again extends PeopleSoft bid
News Oracle announced on Thursday that it has extended to mid-October its deadline for tendering shares in its hostile $7.25bn (£4.59bn) bid for PeopleSoft. With PeopleSoft's stock closing at $19.35 a share on Thursday, Oracle's $19.50 per share bid...
[September 5, 2003, 8:30]
Oracle withdraws BEA buyout bid
News Oracle on Sunday pulled its $6.7bn (£3.3bn) buyout offer for BEA Systems, after the middleware maker refused to entertain its $17-a-share bid before the deadline expired. The billionaire investor and shareholder activist, who initially agreed with...
[October 29, 2007, 7:21]
EBay's PayPal bid under scrutiny
News PayPal and its prospective owner, eBay, are under new scrutiny from federal regulators. PayPal received two federal grand jury subpoenas last month concerning its processing of online gambling transactions, in addition to requests from federal...
[August 9, 2002, 14:49]
Dell makes bid for system management respect
News Dell is launching a remote monitoring service on Monday, as part of a system management programme aimed at improving its image as an enterprise solution provider. Remote monitoring services will be based on tools installed at customer sites, which...
[July 15, 2002, 8:22]
Deciphering Microsoft's Yahoo bid
News ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber talks to Ina Fried, senior writer at CNET News.com, about Microsoft's Friday announcement of a $44.6bn (£22.7bn) cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. They discuss the reasons behind the potential acquisition...
[February 4, 2008, 11:49]
Patent office email bid to attract public comments
Talkback The EU Elite must realise that it was moves like this, to legitimise the idea of Software Patents, with out public concent or developer oprooval that brought about the larger headache of a "No" to the EU constitution.
[June 3, 2005, 18:47]
Google to bid for US spectrum
Blog Comment Luckily it looks like the radio mic issue has been solved here in the UK. See an earlier post of mine on that very issue here.
[July 24, 2007, 9:36]
Patent office email bid to attract public comments
Talkback I'm Dutch and with about 60% of my fellow country men we voted NO to the EU constitution not because we're against an united Europa but mainly because the gap between EU politicians and EU civilians is too large.
[June 3, 2005, 22:04]
Google to bid for US spectrum
Blog Comment A hidden issue here, and this is the case both here and in the States. The gaps in the spectrum amongst the current UHF TV channels is also used by short range radio microphones. What we call here in the UK, the PMSE or Programme Making and Special...
[July 23, 2007, 23:05]
Buy.com cuts staff in half in restructuring bid
News Internet superstore Buy.com Wednesday announced a restructuring plan designed to reduce cash operating expenses by eliminating some 125 positions, or about 55 percent of its staff of 230. This move marks the second round of job cuts in less than a...
[February 28, 2001, 16:00]
EC clears Nokia's Trolltech bid
News The European Commission has cleared Nokia's acquisition of open-source software company Trolltech. The phone giant announced in January that it was to buy Trolltech for its "talent and technologies". The deal is expected to close this quarter, and...
[June 5, 2008, 12:44]
Patent office email bid to attract public comments
News The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has set up a facility to make it easier for people to comment on patent applications. Members of the public will now be able to comment on pending patents by email, rather than needing to contact the patent office by...
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Novell heads Net printing standards bid
News The networking giant is heading up a standard proposal called Lightweight Document Printing Application (LDPA) for controlling print jobs across the Internet and intra-nets. LDPA is a simplified version of today's ISO 10175 protocol.
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