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Dawn raids net 14 suspects in £1m phishing theft

...1m from a British woman, only to spend it in a Christmas buying spree on cheeseburgers, computers and gold bars Read more

15 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Intel to sell communications unit

...is to divest itself of another of its assets, purchased during a buying spree in 2000 Read more

15 January, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Network Associates keeps up buying spree

...the stages of a computer attack. The company has been on a buying spree, purchasing the forensics technology about six months ago and picking up... Read more

2 April, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

MessageLabs IM deal to kick off buying spree

Founder "would be very surprised" if this is the last acquisition... and he should know Read more

2 November, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

UK on web address buying spree

150 dot-uk domain names registered per hour Read more

18 August, 2005 by Steve Ranger

BT directors in share-buying spree

Stock at ten-year low; big chiefs get out their wallets... Read more

12 February, 2002 by Graham Hayday

UK PC market has best growth in Europe

...the second quarter of this year, as the country saw a consumer buying spree driven by strong mobile PC sales, according to Gartner Read more

31 July, 2008 by Colin Barker

Acquisitions boost IBM's Tivoli line

The company is rolling out enhancements gained from its recent buying spree Read more

6 October, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

Cisco re-strolls down acquisition lane

Cisco is on a buying spree, as it buys two companies and reveals plans to take over... Read more

2 May, 2002 by Tiffany Kary

Network Associates buys PGP

...Inc.—known officially, as of Sunday, as Network Associates Inc.—continued its buying spree Monday, announcing it will gobble up one of the best-known... Read more

2 December, 1997 by Jim Kerstetter
WhiteCanyon SecureClean 4

WhiteCanyon SecureClean 4

...a computer, steals a victim's identity, and then goes on a buying spree Read more

3 February, 2010

Oracle's Sun buy gets US green light

...Oracle, which at one time eschewed mergers but has gone on a buying spree in recent years, gobbling up PeopleSoft and many other software companies... Read more

21 August, 2009 by Ina Fried

Oracle acquisition to boost health-science unit

...a number of industry sectors into which Oracle is delving via a buying spree. Relsys develops applications designed to aid drug, biotech and medical-device... Read more

24 March, 2009 by Dawn Kawamoto

No slowdown in HP's software expansion quest

HP has been on an extensive buying spree in the software business but, far from being sated, the company... Read more

29 November, 2007 by Colin Barker
Revealed: Tech titans of the past 25 years

Revealed: Tech titans of the past 25 years

...was nominated by 36 percent of respondents. Oracle has been on a buying spree of late and most recently snapped up business intelligence company Hyperion... Read more

13 November, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

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