Gateway plans to snap up Packard Bell
News The PC vendor has exercised its right of first refusal to buy all of Packard Bell's shares, ousting Lenovo from the bidding process [09 Oct 2007]
Teradata teams up with SAS
News The former competitors' products will get closer technical integration and benefit from joint marketing and sales pushes, the companies said at Teradata's user-group conference [09 Oct 2007]
Dell looks to Asia for partnership opportunities
News The company has confirmed that it plans to pursue alliances throughout the region, similar to its recent deal with Chinese electronics retailer Gome [08 Oct 2007]
SAP to acquire Business Objects
News The applications giant is set to buy the business intelligence software provider to bolster its competitive challenge to Oracle [08 Oct 2007]
iSoft says yes to IBA takeover bid
News Shareholders have 'overwhelmingly' approved the Australian e-health group's £166m offer, marking an end to the long-running acquisition saga [05 Oct 2007]
Skype: Not quite what eBay bargained for
Analysis The auction king has been forced to reassess the value of the company it acquired for $2.6m, and its larger strategy for making money with VoIP [02 Oct 2007]
Joint acquisition of 3Com imminent
News The networking vendor will be taken over by private equity firm Bain Capital and network equipment maker Huawei [02 Oct 2007]
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News With the two companies' relationship becoming increasingly strained over recent years, here's a look back at landmarks in their legal scuffles [02 Oct 2007]
EC launches antitrust probe against Qualcomm
News Nokia is one of six complainants claiming Qualcomm does not license its 3G patents under "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" terms [02 Oct 2007]
The best of September's tech photos
Roundup From the latest cutting-edge tech at Intel's annual developer event, to reconditioned laptops given a second life in Africa, September has produced some striking images [28 Sep 2007]
Google plans European workforce boost
News The web giant is to hire thousands of engineers in Europe in a drive to boost its overall workforce by a third, according to reports [27 Sep 2007]
EC may put antitrust focus on Google
News The European Commission has defended itself against US criticism of the Microsoft antitrust ruling, as reports suggest Google may be next [21 Sep 2007]
SCO admits it may fold
News Having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, SCO claims it may go under permanently, depending on how much the court decides it owes Novell [19 Sep 2007]
Microsoft ruling: Court's decision 
Video The Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance overturns the appeal of the software giant and orders it to pay a €497m fine originally levied by the EU executive in 2004 [18 Sep 2007]
EC reacts to Microsoft ruling
Video Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes expects to see a drop in Microsoft's market share if the company complies with the court order [18 Sep 2007]
Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
News The statement released by the Court of First Instance gives details on its decision to uphold most of a 2004 European Commission antitrust decision against Microsoft [17 Sep 2007]
EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal
Roundup The EU's Court of First Instance has upheld most of the landmark 2004 European Commission antitrust decision against Microsoft [17 Sep 2007]
- more and more power - 1000019232
- It's about leveling the playing field - pround
- As long as its everyone - Marcoz
- Not defending Microsoft - Marcoz
- Not defending anyone else. - pround
Microsoft-EU antitrust decision looms
News Business leaders, lawyers, regulators will have plenty to discuss when the Court of First Instance rules on Europe's antitrust sanctions against Microsoft [17 Sep 2007]
The pig farmer's guide to IT politics
Leader In 1945, Orwell published a classic fairy tale of power and betrayal. It still illuminates IT's dark side in 2007 [14 Sep 2007]
Malaysian government unveils IT initiatives
News The country's prime minister has announced plans to boost the nation's competitiveness and human capital, and increase broadband adoption [11 Sep 2007]
Intel-STMicro deal gets US antitrust probe
News The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a harder look at Intel's plans to create a private chip company with STMicroelectronics [31 Aug 2007]
