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Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks over disk businesses
News Toshiba and Fujitsu broke their silence on Thursday and acknowledged they were in talks about the future of their disk-drive businesses, but would not confirm whether they were discussing combining the two businesses into a single operation.
[January 15, 2009, 14:17]
Cisco CEO talks up Web 2.0
Video At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, Cisco chief executive John Chambers talks about the need for businesses to increase productivity by implementing Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, mashups and virtual conferencing.
[May 30, 2007, 17:29]
Oracle talks up Linux prospects
News Oracle talks up Linux prospects Over half its customers will be using Linux within five years, attracted by the greater predictability and adherence to standards, according to Oracle's co-president Within the next five years, half of Oracle's...
[August 10, 2005, 15:10]
Ericsson 'in talks to buy Marconi'
News Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson is in takeover talks with British rival Marconi, according to reports. Marconi is effectively up for sale, having failed to secure a contract to provide the intelligence for BT's 21st Century Network (21CN).
[October 10, 2005, 9:45]
Tech Talks From the Googleplex
Downloads Watch Tech Talks from the Googleplex. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[September 11, 2007, 12:11]
Lycos CEO says no new talks
News Speaking at the Massachusetts Software Council, Davis said that Lycos has been in discussions with possible partners for over two years but no new talks had been initiated as a result of recent mergers involving portal competitors.
[January 25, 1999, 14:00]
MS plans settlement talks with DoJ
News According to US reports Microsoft Corp.plans to begin settlement talks with the Justice Department and 19 states, in a bid to end the federal antitrust trial. The report comes as Microsoft prepares to go back to court, after suffering several...
[March 22, 1999, 14:26]
Yahoo! and eBay talks reported dead
News held talks about possible partnerships, but the discussions between the two companies -- which had been of a preliminary nature -- ended last week, according to a published report.eBay shares surged in late trading on Tuesday after CNBC reported...
[March 15, 2000, 15:30]
Operators in talks over dual-mode Nokia handset
News Nokia is in talks with a number of UK operators who are looking at rolling out its "dual-mode" GSM/Wi-Fi phones, a spokesperson for the Finnish handset giant has revealed to ZDNet UK. Nokia was unable to name which operators are in talks over the...
[July 28, 2006, 14:00]
Yahoo CEO: Microsoft search-deal talks ongoing
News Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz said on Wednesday that her company continues to have talks with Microsoft on a search deal and indicated a willingness to sell. The prerequisites, she said, are the right price, a technology she believes in, and...
[May 28, 2009, 12:33]
Microsoft in wireless talks with Ericsson, Nokia
News Microsoft is in talks with major wireless players Nokia and Ericsson over integrating Bluetooth and 3G wireless capabilities into Microsoft-powered devices, the software company's chairman, Bill Gates, said last week.
[February 12, 2002, 15:19]
CallNet reconnected after emergency talks
News Beleaguered unmetered pioneer CallNet is set to get up and running again after holding emergency talks with teleco Cable & Wireless, which has agreed to reconnect the ISP having reached a "commercial agreement".
[September 14, 2000, 17:11]
A Year Ago Today: Easynet, UK Online in merger talks
News The talks concern the possibility of co-operation or merger or acquisition in light of current consolidation in the Internet industry. European Internet access provider Easynet today announced it is in merger discussions with UK Online.
[October 10, 1997, 9:15]
Freeserve in possible takeover talks
News Shares in maverick UK Net giant Freeserve (quote: FRE) soared Wednesday as the pioneering ISP announced it is in talks that may lead to a takeover. Sources said the discussions could -- as with previous talks -- come to nothing.
[November 22, 2000, 11:33]
Microsoft in talks over AOL merger
News According to the newspaper's sources, Microsoft and Time Warner have been in "casual talks" for several months. The talks are linked to Microsoft's abortive attempts to buy Yahoo's search business, according to the The Wall Street Journal.
[July 17, 2008, 16:52]
Microsoft in Yahoo search-deal talks, says report
News The Times reported on Sunday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's search business for $20bn (£13bn). According to a report, Yahoo and Microsoft may once again be working on a search deal. According to the paper, former AOL chief executive...
[December 1, 2008, 9:28]
Ballmer talks EU, economy and virtualisation
News In an interview with CNET News.com's Ina Fried, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Server 2008, as well as relations with Brussels.
[February 28, 2008, 14:58]
Government continues to deny secret 3G talks
News We have not been approached by the 3G licence holders to talk about these matters, although we're obviously in regular talks with them over a range of issues," a DTI spokeswoman told ZDNet on Monday. Officials at the Department of Trade and...
[April 24, 2001, 8:38]
Gameplay in take-over talks
News Gameplay announced on Monday that has received an offer for "some or all" of the group, and was in talks with at least one unnamed company. In February, Cisco Systems, the number one maker of networking equipment for the Internet, was in talks with...
[May 1, 2001, 10:36]
HP in talks to acquire PwC consulting
News Hewlett-Packard is in talks to acquire the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in a cash and stock deal worth $17bn to $18bn (£11.96bn to £12.67bn). HP said in a release Monday that it still has significant issues to work about before a deal...
[September 11, 2000, 12:48]
