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Intel Buys Into Gesture Recognition With Omek Acquisition

The chip manufacturer will pay close to $40m for an Israeli gesture recognition start-up

11 years ago

EMC Makes Flash Move With ScaleIO Purchase

EMC has enhanced its flash-based data centre offerings with the acquisition of ScaleIO

11 years ago

EMC Bolsters RSA Identity Management With Aveksa Purchase

RSA pushing ahead with its intelligence-led approach to security

11 years ago

Yahoo To Buy Video App Developer Qwiki

The company is ready to invest around $50 million into automated video editing software

11 years ago

Microsoft Plots Way Forward For Yammer

Microsoft plots the roadmap ahead for Yammer, which includes tighter business software integration

11 years ago

Vodafone To Pay £6.6 Billon For Kabel Deutchland

Vodafone buys into Pay TV with acquisition of Germany’s largest cable network operator

11 years ago

FTC To Review Google’s Acquisition Of Waze

US competition watchdog takes a closer look at the navigation market

11 years ago

Microsoft Move For Nokia Unit Stalls Over Price – Report

Microsoft was in talks to acquire Nokia's device business but the two companies failed to agree on a price

11 years ago

Yahoo Continues Spending Spree, Buying Rondee And GhostBird

The company goes berserk and snaps up two start-ups in a single day

11 years ago

Vodafone Confirms Interest in Cable Giant Kabel Deutschland

Vodafone is seeking to acquire Germany's largest cable company Kabel Deutschland

11 years ago

Google Confirms £831m Waze Navigation Purchase

Google has flexed its financial muscle and snapped up Waze, which had also been courted by Apple and Facebook

11 years ago

Google Reportedly Agrees To Buy Waze For Over $1 Billion

The start-up courted by Apple, Facebook and now Google seems to have found its new owner

11 years ago

Salesforce To Splash $2.5bn On ExactTarget

Marc Benioff's cloud giant makes its most costly acquisition to date

11 years ago

IBM Buys Into Cloud IaaS With SoftLayer Acquisition

After plenty of speculation, SoftLayer is snapped up by IBM in what will be one of the biggest cloud deals…

11 years ago

Cisco Slams ‘Careless’ European Approval Of Microsoft-Skype Deal

Cisco claims Microsoft has an unfair monopoly on the video communications market thanks to Skype

11 years ago

Intel Confirms Acquisition Of ST-Ericsson’s GPS Business

Intel is to acquire the GPS chip business of ST-Ericsson, as the chip joint venture closes down

12 years ago

Yahoo Reportedly Bidding Up To $800m For Hulu

The company looks desperate to get its hands on an established video platform

12 years ago

Websense Agrees Buyout Deal With Private Equity Firm

Another tech firm is to remove itself from the stock market, as Websense opts for a £600m buyout deal

12 years ago

Blue Coat Dives Deep Into Security Data With Solera Networks Acquisition

Blue Coat is bringing in a lot of deep packet inspection technology with its second acquisition in a month

12 years ago

HP Hit By Fresh Lawsuit Over Troubled Autonomy Deal

HP's headaches continue after it faces a fresh Autonomy lawsuit, and is accused of knowing it was a bad deal

12 years ago

Microsoft Eyes E-Readers With £647m Nook Buy – Report

Microsoft is reportedly looking to move deeper into the ebook market with a buyout of the Nook joint venture

12 years ago

BMC Bows To Shareholder Pressure And Agrees Sale

BMC is to escape the pressures of being a publicly listed company by selling itself to private equity buyers

12 years ago

McAfee Bids £250m For Firewall Innovator Stonesoft

Stonesoft will add next generation firewall expertise to McAfee's arsenal

12 years ago

IBM Server Talks With Lenovo Halted Over Price Row

IBM and Lenovo have failed to agree on a price

12 years ago

France Blocks ‘Ravenous’ Yahoo Dailymotion Deal

A French minister compared Yahoo to a ravenous predator wanting to devour a French startup

12 years ago

IBM Acquires UrbanCode For Software Delivery Automation

IBM has beefed up its Rational toolset for software developers after the acquisition of UrbanCode

12 years ago

Google Pays £19.4m For News Summary App Wavii

Google reacts to Yahoo Summly acquisition by buying Wavii

12 years ago

CA World: CA To Buy API Security Company Layer 7

Canadian API wizards will offer their services through the US software powerhouse

12 years ago

Lenovo In Acquisition Talks For IBM Server Biz – Report

Lenovo is reportedly talking to IBM about acquiring its commodity System x x86 server business

12 years ago

Amazon Triggers Smartphone Rumours After Startup Purchase

Amazon has reportedly acquired a British startup with a Siri-like product, prompting fresh smartphone rumours

12 years ago