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PayPal Eyes Social Push With Iron Pearl Acquisition

PayPal eyeing big growth push after buying Palo Alto firm

12 years ago

WhatsApp Denies Google Acquisition Rumours

We are not talking to Google, says WhatsApp exec

12 years ago

Ericsson Buying Microsoft’s IPTV Business

Mediaroom will empower Ericsson in the video distribution market, while Microsoft chooses to focus on Xbox

12 years ago

Microsoft Sued Over PhoneFactor Authentication

Microsoft and its PhoneFactor unit have been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit from a little-known company

12 years ago

Apple Acquires Indoor Map Startup WifiSLAM

Apple Maps' indoor mapping to be improved by $20m acqusition of WifiSLAM

12 years ago

Oracle To Buy “Director” Cloud OS Developer Nimbula

Oracle beefs up its Public Cloud offering with a "Cloud OS"

12 years ago

Kelway Buys Dixons Retail’s Public Sector Equanet Business

Dixons' Equanet public sector business goes to Kelway

12 years ago

Samsung Buys Small Stake In Struggling Sharp

Samsung has purchased a small stake in Sharp, in a move that will ensure a steady supply of LCD panels

12 years ago

Microsoft Buys MetricsHub For Azure Cloud Monitoring

Azure customers now have a free cloud monitoring tool after Microsoft acquired MetricsHub

12 years ago

Logicalis Buys Troubled 2e2 Businesses

With 2e2 in difficulty, Logicalis has bought up the company's businesses outside the UK

12 years ago

MWC 2013: HP Sells webOS To LG For Cars And Smart TVs

HP has sold the webOS operating system it inherited from Palm to LG for use in smart TVs and cars

12 years ago

Google Boosts E-commerce With Channel Intelligence Deal

Google is paying nearly £80m for a company that will improve online shopping for consumers

12 years ago

Virgin Brand Continues As Liberty Global Buys Virgin Media

Liberty Global swallows Virgin Media to tackle Murdoch's BSkyB

12 years ago

Oracle To Pay $2 Billion For Acme Packet

The US software giant buys into specialist network hardware

12 years ago

Cisco Continues Acquisition Spree With Cognitive Deal

Cisco continues its acquisition spree with the purchase of Cognitive Security to enhance its network security credentials

12 years ago

Cisco Targets Network Management With Intucell Deal

Cisco is to spend nearly half a billion dollars in order to acquire mobile networking specialist Intucell

12 years ago

Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It

The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down

12 years ago

Imation Enters Data Centre With Nexsan Buy

Imation has bolstered its enterprise data centre storage portfolio with the acquisition of Nexsan

12 years ago

IBM Beefs Up Big Data With StoredIQ Purchase

IBM is adding to its growing 'big data' arsenal with the decision to acquire software maker StoredIQ

12 years ago

Dell To Splash On Security Again With Credant Deal

Dell opens its security acquisition wallet again

12 years ago

Cisco Boosts Network Policy Management With BroadHop

Cisco continues to ramp up its acquisition strategy with the purchase of network policy management specialist BroadHop

12 years ago

Imagination Offers $100 Million For MIPS And Wins

British chip designer outbids CEVA, but pays $40 million more than initially planned

12 years ago

Juniper Buying SDN Young Gun Contrail In $176m Deal

Contrail isn't a year old, but it is to be bought by one of the biggest networking players in town

12 years ago

Shareholders Sue Deloitte And KPMG Over HP Autonomy Deal

Audit firms and HP executives including Meg Whitman are accused of negligence over Autonomy acquisition

12 years ago

HP Terse Response To Mike Lynch Open Letter

HP has responded with a terse statement to an open letter from former Autonomy boss Dr Mike Lynch, to the…

12 years ago

Imagination Could Be Outbid On MIPS Deal

A DSP chip designer from California is trying to get its mitts on MIPS

12 years ago

Dell Bets On Automation With Gale Technologies Acquisition

Dell looks to boost its growing enterprise business

12 years ago

Cisco Splashes $125m On Cloupia For Managing Cloud

Cisco gets out its wallet again to boost its unified computing business

12 years ago

AMD Explores Strategic Options – Report

Chip maker AMD is reportedly considering its strategic options including a possible patent sell-off

12 years ago