Acer to acquire Gateway; Unlocking the iPhone could invite DMCA suit

IT Market Watch News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by SonicWALL Webcast: Assessing Risk and Net Security Join this live Webcast on September 12, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT to learn how assessing your company's risk can lead to a more proactive sustainable security strategy. Hear respected security experts discuss this new risk management approach and its benefits. Click here to get all of the details. Network World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 08/28/07 Acer to acquire Gateway in $710 million deal, 08/27/07: Acer plans to acquire Gateway in a deal worth $710 million that Acer says will make it the world's third-largest PC vendor. Are data breach lawsuits just tilting at windmills?, 08/25/07: For all the concern expressed about companies' exposure to lawsuits in the wake of of data breaches, a decision earlier this week by a federal appeals court shows yet again what a challenge it can be for consumers to actually win redress when one occurs. Lenovo's plan for Packard Bell hit by Acer-Gateway deal, 08/27/07: Acer's agreement to acquire Gateway has foiled Lenovo Group's plans to buy PC vendor Packard Bell, and could leave Acer owning both Gateway and Packard Bell. New Executive Guide Network World has recently published an executive guide entitled "Virtualization Meets Reality". Find out the 8 key challenges of virtualizing your data center. Download it now! Unlocking the iPhone could invite DMCA suit, 08/27/07: Hackers who unlock Apple's iPhone from the AT&T network and share the method with 10 million of their closest Internet friends are inviting a lawsuit from the two companies, several intellectual property lawyers said Monday. Report: Google Mobile Phone launch imminent, 08/24/07: Rumors, hearsay, and gossip surrounding a Google product launch of its own mobile phone are reaching near pre-iPhone-launch hysteric levels. On Friday the clamor got louder. Server market grows after years of stagnant sales, 08/23/07: The server market is taking off again after three years of slowing growth, says research firm IDC. Skype woos SMBs with new deal, 08/24/07: Skype has launched a package for small businesses that bundles up the company's software with call credits and subscriptions for multiple users. IBM exec moves to Qantas CIO, 08/24/07: Former IBM executive Jamila Gordon will take the reins of Qantas' IT department this September as the airline's new CIO. EC accuses Rambus of 'patent ambush', 08/24/07: Six months after U.S. regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market. IBM buys WebDialogs and expands Sametime lineup, 08/22/07: IBM Wednesday shook up its Web conferencing strategy adding a hosted option by acquiring WebDialogs and expanding its on-premise presence and conferencing platform Sametime. AMD sales chief expected to step down, 08/22/07: Advanced Micro Devices sales chief Henri Richard will leave the company in September, AMD said Wednesday. FTC settles with 'boiler room' marketers, 08/22/07: The Results Group, a telemarketing firm that sold Web site services, has been banned from further phone sales and will return $435,000 to customers under a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. LSI to sell mobility unit to Infineon in $450M deal, 08/21/07:Chip maker LSI has agreed to sell its mobility products division to Infineon Technologies for $450 million in cash, plus a possible additional $50 million if the unit meets certain performance goals. RF Micro to buy Sirenza in $900 million deal, 08/19/07: Mobile phone chip maker RF Micro Devices plans to buy Sirenza Microdevice in a $900 million deal aimed at expanding its presence in WiMAX, broadband, cable TV, and wireless infrastructure.

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