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*Oracle Makes Offer To Buy BEA Systems For $6.66 Billion
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*3Com Won't Share Sensitive Technology With China's Huawei
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*Four Groups Vie For Two Japan WiMax Licenses
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*Lift-Off Modest For Virgin Mobile IPO
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*Stop Thief! OnStar Says It Can Slow Down Stolen Cars
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*HP Connects Its Products With A Unified Communications Launch
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( Today's Top Story)
Oracle Makes Offer To Buy BEA Systems For $6.66 Billion
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This proposal is the culmination of repeated conversations with
BEA's management over the last several years, said Oracle
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TSA Promises Privacy For Subjects Of Clothing-Penetrating Scans
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The millimeter wave scanning system being tested at Phoenix Sky
Harbor Airport can see through clothing to detect weapons,
explosives, and other objects.
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Calls Rivals 'Pretenders'
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The outspoken chief executive brags Microsoft has a 17-year head
start over competitors who are building large-scale Web-centric applications.
Google Wins Patent For Data Center In A Box; Trouble For Sun,
Rackable, IBM?
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The idea comes at a time when industry experts predict a
worsening space crunch for data centers due to high performance
demands and expensive real estate prices.
Verizon Adds iPhone Lookalike In Challenge To Apple
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The Voyager, made by LG and offered exclusively by Verizon
Wireless, has a large touch screen that slides open to reveal a
full keypad.
Langa Letter: XP On Your Thumb Drive
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Fred Langaoffers a step-by-step and illustrated guide on how to
boot XP from an ordinary USB drive.
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Deal For Kyocera To Buy Sanyo's Mobile Phone Business Advances
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Negotiations have been underway for several weeks and the basic
agreement on the acquisition that was announced this week
indicates the two companies are closer to making a deal.
Google Adds YouTube To Global Mapping Service
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Users can watch, for example, YouTube video of surfing,
snorkeling, and exotic sea life in Maui, Hawaii, while getting
maps to points of interests.
For Tired Computer Users: A Headband To Tell You When To Quit
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A Tufts University team wants to expand on technology that uses
near-infrared spectroscopy sensors to measure the brain's
emotional state.
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3Com Won't Share Sensitive Technology With China's Huawei
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Bain Capital Partners and 3Com said the U.S. government has been
notified that Huawei won't have any operational control in a new
company established last month.
Four Groups Vie For Two Japan WiMax Licenses
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NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, and KDDI hope to supply high speed wireless
Internet access, eager to bet billions of yen on cheap and quick
file downloads on the run.
Lift-Off Modest For Virgin Mobile IPO
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The company's first day 5% share increase is positive considering
some of the highly publicized blow-ups in the MVNO market last year.
Stop Thief! OnStar Says It Can Slow Down Stolen Cars
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OnStar says its new stolen vehicle service will remotely reduce
the flow of fuel to an engine in a stolen car.
HP Connects Its Products With A Unified Communications Launch
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The bundled hardware and software is also expected to leverage
HP's strategic alliances with Cisco Systems and Microsoft.
AT&T's Spectrum Buy Rearranges Pieces On The 700-MHz Board
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The spectrum purchase has consequences for new bidders and
potentially forces Verizon Wireless to rethink its strategy,
analysts suggest.
Microsoft Outlook Gets Text Messaging Plug-In From MobileSphere
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The Joopz "web texting" plug-in enables two-way text messaging
between a desktop computer and any cell phone or smartphone.
Opera, Freescale, NEC Promise Better Web Browsing On Mobile Devices
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The new technology, with its improved mobile processing and
multimedia capabilities, will make it possible to view content
like YouTube directly on mobile browsers.
AT&T Pays $2.5 Billion For 700-MHz Licenses
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In advance of the January auction, AT&T jumps the gun by
announcing it will pick up a part of the spectrum from Aloha
Partners.
Alcatel-Lucent, Under Fire, Turns To Mobile WiMax
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Alcatel-Lucent says it has landed more WiMax contracts than any
other vendor -- 15 commercial contracts and more than 70 pilots.
Akamai Aims For Corporate Clients With New Service
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The company introduced a service Monday aimed at expanding its
client base to business customers beyond online media.
Sprint CEO Gary Forsee Out, WiMax Venture In Doubt
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CFO Paul Saleh will take over as the search for a successor "will
focus on candidates outside the company," according to one board member.
Vonage Settles With Sprint, Still Faces Verizon Judgment
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Under the agreement, Vonage will pay a total of $80 million,
including $35 million for past use.
Google And IBM Partner To Push Cloud Computing
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To prepare students "to harness the potential of modern computing
systems," the companies will provide universities with hardware,
software, and services to advance training in large-scale
distributed computing.
Alltel Offers Wi-Fi Service To Cell Phone Users
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The Wi-Fi and EVDO Wireless Internet bundle includes unlimited
Wi-Fi access from any supported hotspot for $10 a month.
Motorola Wins Infrastructure Contracts For Taiwan's Major WiMax Project
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The ambitious M-Taiwan project plans to cover Taipei County's two
largest cities, Jhonghe and Banciao, with WiMax, Wi-Fi, and 3G technologies.
Baggage Bots, RFID Will Track And Transfer Airline Luggage
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IBM will provide a baggage management system to control and track
each bag using robot handling software and RFID.
In Retreat, Carriers Find Odd Marching Partners
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Faced with business and technology issues, carriers in many cases
are being forced into deals and initiatives they would not have
considered a few years ago.
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Apple Launches iPhone Web Apps Directory
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The featured Web software includes a Facebook application that
connects the iPhone to friends' pages, allowing users to upload
and share photos, or send and receive messages.
Layer 7 plans move into "ESB Lite" market
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The security gateway vendor is expanding into software, but can
it avoid treading on its partners' toes?
Microsoft's Latest Word Exploit Was Made On A Mac
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Symantec researchers said they were tipped off when they realized
the malware document wasn't in OLE format.
Fake Microsoft AntiSpyware Site Aims For Credit Card Numbers
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The latest trend in social engineering actually installs Trojans
on a PC instead of eliminating them, McAfee security researchers found.
AT&T, Calif. AG Settle Over Stolen Cell Phone Charges
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In one case, AT&T refused to credit customers even though the
calls originated in Mexico and the customer had never been there.
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