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Users of the free version of SUPERAntiSpyware are now being offered the Ask Toolbar. The difference, however, is that, unlike other inclusions of the toolbar, it is an opt-in rather than a pre-checked (opt-out) option. I don't believe it was widely advertised, but SAS was acquired by...

Microsoft's week included new glimpses of Windows 8, an Office 365 outage and reaction to Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Link Removed

Skype continues to go its own way (this time with video codecs) | ZDNet

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[Updated, July 12] -- CEO Steve Ballmer opened Microsoft's 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Los Angeles with a broad-based discussion of everything from Windows 8 to the Skype acquisition. More than 400 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold in two years, he told his audience. Link...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer opened the 2011 WPC in Los Angeles with a broad-based discussion of everything from Windows 8 to the Skype acquisition. Link Removed

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are all reportedly bidding to buy out online video service, Hulu.com. But they all have different reasons for considering the move. Hulu did not go after a public share offering, but went to a straight sale. Read Full Story: Tech Giants Bid to Acquire Hulu...

For Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, which heads to market on Friday, the company avoided using Android at all costs . Well, actually, at a very specific cost: HP spent $1.2 billion last year to acquire Palm, which helped develop the TouchPad's slick software, WebOS. HP's tablet strategy --to...

As Research in Motion (RIM) stock continues its free-fall, speculation about a possible acquisition of the Canadian company by Microsoft persists. RIM says it's profitable, others say they squandered opportunities. Read Full Story: Microsoft, RIM Rumors Intensify as Stock Plummets /...

Microsoft's week involved losing a major Supreme Court case and siding with AT&T's acquisition plans for T-Mobile. 'Windows 8' rumors also abounded. Link Removed

Skype buy was a Microsoft tax dodge Ballmer gets a win win scenario says analyst A financial analyst has said that Microsoft's $8.5 billion buy of Skype is a tax dodge and the US taxpayer will end up paying for half the bill. Larry Elkin, of Palisades Hudson, said that Microsoft's...

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will acquire VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will purchase the company from investor group Silver Lake, which—along with Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz Ventures, and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—acquired a majority stake in Skype...

Last week rumors hit the Internet that the VoIP based telephone company Skype was in talks to either be acquired or join in a huge deal with a major Internet company. Now yet another company has supposedly entered the fray, at least according to a new story at GigOm. Using unnamed sources, the...

SAN FRANCISCO – YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are cooking up another Internet company. This time, its ingredients will include the content-sharing service Delicious. The creators of the world's most popular video site acquired Delicious from Yahoo Inc., which decided late last...

Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...

Full article: Link Removed I wonder if they will change the name? Maybe, McIntel or Intelafee Link Removed due to 404 Error

Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies. The deal, which is part of Intel's new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to...

VideoLAN acquired by RealNetworks This is some sad news for thousands of VLC users who have moved from Real Player to the superior performance of VLC Player. (This $30 fee that they are going to slip in here is kinda like our garbage service that has started an area wide recycling service...