Avast Security have added AVG to it's portfolio paying $1.3 Billion for the privilege. Whether this means one product will be phased out is still unclear:
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Security breaches and incidents have escalated in frequency and sophistication; as a result, security is moving to the top of corporate agendas. Breaches such as at Target, Home Depot, and Sony have shown how a single incident can hurt a company, its shareholders, partners, and customers.
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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...