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Eying expanding opportunities in the corporate mobile data realm, Sybase said today it had agreed to buy a software company that makes middleware for enterprises. Sybase said it would pay about US$71.3 million in cash to acquire Extended Systems, an 11-year-old company whose main product, known as O...

Two reports on the state of the wireless industry indicate strong growth is continuing apace, with handset shipments riding a wave of sales in countries with emerging economies and U.S. mobile carrier subscription rates and mobile data usage continuing to expand. The reports from Strategy Analytics ...

In a snapshot of how competitive the battle has become to capture users' digital photography endeavors -- and the dollars that could follow -- Shutterfly has said it would begin offering its members free Web pages where they can store and share their images. Shutterfly Collections, as the service is...

A new study reveals that today's teenagers are more wired and Web-savvy than ever but also indicates that they are embracing non-traditional means to use the Internet -- bypassing e-mail in favor of instant messaging, for instance -- a trend that experts say will force the e-commerce industry to be ...

Web surfers are annoyed as hell and they're doing something about it. That's the thrust of the findings in a survey to be released next week by Hostway, a Chicago-based Web site hosting service with more than 400,000 global clients. According to preliminary information from the survey, obtained by t...

Number two handset maker Motorola has said it will pre-install applications meant to make it easier for users to access Yahoo Web content from mobile devices, the latest in a line of partnerships designed to bring the Web to consumers wherever they go. Motorola said yesterday that a line of phones, ...

In a move to extend its eTrust security management solutions portfolio, Computer Associates yesterday announced it has acquired e-mail security software vendor Qurb in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the deal were not announced. The acquisition adds spam-blocking capabilities designed to protect p...

Roy Disney said, "You need branding when your product has nothing to offer." Roy's uncle, Walt, invented Mickey Mouse and created the Disney empire. At the time, the word "branding" was reserved only for cowboys branding herds of cattle by the fiery iron. The word "branding" is dangerously overused....

Cisco Systems today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Sheer Networks in a US$97 million cash and assumed options deal. Sheer Networks develops intelligent network and service management products for service providers and large enterprises. Cliff Meltzer, senior vice presiden...

Just days after it unveiled the new name for its first major overhaul of the Windows operating system in four years, Microsoft faces the prospect of a trademark infringement action from another technology firm that uses the name "Vista" to sell its own software. In published reports, John Wall, the ...

For the last five years, it has become common for directors of Western companies to ask corporate managers, "What is our Bangalore strategy?" Now that labor markets in South Asia are maturing, a new question is becoming pertinent. For the next five years, a more relevant question will be, "What is o...

Underscoring the future prospects for the chip sector as microprocessors become ubiquitous in a range of consumer gadgets, Intel today said it would invest US$3 billion in a new U.S. manufacturing facility. The 1 million-square-foot plant will be built in Arizona, with work slated to begin immediate...

Seeking to make it easier for users to access its array of Internet-based services and to entice developers to make tools compatible with its portal, Yahoo today said it had agreed to buy Konfabulator, a maker of so-called "widgets," small software programs that help deliver content without a browse...

Saying it has the expertise needed to help enterprises get a handle on their mobile communications needs, Sprint is launching a consulting service that it says will take a vendor-neutral approach to help large companies better understand how mobile data tools can aid their business goals. Sprint sai...

Microsoft has decided to dub its new version of the Windows operating system "Windows Vista," chucking the "Longhorn" nickname that had become associated with the first major makeover of the company's flagship product in several years, a release with enormous stakes for the software giant. Microsoft...