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    Symantec chief executive John Thompson will retire in the spring, the security specialist said late Monday in the US.

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    The man who led Linux seller Red Hat from a newly public but largely unproven open source company to a force to be reckoned with is giving his office to an executive largely unknown in the software industry.

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    Veritas Chief Executive Gary Bloom took pains to explain why he believes his company's acquisition by Symantec makes sense.

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    Hewlett-Packard executives are mulling plans to improve over the next 18 months the technology the company uses to manage its direct sales, while it continues with commercial printing efforts and acquisitions of software companies.

  • Technology's growing acquisition appetite

    Supersize me. If technology companies ranging from software powerhouse Oracle to fast-growing Net hotshot Skype could share a motto, it would be that oft-ridiculed fast-food pitch.

  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

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    Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said.

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    News analysis: Palm is hoping that lightning will strike twice with its acquisition of Handspring, but the reunion may not be an easy one.

  • Will Longhorn rope everything together?

    Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.

  • Microsoft moves beyond patches

    Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

  • Palm to acquire rival Handspring

    Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

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