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• Tech feels first pinch of global downturn

  Those watching for signs overall economic woes are affecting the tech industry may not have to wait much longer.

• Yahoo's Yang: We're more than Microsoft fodder

  Yahoo co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang issued another rally call to troops on Wednesday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• Beseiged PeopleSoft suffers exodus of execs

  An executive exodus at PeopleSoft has some outside experts worried that Oracle's hostile buyout bid, coupled with a difficult sales climate, has taken a bigger toll than the software maker is letting on.

• Death of the free Web: The merger myth

  The unprecedented speed, number and price of Internet combinations formed to boost traffic has redefined the corporate merger, which critics now say contributed mightily to the decline of the overall industry.

• 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.

Features and Case Studies (8)

• 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.

• How do you spend Cisco's acquisition millions?

  Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? The executive discusses how he plans to maintain the success rate

• Cisco offers justification for Procket deal

  Cisco Systems' planned purchase of Procket Networks' assets for US$89 million in cash may be a bargain, but it has raised questions about Cisco's core IP routing strategy.

• Cisco killer comes of age

  Juniper CEO Scott Kriens discusses the rivalry with Cisco and why the Net's future hangs on network security.

• Cisco turns 20

  When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Can the networking giant build on past success and find new ways to grow?

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• 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.

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