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  • CA board candidate defends plan

    A proposed candidate for the the board of Computer Associates International, who is part of a group seeking to toss out the present board and overthrow the current management, has defended his team's plan to divide the company into four groups.

  • CA: Shoring up the vote

    Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar want to defeat the campaign by Texas billionaire Sam Wyly to wrest control of Computer Associates. Now it's up to the shareholders.

  • Computer Associates investor fights for control

    An investment group led by a wealthy software pioneer from Texas has started a fight to take control of Computer Associates International, saying the world's No. 4 software maker has let its share price languish and mistreats its employees and customers.

  • CA proxy fight: Wang and Kumar victorious

    Computer Associates International management has emerged victorious in a bitter proxy battle, but not without making changes to appease dissident shareholders.

  • Vote tally moves HP merger forward

    A formal tally showed that Hewlett-Packard shareholders voted narrowly to approve a merger with Compaq Computer, but opponents refused to concede defeat.

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    Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.

  • Hey Larry, is it worth it?

    When all is said and done, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft is smart or just silly.

  • The open source patent conundrum

    Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.

  • Who should govern the Net?

    ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.

  • Search ends for Australia's best IT employer

    Find out which company bagged the grand prize. Meanwhile, Techex and Westnet tied for the first runner-up position while storage vendor EMC Australia bagged the third runner-up spot.

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    Companies supporting Secure Digital, a specific format for removable flash memory cards, are working to develop a smaller version of the format for mobile phones, according to sources.

  • Age has not wearied them

    Despite the endless pressure to install the latest and greatest, many of the core technologies which are in use in the modern enterprise have been around for decades, if not centuries.

  • I want my iTV

    For all its publicised benefits, why is iTV still having such a hard time making it in Australia?

  • EU plans to avert tech eco-disaster

    The information technology boom and bust of the 1990s is leaving a lot more than worthless shares and frustrated investors in its wake; it is producing a mountain of electronic waste as technological advancements make computers and other devices containing toxic products obsolete at an increasing pace.

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