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  • Oracle-BEA merger gets the green light

    Oracle on Wednesday received a green light from regulators to move forward on its merger plans with BEA Systems.

  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

  • Microsoft targeted in two new antitrust probes

    Microsoft is again under the EU Commission's microscope, as the European body opens two new antitrust investigations into the software giant's activities.

  • Facebook Crush app reveals spyware but no lovers

    Security firm Fortinet has warned that Facebook users face certain disappointment and possible spyware if they attempt to discover who sent them a "Secret Crush" application invite.

  • US presidential election 2008: Barack Obama talks tech

    Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?

  • US presidential election 2008: Hillary Clinton talks tech

    Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?

  • EU tougher than US on Google-DoubleClick merger

    Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets.

  • Do Facebook's Social Ads breach privacy laws?

    US privacy advocates are questioning Facebook's latest revenue spinner, Social Ads, for possibly breaching 19th century laws designed to protect celebrities from being exploited in print media.

  • EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger

    European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk.

  • Google: EU's next antitrust target?

    The European Commission has defended itself against US criticism of the Microsoft antitrust ruling, as reports suggest Google may be next.

  • Google wants harm condition in privacy proposal

    Google is leading the call to create a global standard for how companies deal with private consumer data, but part of the search giant's proposal is that remedies focus on whether harm was actually caused by the information leak.

  • Microsoft deploys anti-Google lobbyists

    It's official: Microsoft is deploying lobbyists to oppose Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick, which it claims raise "serious competitive issues" in the online-ad space.

  • Search engine privacy report slammed as bias

    The findings of a report that commended the privacy policies of search engine providers such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, has been slammed as bias because of potentially conflicting financial arrangements with the report's publisher.

  • Google the next Microsoft in antitrust firing line?

    Google's planned acquisiton of DoubleClick has led to US government antitrust committees and liberal consumer groups watching the search giant's moves, just like they did Microsoft's not too long ago.

  • Microsoft promises privacy for Web searchers

    Microsoft has updated its privacy policy promising to remove the Internet Protocol (IP) address and other identifying data associated with Web searches after 18 months.

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