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    Google's top brass are meeting Monday to figure out a response to how Microsoft's new overtures toward Yahoo affect Google's potential ad deal with Yahoo.

  • Microsoft-Yahoo combo could mean one fewer exit for upstarts

    In the world of Internet investing, there are generally two get-rich exit strategies: acquisition or initial public offering.

  • Microsoft patent peace -- or patent war?

    Microsoft last week declared a "patent peace" with Novell, the number 2 Linux seller. But did the company in fact just declare a patent war with the open-source realm?

  • Ballmer: Not the time to scale back

    Despite Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft's plan to invest billions in its emerging businesses, CEO Steve Ballmer told employees that "now is not the time to scale back."

  • Legal issues delay libraries' Google move

    Australian libraries are likely to continue resisting calls from Google to have their collections digitised and made available for search until the Web giant settles disputes with bodies representing copyright holders in the United States.

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    Hewlett-Packard's contemptuous termination of the 47-year-old EDS brand in a five-paragraph statement filled with marketing hogwash today is a colossal mistake and one the company will live to regret.

  • JD Edwards customers positive but wary

    A user conference in Melbourne almost goes pear-shaped for Oracle.

  • Google vs. Yahoo: Clash of cultures

    As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.

  • CeBIT Australia 2005

    CeBIT Australia, one of the region's leading ICT tradeshows for the business marketplace, is back again.

  • The spyware inferno

    Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why discussions about the software ultimately end up resembling Dante's nine circles of Hell.

Reviews (7)

  • ZoneAlarm Security Suite: the new one to beat

    ZoneAlarm Security Suite is like a beacon of light on a darkling plain, proving there is life in the consumer Internet security market.

  • LG G5300

    The G5300 from LG Electronics is a mid-range phone chock-full of goodies.

  • How much do you trust Google?

    Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.

  • MSN gets on search bandwagon

    Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.

  • Was Mac Opera gored on Safari?

    Opera Software may go silent on the Macintosh stage. The company has expressed significant doubts it will continue producing a browser for the Macintosh operating system, echoing a growing problem for third-party Mac developers as Apple Computer steps up its own application development efforts.

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