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    Software giant Oracle is to buy server and software maker Sun Microsystems, the two companies announced late Monday.

  • People Telecom CEO resigns

    People Telecom CEO John Stanton has resigned, the company announced yesterday.

  • Private equity sharks circle MYOB

    A bargain-hunting investment consortium named Manhattan Software Bidco has offered around $443 million plus options in a takeover bid for Australia's leading accounting software brand, MYOB.

  • Sophos bids for German firm

    Corporate security firm Sophos said Monday in the US it had offered US$340 million to buy Utimaco Safeware, a German software specialist in the field of data loss and encryption.

  • Antitrust affects Yahoo and Google ad deal

    Google's co-founder Larry Page respects Yahoo's struggle to remain independent, and he says there's still a chance an advertising deal between the two companies can work.

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