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Official statement confirms Sony intends to acquire FromSoftware owner Kadokawa

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:20:01 +0000

Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa has confirmed that Sony is attempting to acquire it. The company owns a large number of game studios, anime production companies, and more. Read more...

Sega nearing a deal to buy Rovio, the studio behind Angry Birds

Steve Bennett — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:14:01 +0000

Rovio Entertainment, the Finland-based studio behind the Angry Birds franchise, is set to be purchased by Sega in a deal worth $1 billion by early next week, if talks don't break down. Read more...

NetEase is acquiring Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream

Usama Jawad — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:12:02 +0000

Chinese tech giant NetEase Games is acquiring Quantic Dream for an undisclosed amount. The latter is a David Cage-led studio behind popular titles like Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human. Read more...

Reddit acquires Dubsmash

Usama Jawad — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:44:02 +0000

Reddit has acquired TikTok rival and short video-sharing platform, Dubsmash. Dubsmash will retain its brand and platform with the entire team including the three co-founders now working under Reddit. Read more...

Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub is now complete

Usama Jawad — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has officially announced that it has finally completed it $7.5 billion acquisition of code-sharing repository GitHub. The transaction received the European Commission's nod a week ago. Read more...

Nadella: Buying LinkedIn for $26.2bn was better than partnering with it

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:40:01 +0000

In his new book 'Hit Refresh', Satya Nadella has described the reasons behind Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn, stating that it was better to purchase the platform rather than partnering with it. Read more...

Microsoft to acquire VoloMetrix to increase organizational productivity

Usama Jawad — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:20:01 +0000

The Redmond giant has announced that it plans to acquire VoloMetrix, a leading company in organizational analytics, in an effort to drive productivity on services like Office 365. Read more...

Microsoft to acquire Revolution Analytics

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:28:02 +0000

After acquiring Moodle and Equivio in the past couple of days, Microsoft has also announced its plans to acquire Revolution Analytics to help customers find big data value with statistical analysis. Read more...

Rumour: Samsung to buy Nokia

Denis Wong — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:52:20 +0000

Last week's rumours about Microsoft acquiring Nokia's phone unit for $19 billion were quickly shot down by Nokia themselves following a flurry of activity from the media. This came after a similar rumour emerged in... Read more...

What the Vark! Google acquires Aardvark

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:34:41 +0000

Today Google announced that they will be acquiring Aardvark, an online social search that provides user responses, instead of search engine results. The social search promises to return human responses for your questions within... Read more...

Google to acquire On2 technologies for $106 Million

Tom Warren — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:24:57 +0000

Google and On2 technologies have jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire On2. On2 is well known for compressing high quality video ready for streaming on... Read more...

EA's bid to acquire GTA franchise shot down

Fred Derf — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:09:08 +0000

And who said there is never any news on Sunday? Electronic Arts has "terminated discussions" with Take Two, the makers of Grant Theft Auto, after spending nearly seven months working on a potential merger deal.... Read more...

Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg

Tom Warren — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:13:37 +0000

Google's on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we've heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to... Read more...

Amazon to acquire Audible for $300 million

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:00:49 +0000

By the second quarter of 2008, Amazon.com Incorporated plans to acquire Audible Incorporated, the leading online provider of premium digital spoken word audio content. Through its web sites in the US and UK and alliances... Read more...

Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:08:04 +0000

Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech, a recognized software provider with world-class software development platforms and frameworks headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Nokia will offer NOK 16 per share in cash... Read more...

Arbor to acquire Ellacoya Networks

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:45:25 +0000

Consolidation in security keeps on coming, with Arbor Networks stepping up to the plate with plans to acquire Ellacoya Networks. Arbor, which announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ellacoya on Thursday, is looking to boost... Read more...

MS offers $1.2 Billion to acquire Fast Search & Transfer

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:35:33 +0000

Microsoft Corporation is offering 6.6 billion NOK (or approximately $1.2 billion USD) for the acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer, a leading provider of enterprise search solutions. FAST's board of directors has unanimously recommended that... Read more...

IBM to Acquire Solid Information Technology

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:51:40 +0000

IBM has entered into an agreement to acquire Solid Information Technology, a privately held company based in Cupertino, California, and Helsinki, Finland, that provides in-memory database software. Financial details were not disclosed but the acquisition... Read more...

IBM to Acquire Cognos for $5 Billion

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:09:52 +0000

IBM Corp. is making its largest acquisition ever, a deal announced Monday to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in cash in hopes of keeping up with rivals in "business intelligence" software. The acquisition would... Read more...

Acer to acquire Gateway in $710 million deal

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:44:06 +0000

Acer plans to acquire Gateway in a deal worth $710 million that Acer says will make it the world's third-largest PC vendor. Under terms of the agreement announced Monday, Acer will purchase all of... Read more...

Google To Acquire GrandCentral

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:27:51 +0000

Google is in acquisition discussions with telephone management startup GrandCentral, we've learned, and we have a high degree of confidence that the deal has actually been closed. We are trying to nail down the acquisition... Read more...

In answer to Google & Yahoo, MS to acquire 24/7 Real Media?

Tue, 01 May 2007 17:17:10 +0000

If your complaining doesn't work, try doing the same as what you were complaining about. Google buys DoubleClick, Yahoo! is already planning to buy the rest of Right Media, and it appears that Microsoft has... Read more...

Symantec To Acquire Altiris

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:06:18 +0000

After acquiring Veritas Software in July 2005, Symantec aims to buy network client management vendor Altiris for $830 million by paying company shareholders approximately $33 per share. Cupertino, California-based Symantec expects the acquisition to close... Read more...

EA to Acquire German Developer's of "FarCry"

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:59:04 +0000

Electronic Arts last week purchased German game developer Phenomic, the developers of SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars. Now it seems that EA has it's eyes on Crytek, another German developer and makers of FarCry, the FPS... Read more...

Source: AMD to acquire ATI for $5.5 billion

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:28:10 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 supplier of computer processors, is close to a deal to buy graphics chip maker ATI for $5.5 billion and unless talks break down, a deal could be announced as... Read more...

Orange may acquire AOL UK

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:11 +0000

A REPORT in the Sunday Telegraph claims that Orange/Wanadoo - operated by France Telecom, should win the auction to buy AOL's UK internet business. The paper believes that the bid from Orange is motivated by... Read more...

EMC to acquire RSA Security

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:43:02 +0000

In a deal that marries one of the IT industry's biggest data storage vendors and one of its best-known security companies, EMC Corp. today unveiled plans to acquire RSA Security Inc. Under the deal, Hopkinton,... Read more...

EA To Acquire Mythic Entertainment

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:11:41 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. yesterday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Virginia-based Mythic Entertainment. Upon completion of the acquisition, Mythic Entertainment will become EA Mythic, a wholly-owned studio dedicated to developing Massively... Read more...

Red Hat to Acquire JBoss

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:24:55 +0000

Red Hat, the leading Linux distributor, announced on April 10 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire open-source Java middleware company JBoss. JBoss has been rumored to be on the acquisition block... Read more...

AT&T Plans to Acquire BellSouth in $65B Deal

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:41:21 +0000

In a dealworth $65 billion, AT&T Inc. is expected to announce plans for it's' acquisitionof BellSouth Corp. as early as Monday. Under terms of the acquisition AT&Twould pay about $37 per share for Atlantabased BellSouth... Read more...

Walt Disney in Serious Talks to Acquire Pixar

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:37 +0000

The post-Eisner Walt Disney is close to buying Pixar Animation Studios in a deal that could allow Steve Jobs and his team to exert significant creative influence at the entertainment giant, reports The Wall Street... Read more...

Symantec To Acquire WholeSecurity

Tom Warren — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:41:26 +0000

Symantec announced yesterday that the company plans to accquire WholeSecurity. WholeSecurity provides anti-phishing technology to identify processes running on websites and on workstations. Many corporate's use the technology to prevent users from logging... Read more...

News Corporation to acquire IGN in $650 million deal

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:40:00 +0000

Rupert Murdoch's media empire News Corporation is set to acquire top US videogames website publisher IGN Entertainment in a deal worth some $650 million, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal today. The... Read more...

McAfee to acquire Wireless Security Corp.

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:11:59 +0000

McAfee announced today that it has acquired Wireless Security Corp. for an undisclosed amount, with the intent of making managed wireless security services a future McAfee offering. "We believe there's a tremendous... Read more...

Update: Sun to acquire StorageTek for $4.1 billion

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:36:08 +0000

Sun Microsystems has reached an agreement to acquire Storage Technology in a move to beef up the U.S. computer company's storage and data management portfolio. Under the agreement announced Thursday, Sun will pay $4.1 billion... Read more...

Novell to Acquire Tally Systems Corp.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:05:27 +0000

Novell announced on Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tally Systems Corp. Tall Systems is an expert in IT asset management solutions, this acquisition will help Novell expand it's ZENworks management... Read more...

HP to acquire Snapfish photo service

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:32 +0000

Aiming to boost its presence in the digital-photography market, Hewlett-Packard said Monday that it plans to buy online photo service Snapfish. HP said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the... Read more...

Apple to acquire HipSolve Media

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:23:48 +0000

Think Secret is reporting that Apple is currently in talks to acquire HipSolve Media for $3.6 million. HipSolve Media, founded nearly three years ago, launched Windows-based iHoopla. iHoopla offers labels and publishers the... Read more...

Microsoft to Acquire Enterprise Anti-Virus - Sybari Software

Tom Warren — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:01:08 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it has signed agreements to acquire Sybari Software Inc. Sybari Software provide security products for more than 10,000 businesses worldwide. Microsoft plans to provide its enterprise customers with significant... Read more...

EA to Acquire Criterion Software Group from Canon Eurpoe

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:32:30 +0000

Electronic Arts today announced an agreement to acquire Criterion Software Group Ltd. from Canon Europe. With the acquisition, EA assumes Criterion's studio in Guildford, UK; two globally recognized intellectual properties, Burnout and Black; and the... Read more...