Yahoo supposedly wants the buy the super popular Tumblr to invigorate its user base and get a foothold in mobile marketing. However, they are scared of competing with Facebook for Tumblr's graces. More...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS have entered a merger agreement just one day after the companies announced they were considering a potential merger. The deal is worth $1.5 billion More...

According to a new report, Microsoft was given access to Nokia's financial information late last year in a potential buyout. Microsoft eventually walked away from the deal, however. More...

The $12.5 billion merger of Google and Motorola Mobility could officially close early next week as the Chinese government has now given its approval for the deal. More...

Cisco announced today that it has filed an appeal to the European Union to revisit its approval of October's merger of Microsoft and Skype in order to put in some new conditions. More...

The European Commission and the US Justice Department have both approved the proposed $12.5 billion merger between Google and Motorola Mobility, although other countries must still approve the deal. More...

AT&T has announced that it has ended its $39 billion attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from its parent company Deutsche Telekom thanks in part to resistance by the FCC and the Department of Justice. More...

The Federal Communications Commission has allowed AT&T to withdraw its application to merge with T-Mobile but the FCC still released a report that was highly critical of the merger proposal. More...

A source claims that AT&T is planning to offer to sell a large portion of T-Mobile's assets - as much as 40 percent - in an attempt to appease the Department of Justice's concerns over their merger. More...

AT&T has admitted that it could take a massive $4 billion one time charge on its financial books if its proposed merger with fellow wireless carrier T-Mobile fails to happen. More...

Sprint Nextel, the nation's third biggest wireless phone carrier, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. More...

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, claiming that such a move would cause less competition in the wireless phone industry. More...

A leaked letter from a law firm representing AT&T that was posted and then partly redacted on the FCC web site seems to hurt AT&T's case to merge with T-Mobile. More...

The proposed merger of the AT&T and T-Mobile wireless carriers has generated lots of comments both for and against. Today the Bursor and Fisher law firm launched a web site called FightTheMerger.com that's designed to... More...

California may now be involving itself in the AT&T and T-Mobile merger that is slated to occur pending regulatory approval. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has not launched an official investigation, but may do... More...

The two underdogs in the US carrier wars, T-Mobile and Sprint, may be joining forces. According to Bloomberg’s “people with knowledge of the matter”, Sprint and Deutsche Telekom have been in talks to make T-Mobile... More...

According to Techcrunch, Amazon is set to acquire European DVD rental service LOVEFiLM in a $312 million deal. The company currently operates in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Amazon already owns a significant... More...

Rumors that AOL was interested in purchasing Yahoo were reported here last month and it appears that AOL is now taking the next steps in investigating a possible merger; Reuters is reporting that they have... More...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen set up an hour long secret meeting to discuss a variety of topics, including a possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft. According to The New York... More...

Two of the industry's largest providers of dedicated servers and hosting services have entered into talks regarding a possible merger. If completed, the merger would make Softlayer CEO Lance Crosby the CEO of the combined... More...

HP said on Wednesday that it had entered into an agreement to purchase Palm for $1.2 Billion. In a press release issued by HP, the company said the acquisition would allow HP to "participate more aggressively... More...

The European Commission has given the green light for the T-Mobile and Orange merge. The deal will create a network giant with 29.5 million customers. T-Mobile, currently owned by Deutsche Telekom and Orange, currently owned by... More...

There's no stopping it now: the marriage of XM and Sirius has been cleared by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under a few conditions. The deal is said to offer subscribers better choice in the... More...

Reports in the Wall Street Post which indicate that E-Trade Financial, the pioneering online discount broker with Silicon Valley roots, is in merger talks with TD Ameritrade Holding had shares of both companies ticking upward... More...

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice asking for members of the public to voice their opinions on whether Sirius and XM, USA's two satellite radio broadcasters, should be allowed to merge. The combined... More...

AMD has announced the AMD 690G chipset with integrated graphics, essentially an ATI-designed product that has been rebranded and renamed in light of the merger. The 690G's integrated graphics processor (IGP) is the DirectX 9-compatible... More...

If you've been following the news over the last few months, you've probably noticed a few articles analyzing, speculating or simply spreading rumours regarding a merger between Sirius and XM Radio. Leave all the non-facts... More...

The investigation into the corruption scandal at Siemens has delayed a proposed merger between the telco equipment divisions of Siemens and Nokia. The merger was to be completed in January 2007, creating a new... More...

Apple may be affected by AMD's decision to buy graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies. Since the deal was revealed, Intel has confirmed it won't renew ATI's chipset bus licence, according to The Inquirer. That is... More...

After a deal was reported to be in the works months ago, shareholders for both Seagate and Maxtor have approved a merger of the hard drive giants. Under the deal, Seagate will acquire Maxtor,... More...

Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have announced today a merger between the two telecommunications equipment makers in which France based Alcatel will purchase US based Lucent in order to form a major new competitor... More...

Just as the mega-merger between Gamestop and Electronics Boutique was finalized a few days ago, Gamestop announced today that they will be cutting upwards of 575 full-time jobs and 160 temporary and seasonal jobs by... More...

According to Gamepro.com the mega-merger between Gamestop and Electronics Boutique is about to be completed on October 31st. After getting an investor offering of $950M USD, Gamestop went ahead with the merger plans.... More...

This could be the most far out story of the day. The New York Post is reporting that Time Warner is in talks with Microsoft for a new business venture combining their flagship internet products.... More...

One of the industry's biggest-ever mergers is on track for October As we announced in our previous Sega post, we said that Sega would announce today what their plans will be. Sammy's... More...

After submitting its Caller ID e-mail authentication specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) earlier this week, Microsoft Corp. is now in detailed discussions to merge the specification with another, called Sender Policy Framework,... More...

When exactly does Intel plan to align its desktop and notebook processor families around the same architecture? Recent roadmaps cited by Japanese web site PC Watch put it in 2006 with the launch of 'Merom'... More...

We have been in discussion with Robert Stein (Bob) of Activewin, for the past 3 weeks due to the recent server moves and increasing costs to run Neowin (now spread over 2 servers) we have... More...

Handheld maker Palm has cleared the last regulatory hurdle in its bid to acquire rival Handspring. The company said Friday it has completed a government-required waiting period, during which the deal could be held up... More...

Sega and pinball machine producer Sammy have scrapped their merger plan, announced in February, after failing to agree "on what management style the merged firm should take and other merger conditions," according to Sega President... More...

TWO OF THE BIGGEST motherboard companies in the world are in preliminary talks to merge, the INQUIRER understands. MSI in the UK officially denied the possibility, when we asked for a comment earlier today. The... More...

Thanks to jago6498 for posting this in the forums. Looks like this merger isn't going as blissful as everyone would hope... Things aren't rosy in Square-Enix merger land. According to an... More...

Bowing to shareholders, the company said it's ending a proposed merger agreement with Alliance Entertainment. The companies said they mutually agreed to end the merger plan after a large number of Liquid Audio shareholders opposed... More...

The author of an influential report that helped win narrow stockholder support for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $18.7 billion merger with Compaq Computer has resigned after admitting lying about graduating from law school, his ex-employer said on... More...

Japan's Toshiba Corp and Fujitsu Ltd have decided not to extend a planned semiconductor alliance into a full merger of their chip operations, company sources were quoted as saying on Saturday. The... More...

The fate of the biggest merger in the history of the technology industry may hang on a single conversation. A straight-talking Delaware business judge will open a trial on Tuesday to determine... More...

Both Hewlett-Packard and Compaq have claimed victory in votes which took place this week that were to decide the outcome of a proposed marriage of the companies. Compaq CEO Michael Capellas said Wednesday shareholders overwhelmingly... More...

Hewlett-Packard declared victory Tuesday in its hotly contested battle to merge with Compaq Computer. In a statement released after shareholders voted on the proposal, the company said that "based on a preliminary... More...

Opponents of the merger argue that it would cause HP to lose direction and market share in its core businesses as it struggles to integrate two vastly different corporate cultures. With the March... More...

Compaq Computer won't seek another buyer if its $21.3 billion merger with Hewlett-Packard falls through, Compaq CEO Michael Capellas says. H-P is the "only deal for Compaq. I can't see any other combination... More...