What was once old is new again: DirecTV is once again rumored to be interested in purchasing Hulu, but will they pull the trigger or once again balk at the high price tag? More...

Yahoo have announced a 'product-focused' event will take place on Monday amid rumours of a possible acquisition of Tumblr. Will the rumours prove to be true or is this unrelated? More...

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...

Twitter is expected to launch Twitter Music, a search & discovery app based on a user's follows and interactions with musicians. The service is based on We are Hunted, which Twitter recently acquired. More...

Yesterday, it appeared that the Whatsapp messenger service might be Google's next big acquisition in a potential $1 billion buyout. Today, it's nothing more than fantasy talk and denial. More...

Microsoft has acquired analytics firm Netbreeze, planning to integrate its social-monitoring tools with CRM offerings. Officials announced the acquisition at Convergence Conference in New Orleans. More...

After the freshly designed 'Mailbox' app was released on the App Store just under a month ago after much anticipation, file hosting service Dropbox has made the move to acquire the company. More...

For the second time this year, comments from a Lenovo executive have hinted at interest in a possible takeover of BlackBerry, with Lenovo's CEO stating that such a deal "could possibly make sense". More...

Microsoft's recent acquisition, R2 Studios, holds a unique patent for a universal remote that will allow users to control a wide range of technology, from computers to household appliances. More...

Beats Electonics has today confirmed that it has acquired music streaming service MOG for an undisclosed sum, ending MOG's search for a potential buyer and marking a significant milestone for Beats. More...

Is the once-popular news aggregating site going to be bought out by a journalism heavyweight? According to one rumor, that's about to be the case. More...

The landscape and ownership of technology blogging continues to shift as ReadWriteWeb has been acquired by SAY Media for what sources estimate is approximately $5 million. More...

The call has completed. Skype is now officially owned by Microsoft, who has big plans for the company already as they merge it into a new internal division on day one. More...

Hulu has not been shy about its intentions of wanting to be purchased by a larger corporation. There have been many rumors about who has actually been in talks with the organization over the past... More...

Over the past few months we have heard little come from Nokia and Microsoft regarding their mobile partnership. Today, speculation has arisen that suggests that Microsoft is set to make a $19 billion acquisition of... More...

It's been a year since Twitter made its first move into having official applications across many platforms for its service. It first acquired Atebits, a company which created the widely popular Tweetie app for iPhone... More...

Impluse Inc., a subsidiary of Stardock Systems Inc., has entered into deal with Gamestop Corp. as part of an acquisition deal wherein Gamestop is buying both Impulse and Spawn Labs. While no valuations were announced,... More...

eBay has completed the purchase of GSI Commerce, an American ecommerce company which provide online stores, marketing, customer support, payment processing and fraud & web security services, for $2.4b in cash and debt. "Combined with eBay... More...

Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint has said that the company plans to voice their concerns over the proposed takeover of T-mobile USA by AT&T. The primary concern by Sprint is that the deal will hurt... More...

After AT&T announced its impending purchase of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion, theories have been flying back and forth about the plans of the remaining two of the "Big Four" wireless carriers. Sprint,... More...

After word that AT&T had entered into a definitive agreement to buy T-Mobile USA, the company stated today that all T-Mobile customers that are using 3G phones will need to replace their handsets if the... More...

AT&T has entered in a definitive cash-and-stock agreement with Deutsche Telekom to acquire T-Mobile USA that will make AT&T the largest wireless provider in the United States. The company announced today that the board of... More...

This is how an acquisition works: When you are bought out by a larger, more corporate, financial entity, they look at your assets and your growth potential, they evaluate you as a viable revenue stream,... More...

AMD shares were up 5% yesterday based on a rumor that the company could be up for sale, according to ZDnet. The possibility that AMD would be available for purchase, and that Dell may be... More...

AOL has today announced it will acquire the rapidly expanding online United States news, analysis, and lifestyle website giant Huffington Post for $315 million. As part of the deal to acquire the Huffington Post, co-founder of... More...

As Google continues to buy up companies left and right, the next startup in their very valuable M & A crosshairs is a social movie rating site called fflick. The idea behind fflick is a... More...

According to a report out of Forbes, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had a breakfast meeting with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo earlier this week in San Francisco. The topic of discussion for this meeting is not... More...

It would seem that Microsoft has decided to go full steam ahead in the motion sensing world. Canesta, a company that creates gesture control devices, has announced on their corporate website that they will be... More...

Apple's fairy-tale like business history is impressive to say the least; from boom to bust to resurgence and now ubiquity, the company is an undeniable juggernaut in the sphere of personal computing and technology. Posting... More...

TechCrunch has quickly grown to be one of the driving forces behind the huge and dynamic world of online technology news media. In its five years of life, founder Michael Arrington has grown his news... More...

This morning, Intel announced in a press release that they will be purchasing the computer security giant McAfee to the tune of $7.68 billion. According the release, Intel wants to integrate security as part of... More...

The so-called Canadian "brain-drain" is still ongoing. Quebec City based mapping API producer Poly9 has recently been acquired by Apple in a move that has seen the majority of the company's staff pack up and... More...

According to BumpTop's website, the 3D desktop environment company has been purchased by Google for an undisclosed sum of money. Due to the acquisition, BumpTop will no longer be available for public consumption. However, the... More...

Twitter has become a worldwide phenomenon with nearly every tech savvy person out there using it, you constantly hear among the technology circles "hey I tweeted that" or "yeah I read that on Rappy's twitter"... More...

Microsoft is poised to offer the extra dollar a share that could provide the breakthrough for the software giant to finally land Yahoo, according to Silicon Valley sources this weekend. Earlier this month, Microsoft ran... More...

Widespread talk of an IBM-Advanced Micro Devices merger, credited for giving AMD's share price an upward kick of nearly 11 percent for a few hours Wednesday, is nothing but speculation run amok, a source close... More...

If application security has to be baked into the development process, source code analysis tools are the technological equivalent of oven mitts—making their providers natural targets for acquisition, some analysts predicted. "There's a lot... More...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared Google Incorporated of its planned acquisition of DoubleClick Incorporated. In April 2007, the search giant announced plans to acquire the provider of display ad serving technology and services... More...

Chinese computer giant Lenovo Group, which acquired IBM's PC division in 2005, is now planning for further expansion, announcing today that it is in exclusive exclusive discussions about a potential acquisition of Packard Bell. Lenovo... More...

AMD reported its first loss since the first quarter of 2005, losing $574 million or $1.08 per share, during the fourth quarter. Most of AMD's loss can be attributed to the acquisition of ATI; AMD... More...

Private Equity firms seem to have developed a fierce appetite for semiconductor firms – especially those connected with mobile phones. The hot news today is that NWQ has built up a 10.5 per cent... More...

Adobe has acquired vector graphics technology developed by Actimagine. Actimagine develops, patents, and licenses software solutions in the field of video and interactive vector graphics. The acquisition will extend the reach of Adobe mobile technologies,... More...

In an article published on Friday, New York Post writer Tim Arango claims that Microsoft has been in discussions with eBay for several weeks about the possibility of acquiring the online auction giant. According to... More...

Microsoft has officially confirmed its acquisition of dynamic in-game advertising firm Massive Inc, with plans to incorporate ad serving solutions into a range of online and console gaming operations. The acquisition was initially rumoured last... More...

Microsoft completed the acquisition of Sybari Software on Tuesday and announced product plans, which include discontinuing new sales of the secure messaging company's products for Linux and Unix platforms. The companies first announced the deal,... More...

After Red Hat announced that it was acquiring security and authentication tools from Netscape Security Solutions to bolster its software arsenal (see story), Red Hat Inc. CEO and Chairman Matthew Szulik spoke with Computerworld senior... More...

Thanks xStainDx. Comcast Corporation today announced that it has completed the purchase of TechTV from Vulcan Programming, Inc. and, as planned, will merge it with G4, the Comcast-owned television network devoted to video games and... More...

Cisco Systems continues its security-vendor buying spree. The network gear maker said last week that it plans to acquire security startup Twingo Systems Incorporated for about US$5 million in cash. The deal is expected to... More...

Eidos announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2003 and reveals its intention to acquire Io Interactive. Eidos has today announced both its interim results for the six... More...