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Amazon to reportedly acquire self-driving car startup Zoox for over $1 billion

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:12:01 +0000

The firm has reportedly agreed to pay over $1 billion to acquire Zoox. This will give Amazon control of the 1000-person startup; however, Zoox is expected to operate as an independent subsidiary. Read more...

Amazon acquires Middle Eastern e-commerce platform Souq for $650 million

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:16:01 +0000

Amazon continues its global expansion by acquiring Souq, a Middle Eastern e-commerce platform, for $650 million. The move will give the American online retail giant a firm footing in the region. Read more...

Intel acquires software company for $884 million

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:34:37 +0000

Intel Corporation has reached an agreement to acquire Wind River Systems Inc, for $884 million. Wind River Systems is known for cutting edge software for a number of different markets including, automotive, aerospace &... Read more...

Qualcomm acquires L-band spectrum in the UK for £8.3 million

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:50:28 +0000

Qualcomm Inc. just announced its acquisition of 40 MHz of the L-Band radio spectrum that was auctioned some days ago by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. This auction fetched the UK communications regulator Â£8.3 million.... Read more...

Microsoft acquires trueSpace creator Caligari

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:58:48 +0000

The Virtual Earth team has grown once again with the acquisition of Caligari Corporation, a small company that has been pioneering 3D modeling and animation since it was founded in 1986. In 1994, Caligari released... Read more...

THQ Acquires Big Huge Games

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:14:47 +0000

Without disclosing how much it set them back, THQ is currently in the process of finalizing its latest purchase of Big Huge Games -the development studio which brought us such popular gems as Rise of... Read more...

Iomega Acquires Chinese Hard Drive Manufacturer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:39:09 +0000

External disk storage maker Iomega on Dec. 12 announced that it will acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology, an $800 million hard drive manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, through exchange of stock. No cash will change... Read more...

MMO fansite WarCry acquires 2nd Star Trek Online Screenshot

Yusuf Mohamud — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:43:34 +0000

Last week, the popular MMO fansite known as WarCry conducted an interview with Daron Stinnett of P2 Entertainment, Executive Producer of Star Trek Online. The interview covered widely discussed topics such as the game's more... Read more...

Microsoft Acquires Multimap: One of UK's top 100 Tech Sites

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:13:18 +0000

Microsoft Corporation doesn’t just hunt around the top 100 tech websites for each country; Multimap also happens to be one Britain’s, and the world’s, leading online mapping services. It is unclear how much the software... Read more...

OCZ Acquires High-Performance System Builder Hypersonic-PC

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:29:33 +0000

OCZ Technology plans to acquire performance gaming PC system builder Hypersonic PC, suggesting that Hypersonic-PC systems may start using OCZ components exclusively. Since its restructuring in 2002, OCZ has branched away from its core offerings... Read more...

Google acquires Zingku social networking platform

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:11:26 +0000

Mobile social networking and communication platform Zingku announced it had entered into an agreement to have Google acquire its service, but Google remained silent of the move. The service, launched in the United States in... Read more...

Novell Acquires Senforce

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:07:08 +0000

Novell has acquired endpoint security management vendor Senforce Technologies in a play to extend Novell's policy-management offerings. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In July, Novell and Senforce, based in Waltham, Mass., announced... Read more...

Blockbuster Acquires Movielink

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:53:39 +0000

The rivarly between two popular online movie rental businesses, Netflix and Blockbuster's Total Access, is about to heat up; Total Access, although reportedly adding subscribers faster than Netflix, lagged behind in one area: on demand... Read more...

Google acquires ImageAmerica to boost mapping

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:42:40 +0000

Google has acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras and uses them to take aerial photographs. The search engine giant announced the move Friday on its LatLong blog about Google Earth and its other... Read more...

Google acquires GrandCentral

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:49:26 +0000

Google has acquired GrandCentral Communications for an undisclosed sum. GrandCentral lets users combine all their phone numbers and voicemail boxes under one phone number. From there, users can set up their accounts so that the... Read more...

Google acquires server software company Peakstream

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:21:19 +0000

Google has acquired Peakstream, a Redwood City, California-based developer of software for multicore and parallel processors. The search giant declined to disclose terms of the deal. Peakstream's flagship product, PeakStream Workstation for Microsoft Windows, was... Read more...

News Corp. acquires Photobucket, Flektor

Thu, 31 May 2007 01:27:23 +0000

Online photo sharing, storage and creativity Web site Photobucket is being acquired by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. In a separate deal, News Corporation said it is also acquiring real-time video and... Read more...

eBay Acquires StumbleUpon

Wed, 30 May 2007 23:40:30 +0000

eBay Incorporated has announced it has acquired StumbleUpon, an early-stage company that helps people discover and share content online, for an aggregate transaction value of approximately $75 million. StumbleUpon, currently servicing 2.3 million users, gives... Read more...

OCZ Acquires PC Power & Cooling

Sat, 26 May 2007 00:52:06 +0000

OCZ has announced it has acquired American supplier of power supply units PC Power & Cooling. Originally founded in 1985, PC Power & Cooling has been a frontrunner in ultra high-performance power supplies and cooling... Read more...

Amazon.com Acquires Digital Photography Site dpreview.com

Mon, 14 May 2007 18:53:44 +0000

Amazon.com, the world's leading online retailer, has acquired dpreview.com – a hobby site started by Phil Askey in 1998 that now on a monthly basis, receives seven million unique visitors (over 22 million sessions) who... Read more...

Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:47:52 +0000

Speakeasy, one of the largest DSL providers in the United States, has been acquired by Best Buy for $97 million, which the companies put at 20% greater than Speakeasy's 2006 revenues. Best Buy’s plan is... Read more...

Seagate Acquires EVault, Inc., Enters Online Storage Market

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:19:51 +0000

Seagate Technology today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held EVault, Inc., a leading provider of online backup services, as part of its effort to extend the company's storage solutions offerings and... Read more...

BitTorrent acquires µTorrent

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:36:39 +0000

BitTorrent has acquired ÂµTorrent, another file-sharing application that uses BitTorrent's software protocol, it announced Thursday. The acquisition is another move by BitTorrent to make itself into a legitimate competitor in the online content business. Late... Read more...

Adobe Acquires Serious Magic

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:32:51 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) today announced it has acquired Serious Magic Inc.™, maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as DV Rack... Read more...

Apple Acquires Silicon Color Technologies

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:49 +0000

Apple has acquired the technolgies of Silion Color, which manufactures the FinalTouch range of colour correction software. A note on the company website says: "We are pleased to announce that all Silicon Color technology... Read more...

Microsoft acquires Winternals Software

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:00:23 +0000

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it has acquired Winternals Software, a small maker of Windows utility programs, in a deal that the software maker hopes will add key technical talent to its operating system development team.... Read more...

Midway acquires rights to Epic back catalogue

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:12:00 +0000

Midway has acquired the rights to some of the titles that make up Epic Games' back catalogue - and plans to release an "Unreal Anthology" this autumn. Priced $29.95 in the US, Unreal Anthology will... Read more...

Activision Acquires James Bond License

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:34:02 +0000

Number-two publisher takes over spy-film-inspired game license after archrival Electronic Arts ends agreement; now holds PC, handheld, and console rights until 2014. Since 2002, Electronic Arts has held the license to publish games based... Read more...

Corel Acquires WinZip, Completes IPO

Fred Derf — Wed, 03 May 2006 10:08:19 +0000

Corel Corporation has completed the acquisition of WinZip Computing. WinZip has faced increased competition in recent years, notably the inclusion of basic Zip compressed folder handling within Windows XP itself, but WinZip is still the... Read more...

Asustek Acquires New Orders From Apple

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:10:38 +0000

Asustek Computer Inc., one of Taiwan's major contract manufacturersof notebook (NB) personal computers, reportedly is ready to swallow upApple Computer's orders for 1.2 million Intel processor-powered iBooks. Appleis expected to launch the... Read more...

Microsoft Game Studios Acquires Lionhead Studios

Marcel Klum — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:39:55 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. — April 6, 2006 — Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world's leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of "Fable®," the... Read more...

Dell Acquires Alienware

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:42:09 +0000

Thanks to bangbang023 and C-Squarez from the forums for the heads up on this one: Dell just announced that it is indeed acquiring Alienware:... Read more...

Google Acquires Writely

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:44:54 +0000

Thanks to Aaron Meck (Armeck) & DigeratiPrime for the heads up on this Discussion of a web based productivity suite from Google hasbeen making the... Read more...

Take-Two Interactive acquires Irrational Games

Todd Tanner — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:07:42 +0000

A Take-Two press release confirms rumors that were floating about today - Take-Two Interactive has indeed acquired Irrational Games. Irrational Games you may remember, is responsible for creating some of the best PC games in... Read more...

Sony Acquires Killzone Developer Guerrilla Games

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:34:30 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced the acquisition ofGuerrilla Games, developer of hit PS2 title Killzone, as part of a longterm strategy to expand its development arm. The two companies have already had a close working... Read more...

Autodesk Acquires Alias

Brad Wardell — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:17:43 +0000

3D Studio Max and Maya are now owned by the same company. Autodesk has acquired Alias, makers of the popular 3D modeling program Maya for $182 million in cash. Most 3D... Read more...

Microsoft acquires £6m FCO deal

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:16:05 +0000

Microsoft has recently secured a contract at The Foreign & Commonwealth Office for another three years, signing a Â£6m contract which promises to have Microsoft update and support the department's Windows-based applications. ... Read more...

Google acquires Dodgeball.com!

Thu, 12 May 2005 14:12:16 +0000

Google has acquired New York-based Dodgeball, the cellular SMS hook-up service. "You're two guys doing some pretty cool stuff, why not let us help you out and let's see what you can do with it"... Read more...

MSN Acquires MessageCast Automated Alerting Services

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 12 May 2005 07:17:37 +0000

The MSN network of Internet services today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of MessageCast Inc., a leading provider of automated alerting and messaging technology that currently supports the MSN Alerts service.... Read more...

Elevation Partners acquires Eidos

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:59:54 +0000

UK publisher accepts $135 million bid from US venture capital firm partly run by Irish rocker Bono. Just one day after the well-regarded British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that Eidos was... Read more...