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Microsoft in talks to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup for $200m

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 01:36:04 +0000

Microsoft is apparently in talks with Israeli cybersecurity startup Aorato, which was founded by veterans of the IDF with a focus on Active Directory, for close to $200 million in the next two months. Read more...

Face recognition firm to launch Web service in Q2

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:38:59 +0000

Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as it tries to become a must-have tool for sorting visual content. The... Read more...

Google-Funded Firm Launches DNA Test in Europe

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:47:57 +0000

A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in... Read more...

Sun to fork out $1 billion for open-source firm MySQL

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:04:39 +0000

Sun Microsystems will plunk down $1 billion to buy MySQL, the maker of a popular open-source database. Sun said Wednesday that it will pay about $800 million in cash for MySQL's privately held stock and... Read more...

AMD Sells 8.1 Percent Stake to Mideast Firm

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:13:23 +0000

The Abu Dhabi government's investment arm paid $622 million for an 8.1% stake in Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated. A unit of Mubadala Development Company received 49 million newly-issued AMD shares at a closing price of... Read more...

Indian Firm Touts "Alternative Internet"

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:33:20 +0000

Indian technology firm NetAlter Software has unveiled details of what it claims is a virus and spam-free "internet alternative". According to the company, it has patented a "true P2P" system that offers a domain-less alternative... Read more...

Web hosting firm harbours virus

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:13:56 +0000

Internet monitoring firm Websense has claimed that IT management firm EDB is hosting malicious files on its web page. EDB handles web hosting and outsourcing for a variety of industry sectors, including banking. Websense has... Read more...

Lord of the Rings Visual Effects Firm Opts for Microsoft

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:13:38 +0000

Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based visual effects company behind such box-office hits as King Kong and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, today announced a licensing agreement with Microsoft that will see it use Redmond's... Read more...

China firm sues Google over name

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:15:46 +0000

A Chinese firm is suing the internet giant Google over its Chinese name, saying it is too much like its own name and is harming its business. Google's Chinese subsidiary has transliterated its name to... Read more...

Equity firm targets Virgin Media

Tom Warren — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:04:23 +0000

Virgin Media, the UK's leading cable television company, is set to be taken private for more than Â£5.5bn. Carlyle, one of the world's leading private equity groups, has made a preliminary offer of between... Read more...

EA takes stake in China games firm

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:55:36 +0000

Electronic Arts has confirmed that it will pay about $170m for a 15% stake in Chinese online games operator The9, the sole operator in China of what is believed to be the world's most profitable... Read more...

Israeli Firm Unveils Portable Hunter/Killer Robot

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:35:42 +0000

As a part of efforts to develop weaponry that could reduce the risks to its forces from hand-to-hand fighting against Palestinian or Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, an Israeli defence firm has unveiled the VIPeR. Roughly the... Read more...

Cisco buys another social-networking firm

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:32:20 +0000

Cisco Systems bought selected assets of Utah Street Networks, a seven-person San Francisco company founded in 2003, and in this way effectively continues to buy its way into social networking. The San Jose, California-based company... Read more...

Mobile firm 3 scraps roaming fees

Steven Parker — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:02:25 +0000

Mobile phone network 3 has abolished roaming charges for its UK customers in seven nations including Italy, Australia and the Republic of Ireland. Its users will no longer be charged extra for making or receiving... Read more...

Security firm Secunia Validates MoKB Zero Day OS X Exploit

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:21:39 +0000

Rating it "Critical", Secunia has validated the exploit, originally posted by LMH via MoKB (Month of Kernel Bugs). "This issue is remotely exploitable as Safari loads DMG files from external sources (ex. visiting an URL).... Read more...

Train firm to issue phone tickets

Tom Warren — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:29:24 +0000

Train passengers will soon be able to buy tickets on their mobile phone. Chiltern Railways, which operates from London through Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to the West Midlands, plans to deliver tickets to mobile phones.... Read more...

Microsoft Stands Firm On PatchGuard

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:43:59 +0000

Microsoft is still talking with partners who are complaining about how the Redmond, Wash. developer has set up Windows Vista's security, but it won't budge from its decision to lock down access to the kernel,... Read more...

File-sharing software firm loses US case

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:51:29 +0000

Another file-sharing software maker has been found guilty of causing copyright infringement. A US judge has said the Morpheus software produced by StreamCast breaks the law. The ruling is another victory for the entertainment industry,... Read more...

eDonkey Firm to Pay RIAA $30 Million

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:15:03 +0000

After BearShare, i2Hub, WinMX, and Grokster comes eDonkey. The Recording Industry Association of America has fined MetaMachine, owners of eDonkey, $30 million for "mass copyright infringement". The settlement requires MetaMachine to cease the distribution of... Read more...

Train firm signals wireless expansion

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:16:18 +0000

Virgin Trains is testing high-speed wireless access on its West Coast service, using a range of technologies to enable passengers to browse the internet uninterrupted. The train operator says its mix of WiMax, WiFi, high-speed... Read more...

Adware firm helps FBI nab botnet hackers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:40:00 +0000

Adware maker 180solutions claims to be a key witness in the case against three Dutchmen accused of running a botnet which controlled 1.5m PCs. The group allegedly used the largest zombie army ever created to... Read more...

Microsoft sues German firm over spam

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:46:50 +0000

Microsoft has launched a case against a German man believed to be the linchpin of a spam gang. The software maker's legal complaint was lodged against an unnamed company in the North... Read more...

Indian firm unveils low-cost Linux-based PCs

Thu, 12 May 2005 17:28:40 +0000

Indian technology firm Encore Software will soon offer a low-priced Linux-based mobile computer, the company announced on Tuesday. The new machine, called Mobilis, is powered by Intel's XScale PXA255 200/400MHz processor and... Read more...

Phone Firm Strikes Deal for In-flight Mobile Calls

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:18:49 +0000

"Hello? Hello? Yes, I'm on the plane!" This sound may soon be coming to an aircraft near you. Airbus, the European aeronautics giant, has signed a new deal which will give companies buying its A380... Read more...

Google buys satellite image firm Keyhole

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:27:58 +0000

Thanks to Mr. Peabody for posting this in the Neowin BPN. Search giant Google said Wednesday that it has acquired Keyhole, a company specializing in Web-based software that allows people to view satellite... Read more...

Apple Battle Faces Delay as Computer Firm Ditches Lawyer

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:36:51 +0000

Computer group Apple Latest News about Apple has dropped law firm Linklaters from an ongoing legal battle with the Beatles' record label Apple Corp over the use of the Apple name to sell music-related products.... Read more...

Sasser Worm Author Hired By Computer Security Firm

Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:19:35 +0000

Eighteen-year-old Sven Jaschan, the teen accused of creating the Sasser worm that infected millions of computers around the world, has been taken on by the Securepoint computer firm based in Lueneburg, northern Germany. There, he... Read more...

Microsoft stands firm on "no DS development" line

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:24:57 +0000

Microsoft has restated that none of its studios are involved in developing games for the Nintendo DS, after members of Rare's Game Boy Advance development team rekindled speculation that they were considering projects for the... Read more...

Calif. firm investigates Saudi hostage video

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:56:58 +0000

A California company has contacted the FBI after a video showing a U.S. hostage being held captive by a militant Islamist group appeared on its Web site this week, an employee confirmed Thursday. ... Read more...

Symantec to Buy Anti-Spam Firm Brightmail

Thu, 20 May 2004 15:18:23 +0000

Security software maker Symantec Corp. announced Wednesday it is acquiring the anti-spam firm Brightmail Inc. in a cash deal valued at about $370 million. Symantec said the acquisition will complement its security products. Unsolicited e-mail,... Read more...

Security Firm Warns of Spam That Spies

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:22:12 +0000

Hidden code in e-mail messages is increasingly being used to track the success of spam campaigns, according to a warning by an antispam technology company. Up to 50 percent of all spam released in the... Read more...

Games firm Mythic sues Microsoft over Mythica

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:50:15 +0000

Microsoft faces a law suit from online gaming company Mythic Entertainment over the alleged use of its trademark in Vole game Mythica. Mythic started legal action in mid-November, but after a brief... Read more...

Swedish firm to offer 100Mbit/s broadband for £70/month

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:47:21 +0000

A SWEDISH SUPPLIER will introduce an amazing 100Mbit/sec broadband connection for 895 kroner in April next year. That's about Â£70 a month, and that speed is in both directions. Bredbandsbolaget will cap downloads to 300GB... Read more...

VeriSign buys managed security firm

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:42:07 +0000

The Web address firm will shell out $140m for Guardent, as it seeks to expand into computer security. Internet services and Web address provider VeriSign will acquire Guardent for $140m (Â£80m) in cash and stock,... Read more...

Firm Asks Court to Clear Windows 'Pop-Up' Ads

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:40:33 +0000

A federal judge will consider on Monday whether a San Diego company may continue to take advantage of an obscure feature in Windows software to send "pop-up" messages promoting its own software to block such... Read more...

Chinese firm launches 2000 CPU AMD Opteron supercomputer

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:13:04 +0000

Dawning said today that it will fashion the fastest supercomputer in China with a machine capable of delivering 10,000 GFLOPS and using 2000 AMD Opteron microprocessors. Reports said the Dawning 4000A will use... Read more...

EMC to buy software firm for $1.3 billion

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:38:58 +0000

Storage systems maker EMC said Tuesday it will buy Legato Systems in a stock deal valued at $1.3 billion. EMC will purchase Mountain View, Calif.-based Legato for its storage management software. This is... Read more...

AOL to Sell 64 Percent China TV Stake to Li Firm

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:48:08 +0000

U.S. media titan AOL Time Warner is selling a 64 percent stake in its China TV unit to a firm backed by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing for US$37 million, Li's tom.com said on Wednesday.... Read more...

UK 3G firm loses £150m loan

Tom Warren — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:58:03 +0000

Britain's only operational 3G mobile network has been dealt a blow after its partner, Dutch phone firm KPN, turned down a request for a Â£150m loan. The 3 network, controlled by Hong... Read more...

Cisco to buy network security firm

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:46:27 +0000

Cisco Systems plans to acquire privately held Okena in a deal worth about $154 million, the companies said Friday. Okena, based in Waltham, Mass., makes network security software that intercepts all operating... Read more...