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CBS closes US$1.8bn CNET Networks acquisition
CBS announced Monday it completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET Networks, publisher of many Web sites including CNET News.com, setting the stage for expanding its CBS Interactive division into five categories. Read more »
Yahoo will go slow over Microsoft bid
For those wondering how long Yahoo may take to respond to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid, Yahoo says don't hold your breath. Read more »
Microsoft offer still undervalues company: Yahoo
Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's merger deadline, reiterating its rejection to the software giant's buyout bid as "substantially" undervaluing the company. Read more »
Yahoo's Yang: We're more than Microsoft fodder
Yahoo co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang issued another rally call to troops on Wednesday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Read more »
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion
Oracle plans to acquire middleware maker BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. The move means Oracle will leapfrog IBM as the number one middleware player. Read more »
Google DoubleClick merger gets ACCC go-ahead
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it will not intervene into Google's US$3.1 billion acquisition of ad-serving company DoubleClick. Read more »
EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger
European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk. Read more »
FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny. Read more »
Yahoo seeks search developers for ad revenue
In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the Internet company's technology. Read more »
Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft
If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »
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Determine information flow through social network analysis
How do you keep your list of contacts? In this article Builder columnist Scott Withrow looks at information flow through social network analysis. Read more »
Scripting Java with the Bean Scripting Framework
Want to support all the scripting languages for Java? The Bean Scripting Framework, BSF, enables you to do just that with a simple API. We'll show you how in this article. Read more »
Tuning a PMIS for top performance
This article looks at the key modules of a project management information system (PMIS) and where the system fits into the project management life cycle. Read more »
Road test: .NET development without Visual Studio
This month we put five IDE alternatives to Microsoft's Visual Studio against each other. Is there an alternative for .NET developers? David McAmis puts the candidates to the test. Read more »
Protecting corporate Net assets
You might be surprised to learn that although you've registered the names, you may not 'own' them, and you may be scammed into paying a fee to reacquire them. Learn how to secure your Internet assets. Read more »
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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.