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BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low. Read more »

Cyota gives RSA token-less authentication

RSA Security's proposed acquisition of privately held Cyota will allow the company to offer a relatively cheap two factor, non token-based authentication system for its banking customers. Read more »

McAfee to purchase ScanAlert for US$51m

McAfee announced plans on Tuesday to acquire ScanAlert in deal worth approximately US$51 million in cash. Read more »

Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge

Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with its new anti-spyware software for free. Read more »

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  • Staff 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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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

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