IT news
Dell to buy cloud software firm Enstratius
07 May 2013
Consortium led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate to acquire BMC Software for $6.9 bn
07 May 2013
The consortium is said to have topped an offer from a rival consortium comprising KKR & Co, TPG Capital and Thomas Bravo
US throws out India’s plea to curb web site content
04 May 2013
India has accused 11 US-based web sites, including Facebook, Orkut, YouTube, Yahoo, Blogspot, Google and Microsoft, of hosting objectionable content that promotes class enmity and undermines national integrity
ValueAct acquires $1.9-bn stake in Microsoft
23 Apr 2013
Microsoft Corp, the largest software maker in the world, was up the most in a year after activist investor ValueAct Holdings' acquisition of a $1.9-billion stake in it
Lenovo in talks to buy IBM’s x86 business
19 Apr 2013
IBM’s server business has been underperforming, but still managed to generate $9.7 billion in the fourth quarter last year
Blackstone backs out from pursuing Dell bid
19 Apr 2013
LinkedIn rejigs mobile app
19 Apr 2013
Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK
18 Apr 2013
To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats
Microsoft inks patent-licensing agreement with Hon Hai
17 Apr 2013
Hon Hai, the world's largest contract manufacturer for handsets and PCs hopes to protect itself and its clients from being sued for using Google's Android and Chrome operating systems
Carl Icahn agrees to limit Dell stake to under 10%
17 Apr 2013
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn yesterday agreed to Dell's condition not to raise his stake in the PC maker to over 10 per cent, while scouting for an alternative to Michael Dell's $24.4-billion privatisation bid
Security expert voices concern over Dropbox use
17 Apr 2013
Around 50 million Dropbox users might soon need to give a second thought to continuing using the popular file hosting service, thanks to recently uncovered security issues.
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