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Cisco Systems, BMC Co-Building New Platform for Cloud Service Providers

Networker Cisco Systems and data management provider BMC Software, using their 2009 Unified Computing System partnership as home base, Dec. 6 announced a second...

Kinect Sales, Google GSA Contract, WP7 Rumors Marked Microsoft Week

High sales of the Xbox Kinect boded well for Microsoft's holiday retail season, but the company nonetheless faced difficulties this week on a number...

Google Buys Widevine to Fortify YouTube Content Protection

Google Dec. 3 picked up digital rights management software maker Widevine for an undisclosed sum, providing a fresh measure of content protecting for its...

Google Acquires Phonetic Arts for Speech Synthesis

Google has acquired speech synthesis startup Phonetic Arts, whose software samples human speech and tailors it for computers, for an undisclosed sum.Google is being...

Groupon Reportedly Turns Down $6B Google Takeover Offer

Groupon late on Dec. 3 apparently rejected Google's massive $6 billion takeover offer.According to Bloomberg News and Chicago Breaking News, the Chicago-based localized shopping...

NASA Delays Final Flight of Discovery Until February

NASA is not taking any chances with the 26-year-old Space Shuttle Discovery, which has been in orbit 38 times and is the senior citizen...

Google Chrome OS Netbook Set for Dec. 7 Unveiling

Google is hosting an event Dec. 7 where it will likely demonstrate a netbook based on its long-awaited Chrome operating system.Chrome OS is Google's...

Samsung Galaxy Tab Tops 1 Million Units Sold

Samsung has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet computers worldwide, a significant jump for a product that notched 600,000...

YouTube Leanback Adds Personalized Channels, Skippable Ads

YouTube Dec. 2 spruced up the usefulness of its Leanback application by letting users create their personalized channels.Leanback lets users type in a topic...

Google Yahoo Japan Deal Approved to Microsoft’s Dismay

Google Dec. 2 won approval to power Yahoo Japan's search engine from Japan's Fair Trade Commission, a victory that has Microsoft worried about its...