[2004-12-31] PeopleSoft Shakeout Begins At The Top
Oracle Corporation fired PeopleSoft's co-president and chief financial officer, Kevin T. Parker, and three other top executives, a day after assuming control of the rival software maker in a $10.3 billion takeover ...

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[2004-12-28] Storage Costs Continue to Drop
After reading the /. story about IBM trying to build a 100TB tape drive, I found myself over on Pricewatch.com ...

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[2004-12-28] CEOs Optimistic for 2005
According to a new survey, American business leaders are, hosting office parties and offering year-end bonuses, as they look forward to even rosier business prospects in 2005.

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[2004-12-27] AOL's Spam Breakthrough
AOL released numbers showing that the rise of Internet spam targeted to AOL has been halted and, in fact, reversed for the first time in more than five years.

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[2004-12-21] WebProNews Re-Publishes NevOn Content
Through an informal agreement, tech news portal WebProNews has started re-publishing some of my posts on their news site.

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[2004-12-21] Yahoo and Google in Same Space, Different Business Models
Interesting report by Michael Liedtke that looks at how Yahoo and Google appear to compete in the same industry, but with different business models.

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[2004-12-19] When Blogging and Client Service Intersect
Jeremy Pepper had an opportunity to quiz PR guru Andy Plesser to get the story behind the recent flap over The NewsMarket's new blog, NewsBluntly.

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[2004-12-19] Arrest of Avnish Bajaj, CEO of baazee.com Is Deplorable
It's a weird case involving the sale of illicit internet porn, video via cell phone and the internet auction sell of VCDs.

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[2004-12-16] Yahoo Provides Local Traffic Info on Online Maps
Yahoo has launched a service that lets consumers view live local traffic information on their online maps and driving directions.

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[2004-12-14] 24/7 Real Media and Lycos Amend Agreement
24/7 Real Media and Lycos have amended a multi-year strategic agreement for 24/7 to provide media sales, ad serving and analytics technology and services for Lycos' U.S. Web properties.

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[2004-12-14] Reaction To The PeopleSoft/Oracle Merger
When Internet-based companies, especially ones the size of Oracle and PeopleSoft, announce fundamental changes, responses are usually swift.

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[2004-12-13] PeopleSoft Agrees To Oracle Merger
Software firm PeopleSoft has agreed to accept Oracle's proposal to buy the company. The agreement was for $10.3 billion or $26.50 a share. The agreed-upon total is an increase of the initial offering which was for $24 a share. The deal is expected to be complete by January 2005.

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[2004-12-08] IBM Sells Business to Lenovo
Lenovo and IBM announced a definitive agreement under which Lenovo will acquire IBM's Personal Computing Division.

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[2004-12-08] IBM Ends PC Dreams After Two Decades
IBM popularized the personal computer business in the 1980's. IBM fought Apple Computer for dominance and won. But now IBM has ended its PC run.

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[2004-12-02] Steve Ballmer: Blogging is Huge
Detroit Free Press columnist Mike Wendland reports that Steve Ballmer yesterday had some very enthusiastic things to say about blogging.

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