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Suppose IBM-Lenovo Deal Doesn’t Happen
The word on the street, and among a few scattered news sources, is that the proposed sale of IBM’s personal computer division is in trouble with the feds. Specifically, the trouble is said to come from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is sponsored by the Treasury Department and consists…
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WiMAX Tests Will Begin In July
The WiMAX Forum said Monday that its interoperability tests for the new standard will take place in mid-2005, consistent with its original timetable. The WiMAX Forum selected Cetecom Spain as its official certification laboratory, which will begin interoperability trials in July. Reports surfaced last week that the WiMAX forum was late in delivering interoperability tests…
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CA Shuffles Executives, Looks to Reorganize
Computer Associates International Inc., still reeling from scandals while professing a renewed commitment to customer service and corporate governance, is undergoing a management shake-up that pushes aside one of CA’s rising stars in favor of the last remaining member of the company’s old guard. According to sources familiar with the plans, Russ Artzt, a CA…
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Is IBM’s Lenovo Deal in Trouble?
IBM’s deal to sell its PC business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. for $1.75 billion reportedly has gained the attention of U.S. regulators concerned with national security issues. According to a report from the Bloomberg News wire service, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States—which includes 11 U.S. agencies, including the…
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How Significant Is SCO’s Win?
How significant was The SCO Group Inc.‘s victory in its discovery motion over IBM in the companies’ ongoing battle over Linux copyright and Unix contract issues? It depends on which analysts and lawyers you talk to about Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells’ decision. Wells granted SCO’s discovery motion, in which the Lindon, Utah, company had demanded…
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Microsoft, Let Go of My NT!
To paraphrase a famous 17th-century playwright: Alas, poor Windows NT, I knew it, Bill: An OS of many blue screens, of most excellent fancy: It hath borne me on its network a million times; and now, how abhorred in our collective memory it is! Whatever you will say about Windows NT, it was a very…
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