Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2007
The Apple Leopard OS X operating system may be out for just a few days, but hackers have already figured out how install the new OS and run it on a PC.
Full instructions are being offered by the OSx86 Scene forum that will allow users to install Apple’s latest operating system, Leopard, on a PC. [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2007
Nicholas Negroponte’s much-touted $100 laptop is now officially on sale via the One Laptop per Child Foundation’s Web site, with production cost now totaling $200.
The $200 price tag is only for those purchasing a minimum of 10,000 laptops. For 1,000 laptops, the price goes to $249 and OLPC says it will use that $49 to [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2007
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and investment guru Warren Buffett.
The net worth of Mukesh Ambani rose to 63.2 billion dollars after a strong share price rally in his three group companies — India’s most valued firm [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 30, 2007
Avaya Inc. has accpeted a buyout offer of $8.2 billion from Silver Lake Partners and TPG Inc. The deal values Avaya at $17.50 a share, a 28% premium over the $13.67 a share the stock closed at before the buyout rumors began on May 29th.
Avaya has already received all regulatory approvals, including clearance from the [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 30, 2007
Oracle’s bid to acquire middleware developer BEA Systems has expired with the passing of the 28 October deadline.
Oracle had offered to acquire BEA for $17 a share, valuing the company at $6.7billion. BEA Systems rejected the offer and said it has concluded that the Oracle offer significantly undervalues BEA. BEA put forward a counter-proposal of $21 a share, [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 30, 2007
Opera released Opera Link. Wherever you are, whatever Opera browser you use, or whichever device you use Opera on, you can instantly access your bookmarks, Speed Dial, and personal bar. Say goodbye to the tedious hassle of entering text in your mobile phone to visit your top sites and say hello to a new level [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 26, 2007
Microsoft has won the race against Google in having a stake in social networking Web site, Facebook. Microsoft bought a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook at a price of $240 million.
The deal gave Microsoft the exclusive rights to act as ad seller on Facebook using Microsoft software internationally.
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 26, 2007
SanDisk has filed three patent infringement actions in the US against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import memory.
The memory company alleges that the defendants have infringed various SanDisk system-level patents in USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3 or media players and other removable flash storage products.
The companies sued are: ACP-EP Memory; A-Data; Apacer; Behavior Computer; Buffalo; [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 26, 2007
Research In Motion (RIM), has announced the availability of the Facebook software designed especially for its smartphones. This software will enable Blackberry users to browse the popular social networking website.
The application will allow Facebook users to automatically receive messages and notifications on their BlackBerry devices in much the same way as push email.
Posted by: ADMIN on: October 25, 2007
Symantec Corp. said a malicious PDF document that exploits bugs in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Reader and Acrobat software is on the loose, just hours after Adobe patched the programs.
The security company has tagged the threat as Trojan.Pidief.A, a malware file that’s being used to lower security settings and download more malicious executables on to the compromised computer.
Users [...]
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