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Cisco Nabs Active Voice for $300 Million
Cisco Systems Inc. Friday entered into a definitive agreement...
Barnes & Noble.com Vs. Amazon.com
A federal appeals court overturned today a preliminary injunction...
Napster Issues Final Statement for Appeal
Ongoing sparring continues between recent courtroom victor, the Recording...
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Tucows, Infonautics Unite
Tucows, a privately owned e-business services provider, plans to buyInfonautics Inc., a provider of oline information services.
As part of the deal, the King of Prussia, Pa.-based company will issue
approximately 50 million shares of Class...
Scholastic Bows Out of eToys Bid
Scholastic Corp. withdrew its $8 million bid for the assets of now-defunct
eToys.com.
The announcement was made Monday evening after the closing bell.
Throughout the day, the New York City-based children's publisher saw its
shares fall by...
Scholastic Sets Sites on eToys
Scholastic Corp. revealed plans to enter the e-commerce arena Monday when it
made a winning bid to acquire the assets of now-defunct eToys.
The children's book publisher bid 30 cents on the dollar -- estimated to
total...
Vignette Streamlines Partner Interaction
Vignette Corp. has unveiled an e-business application that provides
customers with personalized support while streamlining communications
efforts.
Through Virtual Global Marketplace (VGM), users access hosted services
that allow them to conduct business exchanges and manage projects online.
VGM is...
Avnet Takes Kent for $600 Million
Avnet, a Phoenix-based electronics distributor, expanded its offerings
Thursday with the acquisition of Houston-based competitor, Kent Electronics.
The stock-for-stock transaction, which is valued at $600 million, is
expected to be completed in 90 days.
Avnet is a supplier...
Are Online Defacements More than Skin Deep?
Since Tuesday, Web sites belonging to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of Currency, the Associated Press and Motel 6 have all been defaced in separate attacks by malicious hackers, once again...
Let’s Not Forget Services Amid the Network Buildup
Amid the hoopla about 3G wireless technology in Las Vegas, Openwave Systems on Tuesday launched a suite of open IP-based mobile services for operators and their vendor partners to scale out as the industry's...
Jobs.com May Call it Quits
jobs.com filed for Chapter 11 protection with the U.S. bankruptcy Court in
the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth.
A competitive marketplace and a "high burn rate" were the catalysts
behind the filing, according to Eric...
