Cisco Systems Inc. is snapping up privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the new wireless network technology called WiMax.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure from the direct-to-customer business model pioneered by the No. 2 computer maker. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- October 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With no other suitors stepping forward, business software maker Oracle Corp. is threatening to abandon its $6.7 billion bid for BEA Systems Inc. unless its smaller rival accepts the offer by Sunday evening.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- October 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The European Commission said Monday it would take until Nov. 13 to examine Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to review its proposals meant to eliminate antitrust concerns.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft agreed to obey key parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling upheld by EU appeals court, cutting royalties and handing information over to open source developers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Four states press federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM announced growth in its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Business Partner segment, citing more than 4,100 members to date. That number represents a leap from the program's start in June of 2005, when there were just 50 partners.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 19, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares fell more than 3 percent Friday after reporting a loss of nearly $400 million for the third quarter. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler -- one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 19, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    EBay Inc.'s Skype division has let down eBay executives, but they're confident they can reorganize the troubled Internet phone unit and make it more useful to people outside of the online marketplace.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Upgrade exam for MCSEs contains material based on pre-release version of Windows 2008, according to Microsoft. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent to hurdle the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it has launched a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand in foreign markets.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer shipments rose this summer at the fastest rate in nearly two years, and Hewlett-Packard Co. pulled still farther ahead of Dell Inc. as the world's largest maker of PCs, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.
                    
			            - By Will  Kraft
- October 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Because of a hiccup in its hardware unit, IBM Corp. stock took a hit even though the technology bellwether reported a 6 percent rise in earnings and exceeded Wall Street forecasts. Investors were also sorting out how much IBM is exposed to woes in the financial industry.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Corp.'s soaring sales of microprocessors helped the company overcome flat prices for those chips and reap a 43 percent boost in profits in the third quarter. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 17, 2007