Novell rejects Elliot takeover bid as 'inadequate'

From CNET News.com: Novell has rejected an unsolicited $2 billion takeover bid from Elliot Associates, the business software provider announced in a statement Saturday.

"Our board of directors has concluded, after careful consideration, including a review of the proposal with its...

Desperate times for Palm

From CNET News.com: When you report earnings in March, madness is not exactly the term you would like associated with your announcement. However, that's exactly what is surrounding Palm a day after it reported that its comeback hopes are dwindling as consumers fail to respond to the...

Dell Returns Adamo XPS to Own Stores

From X-bit Labs: Dell said this week that it had returned the high-end Adamo XPS laptop to its own online store in the U.S. The company said that it had not discontinued the notebook, still, the offering is somewhat exclusive and limited and the company had to build up “sufficient...

Microsoft, Adobe confident there is room for Silverlight, Flash

From InfoWorld: The HTML5 specification could be a game-changer in the rich Internet application realm, but representatives of Microsoft and Adobe Systems, both of which have proprietary plug-ins for Web applications, remained confident Thursday in their companies' Web strategies...

Google's Nexus One Heads to Four Big US Networks

From PC World: Even though the Nexus One has had a slow start on Tmobile, you have to believe that the current flagship Android phone will have a little bit more success on AT&T...and Verizon... and now on Sprint.

That's right. You will soon be able to get a Google Nexus One on any...

Viacom, Google air dirty laundry in court docs

From CNET News.com: Court filings released on Thursday in the bitter $1 billion copyright fight between Viacom and Google's YouTube show just how far apart the companies remain, as the 3-year-old case winds through federal court.

Viacom, in 108 pages of court documents, portrays...

Google aims for easier 3D Web on Windows

From CNET News.com: Google announced a move Thursday that could broaden the appeal of a nascent 3D Web graphics technology called WebGL.

A year ago Mozilla and the Khronos Group announced WebGL, which gives Web programmers a way to use hardware-accelerated 3D graphics on their Web...

Microsoft IE 9 Preview Airs; Embraces HTML5, but Ditches XP

From DailyTech: That must be what hundreds of veteran internet developers are saying since Microsoft is finally taking interest in embracing advanced web technologies. After all, such technologies were typically driven by browsers with scant market share like Google Chrome or Opera...

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