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Publié: novembre 14, 2007, 12:17am CET
As BetaNews reported yesterday, the European Commission did indeed take up the matter of the creation of a centralized European Telecom Market Authority. Included in the proposal will be the option for regulators to force large incumbent telcos within a region or member country to split their business units, if necessary, to create competition where there was none before.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 11:32pm CET
Today, IBM's newly-acquired Business Intelligence and Management group Cognos unveiled a couple of developments that were no doubt deciding factors in its recent acquisition. Among them is a new accounting reporting tool that European customers will not only need but require, in the wake of regulatory changes.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 11:06pm CET
XM and Sirius' proposed merger received near-unanimous support from shareholders, as the two companies announced they had cleared the next hurdle in becoming a single entity.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 10:47pm CET
Having concluded a preliminary review into the ramifications of search engine and contextual ad provider Google merging with display ad and campaign management system provider DoubleClick, the European Commission has decided it will now open its formal "in-depth investigation" into the matter.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 10:22pm CET
Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 9:21pm CET
You'd think there was a virtualization conference this week. But as it just so happens, three companies are vying for status in this growing market: market leader VMware, the perennial up-and-comer Microsoft, and a newcomer with a familiar ring to it: Oracle.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 9:03pm CET
Yahoo solidified its stake in the mobile services space across both Asia and Latin America on Tuesday, with the company announcing deals and new services for consumers in both regions.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 8:19pm CET
XM and Sirius trotted out former FCC chairman Reed Hundt to drum up support for the proposed merger of the two services.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 7:40pm CET
VMware has launched a public beta of Server 2, the latest version of the California company's software that allows physical servers to be partitioned into multiple virtual machines.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 6:18pm CET
Demonstrating it can indeed rename a product with something that sounds pleasing and not so euphemistic, Microsoft took the wraps off its replacement for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 this morning. It will be called Windows HPC Server 2008, and today, the company taped it out for the second half of next year.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 6:12pm CET
DivX said Tuesday that its codecs will be added to Sony's PlayStation 3, allowing the device to play back videos in the format.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 6:12pm CET
Microsoft has made another affirmation of its commitment to providing the visually impaired with useful software, announcing this morning it is developing a plug-in for Microsoft Word that translates documents into DAISY XML, a standard for digital talking books.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 5:26pm CET
The news last year at this time from the University of Mannheim was the surge of supercomputers with relatively simple 2.4 GHz AMD Opteron processors, among the school's list of the world's Top 500 Supercomputers. So if big shifts qualify as news, then AMD has to face the music this time around.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 5:16pm CET
Microsoft debuted its redesigned Zunes on Tuesday, hoping to make inroads into a market that it has so far little effected.
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Publié: novembre 13, 2007, 4:58pm CET
A $199 Linux-based PC from Everex has proven to be quite a success at Wal-Mart, with the computer selling out online and at most store locations. Reviews have also been overwhelming positive, with one buyer calling it "a wonderful first computer for anyone."