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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Reynolds American (NYSE:RAI), and Masco (NYSE:MAS) have been attracting significant attention in the market, with trade volumes and sentiment analysis pointing to possible short-term support and long-term trends. Microsoft has been on a tear, Intel has been treading water,
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The SCOPE Alliance, an association of leading network equipment providers, has welcomed four new members: Sun Microsystems, Wind River, GoAhead Software, and Interphase. This expansion brings the total number of members to eight, including Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies, Intel, and Diversified Technologies. The SCOPE Alliance aims to promote the availability
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Cortina Systems, a Sunnyvale-based company specializing in advanced communications ICs, has made a significant acquisition in the networking space. Cortina has acquired Intel's optical network components business for $115 million, expanding its product portfolio and customer base. The company also completed a new funding round led by Institutional
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Cortina Systems, a leader in advanced communications semiconductors, has made a significant move in the industry with the acquisition of Intel's optical network components business for $115 million and the completion of a new funding round of $132 million. The acquisition marks a major step forward in Cortina&
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InfoWorld's Virtualization Executive Forum, focused on converging approaches to create a virtualized infrastructure, has sold out its vendor sponsorships. The event, taking place on September 25 and 26 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, boasts a comprehensive lineup of platinum and gold-level sponsors. Novell serves as
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Seven Summits Research has issued PriceWatch Alerts for select stocks, including Intel Corp., General Motors Corporation, Goldcorp Inc., Wachovia Corp., and Staples Inc. The alerts provide a concise market overview, economic calendar, and Dynamic Market Opportunities, as well as hedged trade ideas designed to protect investors from unexpected market shifts.
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TelePlus Enterprises, a diversified North American telecommunications company, is poised for significant growth in the prepaid wireless market. The company's wholly owned subsidiaries, including TelePlus Wireless, Corp. and Maximo Impact, Corp., operate prepaid mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) under the Liberty Wireless and MX Mobile brands, respectively. These
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The AdvancedTCA Summit, to be held at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel on October 17-19, 2006, marks the second annual event dedicated to the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard platform. The Summit will feature presentations, exhibits, and tutorials from over 100 leading firms, including Intel, Motorola, Lucent Technologies, Alcatel,
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IBM has announced plans to go on the offensive in promoting and improving its Power chip design, following Apple's surprise decision to switch from Power chips to Intel chips last year. As part of this initiative, IBM and its partners in the Power.org consortium are set to
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NanoSensors, Inc., a nanotechnology development company, has entered a technology license agreement with Michigan State University for exclusive patent-pending rights to nanoporous silicon-based electrochemical DNA biosensors. This agreement should attract the attention of investors and is expected to drive the company's development of sensors and instruments to detect
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Sprint Nextel Corporation has announced plans to deploy a nationwide fourth-generation wireless broadband network based on the WiMAX technology standard, aiming to cover up to 100 million people by the end of 2008. The initiative, which will cost up to $3 billion, involves partnerships with Intel Corporation, Motorola, Inc., and
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Virtual Iron Software, a provider of software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure in the data center, is hosting an interactive panel titled "Virtualization and the Next Generation Data Center" at LinuxWorld 2006 in San Francisco this week. The panel features virtualization thought leaders from IBM, Intel,
