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JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors. TAGS: JBoss, acquisition, Oracle Corp., middleware, equity, CEO, discussion, Java, open source

Developers aim to lure women to adult games

March 8, 2007 At the Game Developers Conference, a group of designers discusses several issues facing the adult-oriented video game industry. TAGS: women, video game, game company, designer, World of Warcraft, developer, conference, games, discussion, video

LiveJournal apologizes for mass deletion

June 1, 2007 Following Six Apart's deletion of 500 journals, users stage a blistering backlash and the company moves to make amends. TAGS: LiveJournal, journal, deletion, terms of service, community, role-playing game, discussion, account, character, e-mail

Intel eyes the future of Itanium

February 27, 2007 Pat Gelsinger, Intel's digital enterprise head, talks about tech in the developing world and the one-chip blade server of tomorrow. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, Intel Itanium, system architecture, product line, architecture, Intel, blade, development, discussion, OEM, HP

Negroponte: Rich countries to buy laptops for poor

December 6, 2006 One Laptop Per Child project leader encourages wealthy countries to buy $100 notebooks for those in less-developed nations. TAGS: OLPC, Pakistan, education, Hong Kong, government, laptop computer, Europe, discussion

At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say

October 28, 2006 Government controls held back cryptography in the past, but today usability blocks adoption. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie promises a fix.Photos: Crypto anniversary TAGS: cryptography, Ray Ozzie, NSA, RSA Security Inc., adoption, usability, government, Lotus, expert, encryption, IBM Lotus Notes, discussion, security, Microsoft Corp.

MashupCamp--a new kind of get-together

February 21, 2006 Nearly 300 people show up for a celebration of custom applications and a new-model technology conference. Photos: Techies gather at MashupCamp TAGS: David Berlind, mashup, custom application, schedule, session, event, discussion, conference, Google Inc.

Web 2.0 as a metaphor for 'rip-off'

October 20, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says a frank discussion of copyright protection in the new cyber-age is long overdue. TAGS: Web 2.0, copyright protection, publisher, Napster Inc., Google Inc., YouTube, discussion, video

Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal

May 31, 2006 Attorney general said Internet providers must retain records of Americans' activities to help in terrorism fight, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: terrorism, attorney general, Internet provider, telecommunications, proposal, Internet Service Provider, Time Warner Inc., record, Comcast Corp., activity, discussion, Google Inc.

Why companies monitor blogs

January 3, 2006 Many businesses find that tracking blogs and online discussion groups yields candid--and crucial--information about their products, services and competitors. TAGS: Nielsen BuzzMetrics, Kraft Foods Inc., focus group, suit, blog, public relations, spokeswoman, discussion, Real-Time, monitor, forum, brand, Dell

HP misses earnings expectations, drops PwC bid

November 13, 2000 The computing giant posts earnings that fall far below analysts' estimates and ends discussions to buy the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. TAGS: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Carly Fiorina, consulting, earnings, COMDEX, estimate, Wall Street, HP, Las Vegas, discussion

Brazil protests ratification of OOXML

May 30, 2008 Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas issues an appeal to the ISO on the grounds that a key meeting in April was inconclusive and that discussions on the matter sometimes descended into farce. TAGS: Brazil, ratification, supporter, appeal, argument, discussion, XML, process, response, Microsoft Office

New GPL draft due Wednesday

March 26, 2007 A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, Free Software Foundation, draft, Linus Torvalds, license, Novell Inc., open source, project, Linux, mailing list, founder, discussion, Java, Microsoft Corp.
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