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IBM Builds Storage Arrays from 1TB Drives
IBM has made its first storage product news since last October by announcing Feb. 12 a wide range of new software and hardware offerings for large enterprises and for small and midsize businesses. The key item here is that IBM is now using 1TB drives in its storage arrays, following similar moves by Network Appliance, EMC, Rackable…
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eWEEK Channel Labs Walk-Through: Nuance PDF Converter Professional 5
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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Bid
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Eric Auchard SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc rejected Microsoft Corp’s unsolicited $41.6 billion takeover offer as too low on Monday, forcing the software maker either to sweeten the bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch a deal. Microsoft responded by calling its offer full and fair, but stopped short…
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Best Buy Sides with Blu-ray
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Best Buy, the largest U.S. consumer electronics chain, said on Monday it will recommend that consumers choose Sony’s Blu-ray high-definition video format. The decision gives Sony yet another victory in the battle with Toshiba’s HD DVD to be the high-definition DVD format of choice. Earlier on Monday, online video rental company Netflix said…
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Dell Takes Channel Partner Program to Canada, Europe
Two and a half months after it launched its formal partner program, PartnerDirect, in the United States, Dell is ready to export it. The PC maker announced Feb. 12 that PartnerDirect is now available in Europe and in Canada. The programs offer the same features as the program in the United States—a two-tier program supported…
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EU Raids Intel Offices, Retailers
SAN FRANCICSO (Reuters)—The European Commission conducted antitrust raids against Intel Corp’s Munich offices on Tuesday and against retailers selling products of the world’s largest chip maker, the Commission and the chip maker said. The European Union watchdog’s actions ratcheted up pressure on Intel and broke new ground by raiding Germany’s huge Media Markt-Saturn and British…
