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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 3:31 PM]
Six companies presented five-minute demonstrations for an audience of VCs, media, peer startups and advisers at last evening's Big Summer Geek-Out, presented by SF New Tech and held at Mighty...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 3:13 PM]
"All that's left are the strategic deals," says Peter Falvey, managing director and co-founder of Revolution Partners, a Boston investment bank that focuses solely on technology mergers and acquisitions."The numbers don't...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 1:59 PM]
European venture firm Wellington Partners said it had invested more than €11 million ($17.5 million) in German startup GameDuell, a creator of online video games that delivers cash prizes to...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 1:18 PM]
Struggling German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG [IFX] has hit one pothole after another, but new CEO Peter Bauer doing his best to steer the company onto a smoother path. The...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 12:17 PM]
Downloads now account for 15.4% of record album sales in the U.S., according to a mid-year industry report from Nielsen SoundScan. Sales of tracks delivered online were up 34.4% during...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 11:43 AM]
IBM announced Wednesday that it will acquire upstart mainframe challenger Platform Solutions Inc. While terms were not disclosed, the deal provides a happy exit for PSI investors, including Intel Capital,...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 11:20 AM]
Rock On! If all goes to plan video game publisher Activision Inc.'s Guitar Heroes will soon be rocking out with Vivendi SA's World of Warcraft's avatars. Activision said Wednesday that...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 10:55 AM]
  With his chances to take full control of the Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] board of directors somewhere between slim and none, Carl Icahn's best bet to have a say in...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 8:00 AM]
As questions grow about what Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] was thinking when it launched its bid for the largely first-generation Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], a lot of next-gen startups are rearing their innovative...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 2, 2008 - 6:08 PM]
Like drowning men snatching at a lifeline, Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] and Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] may not have abandoned hopes of rescuing a deal. Or not. The latest news, courtesy...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 2, 2008 - 5:38 PM]
Roughly a third of U.S. cell phone users find multimedia capabilities, including music and video, to be among the most important features of their mobile devices, according to a survey...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on July 2, 2008 - 4:30 PM]
Social music and Internet radio service Last.fm Ltd. announced the addition of Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album to its on-demand streaming service, making it the latest of several key new releases...  Continue Reading.
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