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Germany Favours Blocking China Takeover Of Elmos’ Chip Production
National security concerns. German government looks set to block Chinese takeover of Dortmund-based company Elmos
Yahoo Buys Language Recognition Start-Up SkyPhrase
The natural language processing technology could help improve search, and do a lot more
Imagination Increases MIPS Bid To $80 Million
The UK chip designer finds itself in a bidding war against Israeli company
PayPal Buys Credit Card Photo Scanner For Mobile Payment
Card.io takes pictures of your credit cards, for totally legitimate purposes
Microsoft Confirms $6.2 Billion aQuantive Write Down
A strategic acquisition made five years ago appears to have backfired
Nokia To Sell Vertu Luxury Division
The Vertu phones are made of gold, but they run Symbian. What sort of luxury is that?
EMC And NetApp Poised To Fight Over Green Storage Company?
EMC and NetApp are eyeing up the all-Flash storage firm XtremIO
SAP Buys Syclo, The Mobile Enterprise Specialists
The acquisition should make BYOD with SAP relatively painless
IBM Buys DemandTec In Cloud Analytics Move
IBM is coughing up an impressive $440m (£280m) to acquire cloud analytics player DemandTec
Skype CEO To Become President Of Microsoft Voice
Skype will carry more adverts under Microsoft rule, and Xbox will become a home videoconference suite