Gartner buys rival META Group

IT research giant Gartner said 27 December that it will buy rival research firm META Group for US$162 million in cash and close the deal in the second quarter of 2005.

Amazon Christmas sales up
Amazon.com on 27 December reported its busiest holiday shopping season ever.
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Fast hackers dispatch IE Trojan
It took hackers less than a week to produce a working exploit that attacked a new, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, security firms said.
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HP-Intel Itanium team part ways
HP is easing out of its partnership with Intel in the design of the Itanium processor.
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JVC develops BD/DVD disk for Blu-ray
Hoping to ease the transition from DVD to Blu-ray Disc, JVC has developed a Blu-ray/ DVD Combo ROM Disk, containing two DVD layers and one BD layer.
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Intel to offer new chip management control

Intel is taking out-of-band technology to the chip level.

Blockbuster to buy US rival
Global video giant Blockbuster, which is struggling for growth as the internet transforms the movie rental business, said it's preparing to launch an unsolicited takeover bid for rival Hollywood Entertainment.
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Apple sellers head for showdown
A group of Apple Computer retailers is pressing forward with a lawsuit filed against the computer maker more than two years ago.
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