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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Nvidia acquires PortalPlayer for US$357 Million   PeopleSoft founder targets Oracle with new company   PayPal plans US$20 rebates to users on many sites   Young people aren't loyal to mobile network providers   Internet Explorer's market share drops slightly   McAfee adds link checking to new paid version of SiteAdvisor   Palm hit by patent suit, shares drop   United States cited as top spam nation   Murdoch says may offer MySpace on Japan mobile phones   Vodafone calls Microsoft for new mobile software   Attacks launched against unpatched Windows bug   Microsoft releases Office 2007 to manufacturing
Tuesday, 7th November 2006
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This morning, PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield, who lost the software maker in a hostile takeover by Oracle, returned to the industry on Monday with a new company looking to challenge his larger rival.

Also making news, Vodafone has unveiled plans to become the first mobile operator to standardise the software on its handsets, striking a deal with Microsoft and saying it will work with just two other software providers.

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Nvidia acquires PortalPlayer for US$357 Million
As a developer of semiconductors, firmware, and software platforms for PMPs, PortalPlayer's product mix will fit neatly into NVIDIA's family of graphics processing units, the companies said.


PeopleSoft founder targets Oracle with new company
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield, who lost the software maker in a hostile takeover by Oracle, returned to the industry on Monday with a new company looking to challenge his larger rival.



PayPal plans US$20 rebates to users on many sites
SAN FRANCISCO - PayPal has said it will pay up to US$100 million in promotional incentives to customers who use the service on up to 100,000 merchant sites in North America.


Young people aren't loyal to mobile network providers
Young people don't display brand loyalty when it comes to their cell phones, although they're loyal when it comes to other products.


Internet Explorer's market share drops slightly
While use of the just-released IE7 browser is climbing, Internet Explorer's overall share slipped from 82.1 percent in September to 81.3 percent in October.


McAfee adds link checking to new paid version of SiteAdvisor
SiteAdvisor Plus includes a link checker that places the service's URL ratings beside links in email messages and instant messages to flag risky sites.


Palm hit by patent suit, shares drop
NEW YORK - Patent holding company NTP said on Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Palm, maker of the Treo mobile phone, in a US court, sending Palm shares down more than 7 percent.


United States cited as top spam nation
Some 21 percent of the world's spam came from US emailers during August through September; China was second at 13 percent.


Murdoch says may offer MySpace on Japan mobile phones
TOKYO - News's Rupert Murdoch said on Monday he hoped to find partners to enter Asian markets for its MySpace.com Internet business and would discuss offering the world's most popular online community via mobie phones with Japan's Softbank.


Vodafone calls Microsoft for new mobile software
LONDON/AMSTERDAM - Vodafone has unveiled plans to become the first mobile operator to standardise the software on its handsets, striking a deal with Microsoft and saying it will work with just two other software providers.


Attacks launched against unpatched Windows bug
For the second time in less than a week, Microsoft has acknowledged that attackers are exploiting a critical, unpatched flaw in Windows to snatch PCs from their owners.


Microsoft releases Office 2007 to manufacturing
The software giant's plan to make Office, Windows Vista, and Exchange Server 2007 available to business customers on Nov. 30 is on track..
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