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Cisco to Acquire Network Analysis Firm Truviso

Cisco Systems said it had reached a deal to acquire Truviso, a privately held company that provides real-time network data analysis and reporting software. The deal is aimed at boosting Cisco’s offerings in helping its customers analyze what’s happening on their networks, and how to make them run better. Financial terms were not disclosed.

IBM Adds Canada’s Varicent to Its Analytics Lineup

Big Blue has kicked its deal-making up a few notches this year.
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Here’s Dan Loeb’s Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo’s Alibaba Stake

China is emperor at Yahoo, says activist shareholder.
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We’re Expanding: All Things Digital Would Like You to Meet All Things Reviewed

Here’s our first and most important promise: We won’t bore you with technobabble.
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From Cradle to, Well, You Know: The Creepy Factor of Facebook’s Timeline

Even though the social networking site wants to host “The Story of Your Life,” maybe who we were is not, in the end, who we really are.
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Jawbone’s Newest Product: Health-Tracking Wristband Called UP

Jawbone, the San Francisco consumer electronics start-up that just grabbed another $70 million in funding, has announced its latest gadget called Up. The new product is described as “an intelligent, wearable wristband with an application that combines tracking, analysis, social and motivational elements.” Jawbone, which makes a popular Bluetooth headset and also the Jambox wireless speaker, said Up will track a user’s movement, sleep patterns and nutrition.

Video: Om Talks About $6 Million Giga-Funding

Yesterday, I slogged through the rain to the downtown San Francisco HQ of the GigaOM Network to visit with tech blogging pioneer Om Malik and talk about the latest $6 million in funding for the tech news and analysis site.
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Headless Lawsuit in Topless Blog!

On some level of journalism, I guess anything could happen. But does that mean it should? Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.

Ball Gag Starting to Look Like a Good Idea for Google CEO

Eric Schmidt recently joked in a tweet that he was stepping down as Google CEO because the company’s younger co-founders no longer needed “adult supervision.” Or wanted it–at least not the kind that Schmidt’s been offering recently, which was on display once again today in yet another PR gaffe.

Collecta: Another Real-time Search Engine Bites the Dust

Los Angeles-based start-up Collecta has shuttered its real-time search business, including a destination site, API and publisher widgets. The company follows OneRiot, Ellerdale and other competitors that have hightailed away from indexing status updates from social services, which a couple of years ago had seemed like an enormous opportunity.

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