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Tribune Buys Gracenote From Sony
The media company is paying $170 million for the service that identifies music and video.Voices
Micron, Rambus End Long-Running Legal Battles
Micron Technology Inc. and Rambus Inc. said they have ended a series of court battles that stretched for 13 years, with Micron agreeing to pay up to $280 million to Rambus over seven years.Voices
Applied Materials to Acquire Tokyo Electron
In a deal that would be one of the biggest-ever foreign takeovers of a Japanese firm, Applied Materials Inc. agreed to acquire Tokyo Electron Ltd. to create to create a powerhouse provider of chip manufacturing equipment.Voices
Ray Dolby’s Passion Led to Better Sound Quality Across Industries
Ray Dolby, who died Thursday at age 80, was an inventor whose passion for better sound influenced the evolution of several industries.Voices
Amazon’s Push to the Cloud Adds to Server-Market Woes
To understand the challenges facing makers of server systems, look to health-care staffing firm Schumacher Group.Voices
IBM Gets Allies to Chip Away at Intel
International Business Machines Corp. has enlisted Google Inc. and some other high-tech allies for a collective effort to catapult an IBM chip technology out of a shrinking niche.Voices
Intel Technology Chief Rattner to Step Down
One of the most familiar faces at Intel events, Justin Rattner, is giving up the post of chief technology officer at the giant chip maker.Voices
PC Makers Fight Back Against Mobile Devices
Rocked by the mobile-device movement, personal-computer makers and their partners are planning a counterattack that leans heavily on two weapons: Lower prices and power consumption.Voices
Google Joins Supercomputing Project
Google Inc. plans to help create a new laboratory to study quantum computing, a high-profile endorsement of the esoteric technology — and a Canadian company that has been pursuing it since 1999.Voices