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When It Wasn't Stuffing Cars, EMC Was Doing Real Business

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 19, 2011 at 6:56 pm PT

Aside from producing oddly funny onstage stunts, storage company EMC launched 41 new enterprise products at its New York event yesterday.

With 500-Shareholder Concerns Gone, Will Facebook Make Big Acquisitions?

Liz Gannes in Social on January 7, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT

Now that Facebook is giving itself permission to have 500 or more shareholders, given it expects to go public next year, the company’s acquisitions team may get the go-ahead in 2011 to pursue larger and more complicated deals.

For LinkedIn, First Comes IPO, Then Comes Marriage to Google?

Liz Gannes in Social on January 7, 2011 at 8:57 am PT

It’s an open secret in Silicon Valley that LinkedIn, which is perpetually the topic of IPO speculation, is close to finally taking the public plunge. But there are other interesting scenarios for LinkedIn in the coming year.

In 4G Race, Verizon Pulls Ahead With Pricey Speed

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 5, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Verizon Wireless’s new 4G network is “wicked fast” but potentially costly, writes Walt.

Oracle to SAP: You Owe Us Another $212 Million

John Paczkowski in News on December 10, 2010 at 10:15 pm PT

Oracle is putting the screws to SAP again. In court papers filed Friday, the company demanded SAP pay it $212 million in interest on top of the $1.3 billion in damages it was awarded in the TomorrowNow lawsuit. Should Oracle’s demand be approved, SAP’s total penalties would rise to $1.63 billion.

Motorola Split Set for Jan. 4

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 30, 2010 at 3:44 pm PT

Breaking up is, well, a lot of paperwork. Motorola filed the details Tuesday afternoon on its plan to split itself in two. The spinoff of the cellphone unit will take place Jan. 4, with holders getting one share of the mobile unit, known as Motorola Mobility, for every eight shares of Motorola they own.

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Chinese Video Site Youku Files for IPO in U.S.

Beth Callaghan in News on November 16, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

Youku, China’s biggest online video-sharing site, has filed for an IPO in the U.S. in a bid to raise $150 million, which would go toward diversification of its revenue sources and sharpening its competitive edge in the Chinese video space. Not so coincidentally, Tudou, the site’s largest competitor in the Chinese market, filed for an IPO in the U.S. last week, and is seeking to raise $120 million.

LimeWire Gives Up the Ghost, Shuts Down P2P File-Sharing Client

Peter Kafka in Media on October 26, 2010 at 12:57 pm PT

Last spring, music file-sharing service LimeWire suffered a crushing blow in federal court. This is the net result: The company will stop distributing its core software, and will disable “hundreds of millions” of existing downloads. It’s the victory the big music labels have been seeking for some time.