100 Most Valuable Brands: Apple Tops Again; Nokia Disappears

The tech industry dominates Millward Brown’s annual survey.
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How Is the Itanium Lawsuit Hurting HP? Let Us Count the Billions of Ways.

Yesterday’s document dump by Oracle shines a light on just how profitable the HP’s Itanium business is. Or rather, was.
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Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.
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Why Google Is Not Going Away

Google isn’t just a fun toy.

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WTF Is CISPA?

With SOPA and PIPA out of the picture, it seemed like digital privacy was less threatened. Then along came the new cybersecurity bill on the block, CISPA.
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IBM’s Pick of SugarCRM Creates More Rivals for Oracle

Much has been made of the rivalry between Oracle Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc. in cloud computing. But last week a venture-backed start-up secured one of the richest contracts in business for software to manage sales, marketing and customer relationships.

Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

Our long social patent fight is not over.
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20 Things About Jack Dorsey

When we asked Jack Dorsey to be the inaugural subject of our new feature, “Ten Things About Me,” we figured he’d be game.
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As Software Industry Patent Wars Rage, the Consumer Is Not Without an Advocate

As leverage to avoid antitrust lawsuits, the Department of Justice has emphasized a little-known tool to regulate the cost of patent licenses.

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IBM Boosts Big-Data Offerings With Vivisimo Acquisition

IBM said today that it has reached a deal to acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based provider of data-capture and discovery software. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vivisimo has about 120 employees, and its customers include Cisco Systems, Eli Lilly and the U.S. Air Force. This is IBM’s second acquisition this month, and its fifth so far this year.

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