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OMG: Royal Wedding Leads to a Bouquet of Text Messages, FWIW

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 29, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT

Not only were people flocking to Twitter and Facebook to gab about the marriage of that prince and the English woman, but they were also sending a lot of text messages. Mobilized has just one message, and it applies to anything happening at 2 a.m., and it is this: Do Not Disturb.

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Talks Firefox 4, Competition With Google's Chrome and More! (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on February 24, 2011 at 11:12 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown paid a long overdue visit on the Mountain View, Calif., HQ of Mozilla, the unusual public-private company that makes the Firefox browser, to chat with its (relatively) new CEO Gary Kovacs (pictured here). There is a lot to talk about with the new exec, especially the near-to-official launch of Firefox 4, the increasing competition with Google and its Chrome efforts and where Mozilla goes next (mobile).

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SAP Posts 12 Percent Profit Rise

Archibald Preuschat, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 27, 2010 at 8:25 am PT

Business-software giant SAP AG continued its recovery Wednesday with a 12 percent increase in third-quarter net profit, and maintained its full-year forecast.

Will HP Steal Sybase From SAP?

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Is SAP paying too much for Sybase? Some have argued that $65 per share in cash–56 percent above Sybase’s Tuesday closing price–is a bit dear for a company whose stock hasn’t really topped $50 since the mid-’90s. But SAP likely has a very good reason for offering it: Preempting a rival bid from Hewlett-Packard, which, according to Cowen analyst Peter Goldmacher, can’t afford not to buy Sybase.

SAP to Acquire Sybase for $5.8 Billion

John Paczkowski in News on May 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Looks like SAP AG was a bit closer to buying Sybase than reports published earlier today suggested. Moments ago, the two companies announced the acquisition. Price: $5.8 billion–a bit shy of the $6 billion figure batted around earlier.

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Sybase Q2 Beats, Raises Forecast, Stock Up 5 Percent

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 21, 2009 at 10:40 am PT

Shares of database vendor Sybase, which competes with Oracle, are up $1.46, or almost 5 percent, today at $33.85, after the company reported sales fell 2 percent from the year-earlier period but still beat analysts’ estimates. Profit was also higher than expected.

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Tech Industry Execs Hit Washington D.C.

Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 4, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

A group of 10 tech-industry executives spent Tuesday and Wednesday lobbying members of Congress and the Obama administration on issues like taxes, immigration reform, and software piracy. The group, which included Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, and Sybase CEO John Chen, met with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, among others.