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Obopay Offers Cell Phone Money Transfers| Redwood City: Obopay is offering the service between cell phone customers in the U.S. at a 10 cent flat rate, and has plans to expand overseas | | |
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| Oct.27 |
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IBM tops Oracle in sales Thanks to spending $10 billion on acquisitions, Big Blue has surpassed the host of traffic-snarling convention
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| Oct.25 |
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Oracle Offers Red Hat Product Support SF Downtown: Oracle CEO Ellison launched a pricing attack on Linux software leader during the largest convention in Oracle's history
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| Oct.1 |
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Google Buys Garage Where Got Its Start Menlo Park: Google buys the home where co-founders Page and Brin rented a garage eight years ago
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Video iPod introduced
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| Sep.22 |
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Ellison predicts a big future SF Downtown: Oracle CEO believes his company can double in size in the next few years, from $14.5 billion to nearly $30 billion
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| Sep.20 |
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Oracle faithful gather at Moscone| SF Downtown: The giant software company basked in the glory of its yearlong acquisition binge | |
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| Jan.26 |
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Ellison taunts SAP, seeks closer IBM ties Oracle: Oracle CEO is girding for a showdown with SAP AG and becoming more friendly with frequent rival IBM Corp.
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| Jan.18 |
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Electronic Arts, ESPN sign 15-year deal| Redwood City: Video game publishing giant get exclusive rights to use the sports network's brand and content in games | |
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| Sep.28 |
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Electronic Arts posts record Sims 2 sales Redwood City: Electronic Arts sold more than a million copies of 'The Sims 2' within the first 10 days of its release
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| Aug.9 |
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Roxio changes name to Napster Santa Clara: Roxio Inc. will sell its consumer software division to Sonic Solutions for a combination of cash and stock totaling $80 million
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Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job
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| Feb.5 |
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EA, Marvel Sign Game Development Deal Redwood City: Video game publisher Electronic Arts has signed a deal with comic book publisher to develop a series of fighting games
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| Feb.3 |
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10g Database Price Drop Oracle: Oracle lowered the price of its new entry-level database to curb Microsoft predominance in the marketplace
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| Nov.19 |
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E*Trade: tool to compare mortgages Menlo Park: 'Fair Compare' is an online tool for consumers to compare the costs for mortgages offered by E*Trade's and any other lender
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| Nov.6 |
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ITunes Outsold Napster 5-1 in 1st Week Apple: Consumers purchased and downloaded 1.5 million songs during the same period that Napster is selling 300,000 songs
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| Oct.9 |
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Napster Is Back For Music Fans Under its parent Roxio, Napster introduced a test version of its new software that will sell songs for 99 cents each
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| Sep.8 |
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New Update to Database Software. Oracle
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SoBig.F breaks virus speed records
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| Aug.20 |
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Oracle Sees Probe Ending by Nov.
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| Jul.28 |
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Roxio set to relaunch Napster this year. Santa Clara
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| May.19 |
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Roxio plans bring back Napster name| Santa Clara: Software maker has acquired the online music service pressplay for about $40 million | | |
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| Mar.10 |
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Again No. 1 Database Software Shop. Oracle
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| Feb.24 |
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Roxio to revive Napster subscription Milpitas: Online music service will be launched by year's end as a legal, subscription-based music business
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AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion
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iPod: New digital music player
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| Sep.24 |
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Deal with music publishers| Napster: Company will pay $26M for past unauthorized use of music and $10M down payment on future royalties | |
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| Jul.18 |
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Napster can go back online Federal appeals court ruled Napster can resume song-swapping operations
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| Jul.11 |
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Judge orders Napster off-line U.S. District Judge decided that Napster remain off-line until company can perfect its song-swapping system
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| Mar.6 |
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Record labels to control Napster Judge said that once the recording industry comes up with a list of copyright songs, Napster will have 72 hours to comply
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| Mar.2 |
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Napster plans screening system Napster will deploy a new screening system to stop the free trade of copyright songs
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| Feb.20 |
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Napster offers $1 billion $200M each year offered if record companies drop suit. Music industry executives call the offer a publicity ploy
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