Items tagged with 'Acquire'
Sun Microsystems Acquired By Oracle For $7.4B
Just over a month after IBM was rumored to be moments away from acquiring Sun Microsystems, lo and behold, Oracle has swooped in as the suitor. In a rather unexpected move, the sinking Oracle has just procured the sinking Sun Microsystems, obviously hoping that two laggards can somehow succeed rather than simply sink each... Read More
Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD
Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD- Acquisition Expected to Bring Broadcom Scale, a Complete Product Line to Address All Segments of the Digital TV Market and Expand Tier One Customer Base -IRVINE and SUNNYVALE, Calif. — August 25, 2008 — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors... Read More
NVIDIA Acquires Rayscale, Raytracing Start-up
Word from sunny Santa Clara-based NVIDIA Corp, is that the graphics giant has moved in on an acquisition of Utah-based RayScale, a 10 year-old start-up and productization of development work from few key people at the University of Utah. RayScale currently has a product available for Autodesk Maya,... Read More
Blizzard Acquires Diablo3.com, Which Means ... ?
But wait, Diablo3.com was already owned, right? Yeah, it was, but it's now DiabloFans.com, and the site dishes on what happened.Well, there's no point in beating around the bush any longer, so let's get right down to it. A few months ago we were contacted by Blizzard in regards to the Diablo3.com domain name. While they... Read More
Microsoft Acquires Farecast
Microsoft continues to purchase smaller companies with intriguing technologies while they wait for Yahoo. The latest of such acquisitions, Farecast, has managed to slip by without so much as an official press release from Microsoft.So who is Farecast and why did Microsoft find them irresistible?"The Seattle startup tries... Read More
NVIDIA To Acquire VIA?
While it's just a rumor at this point, it seems that NVIDIA is planning on breaking into the CPU business. This isn't exactly surprising as the not-to-distant future looks like a place where CPUs have a dedicated GPU onboard and the future of add-in cards is unclear.“NVIDIA and VIA discussed three possible scenarios,... Read More
NVIDIA to Acquire AGEIA TECHNOLOGIES
A couple of weeks ago, news broke that AGEIA was set to be acquired, but it wasn't clear as to who the parties involved were; the initial story claimed only that it wasn't AMD. As of a few moments ago, however, that rumor has become fact. NVIDIA just sent word that they will be acquiring AGEIA Technologies... Read More
Mad Catz Acquires Saitek
Mad Catz Acquires Saitek(TM), a Leading Worldwide PC Games Peripheral Provider, for $30 Million Strategic Diversification Complements Mad Catz' Leadership in Console Game Peripherals and Further Expands International FootprintSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2007--Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading... Read More
OCZ Technology Group Acquires Hypersonic
OCZ Technology Group Acquires Renowned System Builder, Hypersonic PCSunnyvale, Calif.—October 25, 2007—OCZ today announced immediate plans to bring Hypersonic PC into the OCZ Technology Group. Known primarily as the worldwide leader in innovative, high-performance computer memory and power supply units, OCZ acquired Hypersonic... Read More
MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine
MSNBC has joined the ranks of social networking sites such as Reddit and Digg as it has acquired Newsvine.MSNBC Interactive News LLC said it acquired Newsvine Inc., a small Seattle startup that lets visitors read and comment on news stories from mainstream media outlets.MSNBC, which is jointly owned by Microsoft Corp. and... Read More
Microsoft Acquires A New Partner -- Europe
A European Court has ruled in Microsoft's appeal of an antitrust order from a lower court, and ordered Microsoft to stop giving away Windows Media Player with every copy of Windows. Oh, yes; they have to show their competitors their source code for any communications applications. Oh, one more thing: they'd like 613 million... Read More
Acer to Acquire Gateway for $710 Million
Taiwan’s Acer has announced it will buy struggling computer vendor Gateway, in a deal worth $710 million. Acer will pay a 57% premium over the Friday closing price for Gateway stock, at $1.90 per share. This will create the world’s #3 largest PC maker.Acer Inc. plans to acquire Gateway Inc. in a deal worth $710 million... Read More
NVIDIA to acquire iPod chipmaker PortalPlayer
It looks like NVIDIA has made a strategic move and purchased PortalPlayer, a company that has historically developed semiconductor, firmware and software platforms for portable multimedia products such like personal media players, like the iPod, and personal wireless entertainment devices. "NVIDIA Corporation said... Read More
ECS Elitegroup to Acquire Uniwill Computer
ECS Elitegroup to Acquire Uniwill Computer -- Leaders in notebook design and manufacture join forces to expand leadership in white book and ultra portable solutions -- Fremont, CA (August 1, 2006) - Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc. (ECS, TSE: 2331), the world's leading desktop PCs, notebooks, servers, motherboards,... Read More
Viacom acquires XFire for $102 Million
Gamers around the world will rejoice in the news that Viacom is purchasing XFire, a free program that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them, for $102 million. We are very pleased to announce that Xfire has entered into an agreement to become... Read More
Seagate to Acquire Maxtor, Maxtor Cuts 900 Jobs
Maxtor has announced that they are cutting 900 jobs in Singapore in preparation of Seagate's acquisition. Maxtor has been in financial trouble for a while, with expected net losses of $104 million this fiscal year. Once the merger is complete in May, Seagate will become the world's largest hard disk manufacturer.... Read More
NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics
NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics Technology Leaders in Handheld Graphics Silicon and Software Join Forces to Enable Compelling 3D for All Segments of Mobile Devices GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE—SAN JOSE, CA—MARCH 22, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable... Read More
Seagate to Acquire Maxtor for $1.9 Billion
Some big news in the storage industry has hit the press today, Seagate is to acquire Maxtor for $1.9 Billion. After a year of the merger, approximately $300 million is expected to be saved from operating expenses."Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies,... Read More
NVIDIA Acquires ULI
Seemingly out of nowhere, NVIDIA has announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to acquire the chipset vendor ULI. This has to be some extremely upsetting news to ATI as they have worked closely with ULI in the past (primarily for southbridge chipsets). Without question, the addition of ULI's technology and... Read More
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