Why Ellison wants to take on Google

Why would any company want to go out of its way to compete with Google? That's precisely what Oracle is doing with a new program designed to search corporate networks because, CEO Larry Ellison says, "what Google does not do well is search private data."
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But even if that's true, enterprise companies such as Oracle don't have exactly the best track record when competing with aggressive Web players. Companies such as Novell and Lotus, for example, lost an enormous lead in the internal message market to the likes of instant messengers from Yahoo, AOL and MSN.

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bye bye dial up?

AOL last week announced plans to increase the price of its dial-up service by $2 a month (to $25.90) to match the price of its high-speed DSL and cable services. The company rationalized that the price hike would encourage dial-up users--the majority of its remaining customer base--to move on to broadband.

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Lawsuit claims Micron fixed memory prices

US memory maker Micron has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company and some senior executives conspired with other DRAMurai to fix prices between 24 February 2001 and 13 February 2003. That conspiracy, the complaint claims, resulted in Micron posting false and misleading financial results during the cited period to the company's benefit.

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Blackberry wins stay of execution

The maker of the Blackberry device has won a stay of execution after a US judge opted not to impose an immediate injunction closing its service.
Research In Motion (RIM) is embroiled in a legal dispute with technology firm NTP, which says the Blackberry has infringed its patents.

Blackberry could have been forced to shut down its mobile e-mail service in the US immediately.

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