Google buys collaboration app to boost Wave
In order to boost its Wave product, Google has acquired AppJet, which makes the EtherPad real-time workgroup collaboration application.
"AppJet is a team of highly-talented entrepreneurs with deep expertise in real-time Web collaboration. Google and AppJet have a shared vision of how Web collaboration can benefit users, and we're excited to have the AppJet team contribute to the success of Google Wave," a Google spokesman said on Friday.
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Microsoft and Yahoo finalize search deal
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the terms of a broad search and advertising agreement intended to help them compete more effectively with Google.
The companies announced the agreement in July, in which Microsoft’s Bing search engine would power Yahoo’s search results, and Yahoo would provide premium search-advertising services for both companies.
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Apple beefs up Mac Pro and Xserve configuration options
If you configure a quad-core Mac Pro from the Apple Online Store, you'll find that you can now add a 3.33GHz Intel Xeon processor to it for $1,200 extra (over the base configuration that comes with a 2.66GHz Intel Xeon).
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MySQL use predicted to drop under Oracle ownership
Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday.
The firm polled 347 open-source software users. While 82.1 percent of respondents use MySQL today, that figure will drop to 72.3 percent by 2014, the study found.
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Cisco wins control of videoconferencing leader Tandberg
After a hard-fought battle, Cisco has won control of videoconferencing leader Tandberg with ownership of 91.1 percent of the company's shares.
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Microsoft releases two more pieces of Forefront security suite
Microsoft on Thursday released two more pieces of its Forefront suite as part of its strategy to merge security and identity technology and create software that stretches across clients, servers, and the network edge.
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