For the second time in two years, China has announced plans to develop its own next-generation DVD standard to break the monopoly of foreign companies and avoid paying heavy licensing fees.

If successful, the move could add a new wrinkle to the battle between HD DVD and the competing Blu-ray Disc formats over which will become the dominant new DVD standard.

The official Xinhua News ...

U.S. stock market futures were trading higher Friday despite the release of data later today that's expected to show a sharp loss in jobs during September due to Hurricane Katrina.

But with the Bureau of Labor Statistics already admitting there may be an overestimate, observers were uncertain what should be read into the figures.

Dow Jones futures were recently up 21 points, S&P 50...

MILAN, Italy (AP) - An Italian bond-trading organization will suspend Citigroup Inc. from trading on its platform during November because of a disputed deal by the bank last year.

The MTS SPA platform said Thursday that the Aug. 2, 2004, trade by Citigroup had disrupted the market and was executed without sufficient consideration of its effects.

MTS said the software used for the tr...

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Macquarie Bank, whose UK investments range from BBC Broadcast to the M6 Toll Road, is believed to have teamed up with software firm Computershare for its bid campaign.

An approach would be the third received by the London Stock Exchange this year and threatens to disrupt the plans of pan- European exchange Euronext, which is awaiting the final outcome of a Competition Commission inquiry i...

Check Point Software Technologies to acquire Sourcefire for $225mn

NEW YORK, October 7 (newratings.com) � Israel-based Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP.NAS), a leading developer of internet security products, Thursday announced the acquisition of privately-held Sourcefire Inc for $225 million. The company also reduced its revenue guidance for the third quarter.

The deal h...

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - For the second time in two years, China has announced plans to develop its own next-generation DVD standard to break the monopoly of foreign companies and avoid paying heavy licensing fees. If successful, the move could add a new wrinkle to the battle between HD DVD and the competing Blu-ray Disc formats over which will become the dominant new DVD standard.

The off...

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IP Converge, as the service is called, is based entirely on hardware and software from Cisco Systems, explained Bruce Scott, volume propositions manager at BTGS. For branch offices, the company is offering to configure, install, remotely manage and maintain Cisco's Integrated Service Router (ISR), with the configuration following on...

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Redwood City, California-based Saba will pay Centra shareholders 66.3 cents in cash and Saba stock at a fixed exchange ratio for each Centra share. The transaction works out to be a 1% premium on Centra's closing price on October 5, 2005 of $2.

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 (ended May 31, 20...

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IBM Global Services published a SOA governance methodology in September, and many months ago both BEA and Sun Microsystems launched SOA readiness assessments to see how far down the SOA path customers really are. However, Sonic claimed its Maturity Model is not intended to be prescriptive, but to offer IT practitioners a framework fo...