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With the purchase, Sun takes a further step away from its traditional focus on supporting only its Solaris operating system platform and beefs up ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1129sunacqui.html?nl> Sony to pay $40 million to Ampex, companies end patent dispute, 11/30/04 Sony and Ampex have agreed to end their dispute over a patent covering thumbnail images in digital image storage and retrieval devices. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1130sonytopa.html?nl> Report: Microsoft paid CCIA official, 11/24/04 The anti-trust settlement between Microsoft and the Computer and Communications Industry Association announced earlier this month included a payment of $9.75 million to the CCIA's president, according to a report published Wednesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1124msantit.html?nl> Cingular Wireless expects to cut 6,800 jobs post merger, 11/24/04 With its acquisition of AT&T Wireless complete, Cingular Wireless is preparing to lay off about 10% of its 68,000 workers over a 12 to 18-month period starting next year. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1124cinguwirel.html?nl> Citrix buying VPN company Net6 for $50 million, 11/23/04 Citrix Systems is buying Net6, a privately-held maker of SSL VPN technology, for $50 million cash, Citrix said Tuesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123updat-cit.html?nl> IBM software executive named CA CEO, 11/23/04 Computer Associates has named a former IBM software executive as its president and CEO elect. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123ibmsoftw.html?nl> HP to spend $200 million on layoffs, 11/23/04 HP plans to spend $200 million over the next six months on staff reductions, the company said Tuesday in a regulatory filing. It did not specify in the filing which business areas the staffing cuts would affect. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123hptosp.html?nl> EU judge calls meeting in Microsoft anti-trust case, 11/23/04 The judge examining whether or not to suspend sanctions in the European Union's anti-trust ruling against Microsoft has called a meeting to determine how the case should proceed following the withdrawal of two of its major participants. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123msantit.html?nl> Deutsche Telekom faces mountain of lawsuits, 11/23/04 An unprecedented legal event began Tuesday in Frankfurt with about 15,000 shareholders suing Deutsche Telekom for allegedly inflating the value of assets in three separate share placements. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123deutstelek.html?nl> PeopleSoft, Oracle standoff likely to linger, 11/22/04 The standoff between Oracle and PeopleSoft is once again at an impasse, as PeopleSoft's board refuses to sell the company at the price Oracle has offered, and Oracle refuses to raise its bid. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1122peoploracl.html?nl> Thomson joins takeover bid for ContentGuard, 11/22/04 Thomson joined Microsoft and Time Warner Monday in trying to take control of U.S. digital rights management company ContentGuard Holdings. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1122thomsjoins.html?nl> Patent hoarders intensify protection issue, 11/18/04 The chances of a user being sued for intellectual property infringement related to software usage are slim, industry observers say. 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