Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic

1. Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic

Symantec today began 2006 pretty much how it left 2005, offering to acquire a smaller company to bolster its enterprise software portfolio.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Jan 3 2006


2. Symantec to Acquire IM Security Vendor IMLogic

Security software company Symantec Corp. said Tuesday that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy IMLogic, a maker of security software for instant messaging applications, based in Waltham, Mass.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 3 2006


3. Domain scam duo fined AU$2.3m

A pair of fraudsters who made millions using a domain registration scam have been ordered to pay AU$2.3m (£980,000) by an Australian court. Brad Norrish and Chesley Rafferty conned victims into stumping up non-existent fees under the threat that they risked losing their domain names unless they paid up.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 3 2006


4. Google to 'launch own PC'

Google is planning to provide an own-brand Windows-less PC and sell the low-cost system through a partnership with retail giant Wal-Mart. The machine and/or the sales deal could be announced as early as this coming Friday.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 3 2006


5. Skype targets mainstream consumers

Skype is making a play for the mainstream IP telephony market with a series of new products being announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Jan 3 2006


6. CES - VOIP users getting more options

Consumer electronics makers and VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) providers are teaming up at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, eyeing a growing opportunity to capture the voice business in homes and small businesses.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld.com, Jan 3 2006


7. 'Pay-per-call' ads a good option for service providers

An online ad that yields a phone call: Now that's counterintuitive. After all, isn't the point of such advertising to reduce phone time by directing customers to a Web site? That's true for some businesses, but others--especially service providers--prefer to encourage prospective clients to dial them up.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld.com, Jan 3 2006


8. Japan's DoCoMo to invest 300 mln dollars in top Philippines telco

Japan's top mobile telecoms firm NTT DoCoMo is to invest some 300 million dollars in the Philippines top carrier, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), President Gloria Arroyo announced.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 3 2006


9. Google-AOL Deal Raises Stakes

Can the feud between Microsoft and Google grow any hotter? You bet. Heading into the close of the year, the pair volleyed for some gain in industry mind share, and, by all accounts, the Mountain View team looks to have scored some points.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 2 2005


10. Analyst cheers Google with $600 per share target

Google and its cavalcade of adoring analysts look set to pump 2006 full of the same unbridled optimism that dominated 2005. Or so we predict after seeing Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy hike his target on the ad broker up from $445 to $600.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 4 2006