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Oracle has closed on its US$1.5 billion acquisition of RightNow, developer of a cloud-based customer self-service application. Oracle announced the deal in October 2011. ...

Intel is buying about 190 patents, 170 patent applications, and next-generation video codec software from RealNetworks ...

At the National Retail Federation's annual convention,Retail's BIG Show 2012, Epicor debuted its latest mobile offering: the Epicor Retail Clienteling application. ...

Netflix shares rose sharply after the company reported that it added 610,000 customers and that profit margins in the streaming business this quarter could widen to 11 percent. ...

Motorola Mobility has filed yet another lawsuit accusing Apple of infringing several of its patents for wireless antennae, software, data filtering and messaging technologies ...

Both privacy advocates and representatives of businesses that handle consumer data are flocking to Brussels. Why? The EU has proposed a strict set of new data privacy rules that would restrict companies such as Facebook even more than they currently do. ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has plans to host a new TV show called "The World Tomorrow." The half-hour weekly episodes are scheduled to begin airing in mid-March on Russia's English-language RT channel. It will reach some 60 million global viewers. ...

There has been plenty of evidence that shareholders, to say nothing of customers, have been unhappy with RIM's direction in the last few years. They have been calling for new leadership, new strategy, new products -- new something. ...

Google is incorporating its social network, Google+, in just about every part of its online empire -- including, most recently, its Gmail system. Now, new users who want a Gmail account must also sign up for Google+ ...

Microsoft reported a mixed performance on Friday for its second quarter ending Dec. 31. Earnings were essentially flat compared with the same period last year. The company reported a profit of US$6.62 billion, or 78 cents a share, on $20.89 billion in revenue. For the same period a year ago, Microsoft reported a profit of $6.63 billion on $19.95 billion in revenue...

Do you like to garden? Share coupons? How about bike riding? If so, there's an app for that -- on Facebook, that is -- or soon will be. ...

Nike has rolled out another product aimed at digital device-loving athletes. Called Nike+ FuelBand, it is a digitized wristband with a built-in three-axis accelerometer that tracks a user's movements. That's any movement -- from running or dancing to swimming or fiddling at your desk. ...

This was a big week for the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud: The company announced its plans to acquire Convio, which offers a fund-raising application for nonprofits, for US$275 million ...

Dell's gaming computer brand, Alienware, has released a new desktop computer that -- while not quite in keeping with the trend toward mobile gaming -- is compact, powerful and sleek ...

Tests conducted by the U.S. Air Force Space Command found that LightSquared's 4G wireless service does indeed interfere with GPS devices, as some critics have claimed ...

Facebook eradicated the Koobface virus from its site about nine months ago. However, the social network says it is on a mission to vanquish it completely ...

Netflix shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging that it withheld material information from investors about its growth prospects and plans for its fees before its stock plunged late last year ...

IBM continues to carve out its own stake in the social enterprise app space -- a market forecast by Forrester Research to grow 61 percent each year to reach US$6.4 billion by 2016 -- with the beta rollout of the next release of its enterprise social networking platform, IBM Connections. ...

Salesforce.com has snagged a marquee name for its executive ranks: the former chief information officer of the United States, Vivek Kundra. ...

If there were ever a mobile device that could not handle another blow, it would be Research In Motion's tablet device, the PlayBook. The BlackBerry's typical user works in the government and corporate environment, where security is essential. PlayBook users -- while much smaller in number -- have similar needs. ...