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Apple, Mac developers and Mac users are going to thrive

Okay, everybody, chill out about Apple and Intel. The Intel-based Mac is a bona fide Mac. It looks, feels and drives like a Mac. Pentium 4 Hyper-threading, symmetric multiprocessing and SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) are all supported. Appl

Wall Street Beat: Apple, Google make history

Old and new media companies grab attention

Court ends Qualcomm’s case against TI

Cross-licensing deal went astray

VeriSign again wins bid to operate .net domain

Company says it will expand the domain and improve its reliability

Lexmark rebuffed by Supreme Court in toner cartridge fight

Case now returns to U.S. District Court

Update: Computer Associates buys Niku

IT management and governance software maker is acquired for around $350 million

Update: Oracle acquires TimesTen database software

TimesTen technologies will improve availability and response times in Oracle's database and middleware products

Seagate announces 2.5-inch perpendicular HDD

Drive with 125GB capacity will ship in the first quarter of next year

HP technology lets future chips live with mistakes

New technique uses coding theory to ensure microprocessor circuits are reliably manufactured in high volumes

Apple risks user disaffection in switch to Intel