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Nvidia boss should buy Intel
Published in News
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 11:38

Nvidia boss should buy Intel


He just has to max out his credit card

The IT industry has been adding up some numbers and concluded that Nvidia's boss, Jensen Huang, current personal worth is now so great that he could buy Intel.

ARM deal was all about the internet of things
Published in PC Hardware


But the rest of SoftBank’s logic is bizzare

Japan’s SoftBank surprise buy out of British chip designer ARM was all about getting its foot in the door into the internet of things.

Foxconn buys Sharp
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 March 2016 11:51

Foxconn buys Sharp


Reduced the price

After much messing around, Foxconn has finally agreed to buy Sharp at a 20 per cent discount.

Western Digital really buys SanDisk for $19 billion
Published in News


Told you so

As we predicted on Monday, Western Digital has formally announced it is going to write a cheque for SanDisk for $19 billion

SanDisk about to be bought by Western Digital
Published in Cloud


More consolidation

It is almost certain that Western Digital will buy the memory-maker SanDisk and we are expecting an announcement later in the week.

Dell wants to buy EMC
Published in News
Thursday, 08 October 2015 09:52

Dell wants to buy EMC


Deal of the decade

Michael Dell is planning to write a $50 billion cheque to buy the data storage company EMC in what could be one of the biggest technology deals of the decade.

Acer wants to be bought out
Published in News
Monday, 31 August 2015 13:04

Acer wants to be bought out


Invites people to kick its tires

Acer's founder Stan Shih said he would welcome companies to come and take the troubled PC maker off his hands.

Asustek mulls over buying the troubled HTC
Published in Mobiles


Not ruled out yet

Asustek is seriously considering buying the struggling smartphone maker HTC.

Gamestop buys ThinkGeek
Published in News
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 13:16

Gamestop buys ThinkGeek


Made it an offer it could not refuse

Last week it was reported how Geeknet Inc. was in the process of being bought out by retailer Hot Topic for $16 a share or $37 million in cash.

Intel will buy Altera today
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 01 June 2015 10:48

Intel will buy Altera today


We said that this would happen and no one believed us

They said it could not happen, it nearly didn't, but we have it on good authority that Intel is going to announce that it is buying Altera for $17 billion today.