Video software firm On2 vows to fight lawsuits challenging Google acquisition

October 9th, 2006 Google Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock exchange. Both companies have approved the deal, which should officially close in the fourth quarter.

May 23rd, 2006 Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads later this week, diversifying beyond the static text ad messages that generate most of its profits today. Video ads, announced late Monday, will affect thousands of Web sites that rely on Google AdSense to post contextual ads on a web page.

April 1st, 2005 Scott Richter, the man behind OptInRealBig.com and billions of junk mail messages, said lawsuits had forced the company into Chapter 11. OptInRealBig was fighting several legal battles, most notably against Microsoft, which is pushing for millions of dollars in damages.

November 4th, 2005 67 Year Old GrandPa Sued for $600,000 by MPAA

September 15th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Systems is to buy internet services firm Omniture for $1.8 billion, the company said Tuesday. The deal will mark the biggest acquisition by Adobe since its $4.3-billion purchase of Macromedia in 2005.

March 10th, 2006 Google Inc. bought the Silicon Valley start-up Upstartle, creators of Writely , high quality internet word processing software. Writely lets users compose documents on the Web and share them with others as well as blog them.

January 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - The government-appointed board of Satyam Computer Services Limited will have to define the scope of work for the city-based Brahmayya & Co that has been appointed as the beleaguered IT bellweather's internal auditor, an official of the accounting firm said Saturday. 'We were sounded out about the assignment by the authorities and we gave our consent.

October 5th, 2009 CDC to acquire business intelligence providerATLANTA — Business software developer CDC Software Corp. said Monday it has agreed to an all-cash purchase of a provider of business intelligence solutions for manufacturing intended to help expand its presence in the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and automotive markets.

April 20th, 2009 REDWOOD SHORES - US-based software major Oracle Corp plans to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion at $9.50 per share in a cash transaction, the two companies said Monday. 'We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP (non-generally accepted accounting practices) basis in the first full year after closing,' Oracle president Safra Catz in a statement.

June 30th, 2009 Swedish software firm buys Pirate BaySTOCKHOLM — A small Swedish software firm announced Tuesday it has purchased The Pirate Bay, the popular filesharing Web site, for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million). Global Gaming Factory X said the deal would include rights to use the Pirate Bay domain name and accompanying Web sites.

February 28th, 2009 Browser brothers are up against Microsoft monopoly over Internet browsers. Google is the latest to join the fight confirming its participation with EU in the antitrust case against Microsoft regarding Internet Explorer.  The case was registered by EU after web browser developer, Opera filed a formal complaint against Microsoft.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A couple who share their name are all set to share their lives too-they are tying the knot after first meeting on Facebook. The duo met the social networking site when they found that they had identical names.

June 13th, 2006 Spencer Katt has an interesting (read funny) take on future Google products (and then there are mine). They are: 1.

September 18th, 2009 Microsoft sues over 'malicious' online advertisingNEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. has filed five lawsuits aimed at halting the flow of malicious online advertising.

August 5th, 2009 Video-compress tech could help lower YouTube costsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.