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      <title>Intuit moves into SaaS</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Intuit, the accounting systems and book-keeping solutions player, has confirmed it is moving into the Software as a Service market, with new applications in field services, inventory handling and sales management, which could see the company competing against Salesforce.com.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Amazon announces video streaming service</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amazon has announced a video-on-demand streaming service in the US as internet and consumer electronics companies try to match the capabilities of US cable and satellite providers. The internet retailer said that advertising-free movies and television shows could be watched instantly within a web browser or streamed directly on to Sony television sets equipped with an internet video link.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Google launches Browser to compete against Microsoft</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Google has announced plans to release a new browser to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. This comes shortly after Microsoft released a beta version of Internet Explorer 8, which makes it easier to block ads from Google and others. A beta version of the Google browser, called Chrome, will shortly be available for download by Windows computer users in more than 100 countries. According to Google, Chrome will offer features that make it easier, faster and safer to browse the Web.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cisco buys PostPath for $215m</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cisco has acquired PostPath, a provider of innovative email and calendaring software, based in Mountain View, California, for $215m.  PostPath, which also has a development team in Bulgaria, should enhance the email and calendaring capabilities of Cisco's WebEx Connect collaboration platform. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Microsoft acquires Powerset</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has acquired Powerset, a private Silicon Valley Search Technology company for a reputed sum of about $100m. Powerset has been making waves in the Search Engine space recently with its ambitious plans to develop 'natural language' technology for web-search.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Google hooks up with salesforce.com to challenge Microsoft</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Google has befriended Salesforce.com and co-opted the company to battle Microsoft. Salesforce's customer relationship management software and Google's suite of office productivity applications, which includes e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets programs will be integrated into a single software package that will be offered over the Web to customers]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Microsoft buys Farecast for $115m</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has acquired Farecast, the Seattle-based online travel search start-up for a price tag estimated at $115m. Farecast is already a partner on MSN Travel, but the relatively high purchase price suggests that Microsoft has a broader interest in price prediction technology and also wants to ensure that it maintains momentum in the search space.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Microsoft bids for Yahoo to fight Google</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft's offer to acquire Yahoo for a price tag of $42 bn is the latest of several attempts by the software giant to play catch-up in the Internet space. Microsoft has been a strong and consistent performer over the last ten years, with consistent year-on-year revenue growth, whilst maintaining profit margins at around 25%, but it has consistently lagged behind the other internet players, including Google, and its core business is under threat from free software and the emerging Software as a Service business model.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Skinkers raises €11.1m to fund go-to-market</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Skinkers, one of the early players in 'IP Broadcast Technology', has raised €11.1m in second round funding from lead investor Acacia Capital Partners, existing investor SPARK Ventures and the Skinkers Management team.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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