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• Cisco making a play for Skype?

  Cisco is reportedly looking to buy Skype before the Internet phone provider goes public.

• Red Hat board gets military leadership

  The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.

• Google scoops up fifth company this month

  Google has made its fifth acquisition since the start of August, this time <a href="http://www.socialdeck.com/index.html">scooping up SocialDeck</a>, a company that develops games that people can play against friends using iPhones, BlackBerry devices, or via Facebook on a PC.

• AMD says goodbye to the ATI brand

  Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it will remove the ATI name from its products by the end of the year, killing a brand name synonymous with graphics enthusiasts for 25 years.

• What CIOs Look for in an Enterprise Architect

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• Intel to acquire Infineon's wireless division

  Intel will acquire Infineon Technologies' wireless division for $US1.4 billion, the company said Monday.

• Citrix buys VMLogix

  Citrix plans to announce Monday that it will buy <a href="http://www.vmlogix.com/">VMLogix</a> as part of a larger push to offer more self-service tools and address concerns like vendor lock-in facing enterprises using the cloud.

• Intel to acquire Infineon's wireless division

  Intel will acquire Infineon Technologies' wireless division for US$1.4 billion, the company said Monday.

• Intel lowers Q3 revenue forecast

  Intel lowered its revenue forecast for the fiscal third quarter of 2010 Friday, citing lower-than-expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets.

• 3PAR finds HP's offer superior

  Storage technology firm 3PAR confirmed late Friday that its board has accepted Hewlett-Packard's acqusition offer of $US30 per share, ending more than a week of competitive bidding with Dell.

• Google continues social-networking push with Angstro buy

  Google continues to aggressively pursue social-networking capabilities, this time with the acquisition of Angstro.

• HP ups 3PAR bid to $30 per share, tops Dell's latest

  The bidding war for storage vendor 3PAR continued to escalate Friday, with Hewlett-Packard submitting a new offer of US$30 per share, or $2 billion. The offer topped a $27 per share bid made by Dell earlier in the day.

• HP ups 3PAR bid to $30 per share, tops Dell's latest

  The bidding war for storage vendor 3PAR continued to escalate Friday, with Hewlett-Packard submitting a new offer of US$30 per share, or $2 billion. The offer topped a $27 per share bid made by Dell earlier in the day.

• Intel eyed McAfee for years, Gelsinger says

  Intel considered acquiring either Symantec or McAfee for years before it announced> last week that it would buy the latter, former Intel senior vice president Pat Gelsinger said on Thursday.

• HP raises 3PAR offer to $27 per share, outbids Dell again

  Hewlett-Packard has raised its offer for 3PAR to US$27 per share, outbidding Dell once more as the battle to acquire the California-based storage vendor continues.