Secret talks lead to truce among technology giants: Sun Microsystems, Microsoft reach a $2 billion accord

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Chief executives of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to end a dispute over competition tactics, citing consumer impatience with industry squabbles. Sun's Scott McNealy and Microsoft's Steve Ballmer announced that Sun will drop an antitrust suit over Microsoft's competition with Java, which has caused some consumers to defect to International Business Machines Corp. products.

Legal issues & crime, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Legal/Government Regulation, Computer software industry, Computer industry, Software industry, Company legal issue, Cases, Microsoft Corp., Microcomputer industry, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, MSFT, Antitrust issue

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Intel hopes to counter rivals with low-end Itanium models

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Intel Corp. is adding two low-end semiconductor chip models in an expansion of its Itanium chip line. The company hopes the models will place added pressure on its competitors.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Product information, Integrated & Hybrid Circuits, Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor industry, Semiconductor chips, Intel Corp., INTC, Standard IC

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