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This section offers news briefs on the computer industry. Yahoo! released a statement saying it rejected Microsoft's $40 billion-plus offer. Siperian Inc. announced that it closed an oversubscribed $25 million Series E financing. Tessera Technologies, Inc. agreed to acquire FotoNation Inc., a provider of embedded imaging solutions for digital camera and mobile phone applications.

Discusses the COMDEX/Fall '99 conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada in November, 1999. Products featured; Keynote speakers, including Bill Gates, Scott McNealy, chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, and Bob Young, chairman of Red Hat; Portable devices and related appliances featured.

The article reports that innovation is what keeps Mark Logic Corp. on the cutting edge. And the pace has been keeping the staff busy. In fact, the release of the latest version of the MarkLogic Server this summer 2007 was just part of the company's continued expansion, according to John Kreisa, director of product marketing. Among the server's newest features are expanded content processing capabilities, more in-depth content search and analysis, and improved support for administrators and developers. Version 3.2 has a deeper language support with stemming, which understands the tense variations of a verb like ran, and tokenization, which makes information easier to slice and dice, said Kreisa.

The article presents news briefs related to the computer industry in the U.S. The Software & Information Industry Association has launched its Corporate Content Anti-Piracy Program. The association will also present its first Certified Content Manager course to educate users on ways to manage their content assets. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant to Web-Junction to enhance the usability of the Web site and keep it in pace with its audience and growing content.

This section presents news briefs related to the computer industry in the U.S. The PlayStation3 from Sony Corp. is offering online play for free. Trinity Health's Michigan Stroke Network provides the 22 member hospitals with education and training for staff on stroke care, access to emergency transportation and access to stroke specialists through a Remote Presence Robot.