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Nortel sells carrier VoIP biz to Genband; BlackBerry service hit by second outage; 5 must-have IT management techs

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Nortel sells carrier VoIP biz to Genband for $282 million

Nortel is selling its Carrier VoIP and Applications Solutions (CVAS) business to Genband for $282 million, the latest asset to be liquidated following a failed restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read full story

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Microsoft yanks Custom XML from Word, offers patch to OEMs
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December 23, 2009

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  1. Microsoft rebels
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  5. What's next for MPLS?
  6. 10 big IT management moves in 2009
  7. Review: VDI shootout
  8. The 10 best IT videos of '09
  9. Microsoft's 'whitelist' helps hackers, says Trend Micro
  10. Watch out Microsoft: GNOME is poised to have a killer 2010

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