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Sun to Craft Software Stack Into NAS Appliances Sun Microsystems will introduce a storage appliance based on its FISHworks software package by the end of this year and later extend the technology to other types of products through partnerships. Wall Street Beat: Yahoo Slumps, Strategic M&a Continues As economic worries battered tech stocks in a brief post-Labor Day week, Yahoo hit a 52-week low, Oracle continued its buying spree to strengthen its SOA (service-oriented architecture) offerings, and Red Hat snapped up an open-source company to get a better hold on virtualization technology. New Business Objects User Group Forming The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) is forming a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the business intelligence vendor that SAP bought earlier this year, the organization announced this week. FCC Wireless Tests Aim to End Debate The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may gather enough data through wireless testing this week in Seattle to quiet debates over the potential interference that could result from a proposed spectrum auction. Open Text to Buy Captaris Content management vendor Open Text plans to buy document and data capture software maker Captaris for roughly US$131 million, the company announced Thursday. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Microsoft's Lab Cooks Up Photo Collage Program Due to an editing error, the story "Microsoft's lab cooks up photo collage program" posted Thursday contained an incorrect reference to the gender of a source in the fourth paragraph. The story has been fixed on the wire, and the corrected paragraph follows: Comcast Appeals FCC's Network Management Order Comcast, the second-largest broadband provider in the U.S., has filed a court appeal of a U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling last month saying the company couldn't delay some peer-to-peer traffic on its network. Motorola May Connect Sierra Leone's Government Offices Motorola Israel Limited (MIL) has sought an official invitation letter from the Sierra Leone government for a team of its experts to visit the country, a source from the country's Ministry of Information and Communications wrote in an e-mail to Deputy Minister Mohammed Koroma on Wednesday. New Business Objects User Group Forming The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) is forming a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the business intelligence vendor that SAP bought earlier this year, the organization announced this week. Sony Recalls 73,000 Vaio Laptops Due to Burn Hazard Due to a reporting error, the seventh paragraph of the story "Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio laptops due to burn hazard," that was posted to the wire Thursday, incorrectly described past recalls of laptop batteries. The story has been corrected on the wire and that paragraph now reads: Microsoft Shores up its Desktop Virtualization Story Adds new features to its application virtualization platform as it increases pressure on rivals in virtualization marketplace. Red Hat Adds to Virtualization Effort with Acquisition By acquiring Qumranet, which makes embedded virtual-machine kernels, Red Hat executives say they will be able to expand virtualization options for Linux users. Review: Google's Chrome, The First True Web 2.0 Browser Google's new Chrome browser uses simplicity and some clever new features to bring Web surfing into the 21st century. Chrome Grabs 1% of Browser Market in Under 24 Hours Users flock to Google's browser; it's unclear what they're ditching. Mobile Carrier's Users Cry Foul on Unsolicited Texts MTN Uganda has instructed its content partners to stop sending unsolicited SMS (Short Message Service) messages to their clients' phones following a public outcry over the messages.