Year: 2006

Disney buys Pixar, Formal Announcement

Disney to Acquire Pixar; Long-time Creative Partners Form New Worldwide
Leader in Quality Family Entertainment

BURBANK, Calif. & EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan 24, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The
Walt Disney Company (DIS):

— Ed Catmull Named President of the Combined Pixar and Disney Animation
Studios and John Lasseter Named Chief Creative Officer; Steve Jobs to Join
Disney’s Board of Directors

— Disney Increases Stock Repurchase Authorization

Furthering its strategy of delivering outstanding creative content, Robert
A.

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Reuters: ‘Disney board okays takeover offer to Pixar’

The Walt Disney board of directors have given the go-ahead to CEO Robert Iger to make a takeover offer to Pixar, reports Reuters. “Pixar’s board is expected to consider the offer on Tuesday as well, said the source, who did not disclose financial terms. The Pixar board was expected to confer by telephone, the source said. In the event a decision is reached, an announcement by Disney would be expected after the market closes, the source said.”

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FileMaker announces shipment of FileMaker Mobile 8

FileMaker today announced the availability of FileMaker Mobile 8, a companion to FileMaker Pro 8 designed specifically for Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld devices. The new FileMaker Mobile 8 now goes beyond synchronizing with local desktop databases only. For the first time, it allows users to synchronize handhelds with databases on FileMaker Server 8 and FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. FileMaker Mobile 8 is priced at US$69 ($19 upgrade).

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Advanced Link Manager 2.0

Advanced Link Manager 2.0
Manage your incoming links in a smart way

Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Link Manager
2.0, a tool that helps manage your web site incoming links. Advanced Link
Manager runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, and Linux.

Almost all major search engines that exist today, rank a web page based on
the number and the quality of links that point to that web page.

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FileMaker Mobile 8

FileMaker Announces Shipment of FileMaker Mobile 8

Features support for server synchronization support and ready-to-use
starter solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 24 — FileMaker, Inc. today announced the
immediate availability of FileMaker Mobile 8 (www.filemaker.com/mbl8), a
companion to FileMaker Pro 8 designed specifically for Palm OS and Pocket
PC handheld devices. The new FileMaker Mobile 8 now goes beyond
synchronizing with local desktop databases only.

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