Oracle acquires HotSip

Oracle has added Sweden`s HotSip telecoms infrastructure provider to its long and growing list of recent acquisitions to move deeper into the telecommunications market, reports Red Herring.

HotSip`s Session Initiation Protocol application server helps telcos converge their various access networks as they transition to being multimedia providers offering Internet, voice over IP and content.

Earlier in the week, Oracle bought Sleepycat, a California-based maker of open source databases, in the wake of speculation that talks to buy MySQL had failed. The move is seen as part of Oracle`s new strategy to bolster its presence in open source and business intelligence instead of its previous focus business applications.

Microsoft has confirmed a flaw in its USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP Service Pack 2 can cause a notebook to consume power at a faster-than-expected rate when using a peripheral device, reports News.Com.

The report says at the time that details of the flaw were first published, Intel denied its processors or chipsets were responsible for the issue and Microsoft refused to confirm that a software flaw was responsible for the battery performance problem.

Microsoft has now acknowledged that a problem with its USB 2.0 drivers prevents a mobile processor from entering sleep modes designed to minimise power consumption, saying it is working on a new fix that could involve a BIOS update patch.

Online retailer Amazon.com is in talks with four top music companies on starting a digital music service to rival the iTunes service soon, reports Cnet News.

Amazon is reported to be in talks to license music from Vivendi Universal`s Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI Group.

It is also reported to be considering linking a subscription music service with a discounted portable music player bearing the Amazon brand.