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India's Wipro reports three-percent quarterly profit rise

April 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Wipro Ltd., India's third-biggest software company, on Friday said net profit growth eased to three percent in the fiscal fourth quarter as it battled the impact of a US economic slowdown.


Philips says first quarter profit sharply down

April 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips said Monday its first quarter net earnings fell 75 percent to 219 million euros (344 million dollars) from the same period last year when it when it benefited from exceptional profits.


Schmidt Scoffs at Antitrust Concerns About DoubleClick Deal

April 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on April 17 that there is absolutely no merit to the accusation by Microsoft and others that Google's acquisition of DoubleClick for $3.1 billion raises antitrust and privacy concerns.


U.S. arrests 2 for stealing chip secrets

June 16, 2006 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s) | No comments yet

Federal agents Friday arrested two Bay Area men who allegedly used stolen trade secrets to start their own Silicon Valley semiconductor company.


The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba

May 10, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s) | No comments yet

On Wednesday, an analyst group released the market share held by laptop manufacturers during 2006 – not OEMs like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, or Toshiba, but the companies that actually make the laptops themselves.


Microsoft-Yahoo: Which Products Would Win

May 05, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

While the chance of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger or acquisition is a remote one, it's still a possibility. In analysis compiled from several PC Magazine staff members and analysts, here's what a merger might mean to the products ...


China Trying to Upgrade Its 'Made in China' Image

May 13, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

Twelve Chinese companies agree to purchase $4.3 billion in U.S. software, hardware and services and also offer to help build a research center in California as a way to improve trade relations.


Intel May Have Upper Hand in Processor War, for Now

April 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, had been losing market share to rival AMD, but is now believed by analysts to have stemmed losses or even gained share thanks to a raft of new products.


Plasma TV Sales, Prices Decline for the First Time

April 11, 2007 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

Revenue for plasma televisions took a substantial hit in February, according to the latest figures released by the NDP Group on Tuesday, generating only $181 million compared to the nearly $216 million in ...


Report: Intel Gains Back Market Share from AMD

April 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Following a weak first quarter, AMD lost market share to its main rival, Intel, during the first three months of this year, according to a new report.


Nokia Still King In Shrinking Phone Market

April 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Nokia emerged as the top mobile phone vendor for the first quarter of 2007, but mobile phone makers saw an overall decline in growth due in part to the dwindling pool of consumers without cell phones, according to a report ...


Google, Adobe in distribution deal

June 25, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Google's move to sign a multi-year distribution deal with Adobe to include the Internet group's toolbar in the installation process of Adobe products for Windows is raising eyebrows in the industry over the ...


U.S. Rep.: Best Jobs May Soon Be Found Overseas

May 13, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon demands more reliable data on the effects of offshoring on the tech work force, and urges science and technology workers to acquire skills that will differentiate them from foreign competitors.


Informatica Awarded $25M in Patent Judgment

April 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The jury's judgment finds that Business Objects conducted "willful infringement" on valid Informatica patents for data warehousing software.


Interview: LG Electronics

May 08, 2006 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

United Press International recently caught up with JM Lee, president of LG Electronics USA Inc.'s Consumer Electronics Brand Division, to get some insight into what makes the $45 billion LG Electronics tick. ...


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