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Cisco makes push to become a truly global company

October 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

When Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers dispatched top lieutenant Wim Elfrink to India nearly two years ago, the executive vice president's mother-in-law drew the only logical conclusion.


India's Satyam reports 41.8 pct rise in Q2 profit

October 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Satyam Computer, one of India's big four software makers, announced second-quarter net profit growth of 41.8 percent Friday, due to more clients and a depreciation of the rupee.


Memory chip makers still hurting from supply glut

September 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

While chip companies are getting a much-needed boost from stable demand for consumer tech products, the glut in memory products continues to hurt many of them, analysts say.


HP to build new computer plant in China

October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

US technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced plans on Thursday to build a manufacturing plant in southwestern China to make notebook and desktop personal computers for the Chinese market.


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.


EBay cuts 10 percent of workforce

October 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Online auction giant eBay Inc. announced on Monday that it was cutting 1,000 permanent employees and several hundred temporary workers, about 10 percent of its global workforce.


VeriSign sells Jamba mobile to News Corp.

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Internet infrastructure company VeriSign announced on Tuesday it had sold its minority share in a mobile entertainment joint venture to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for 200 million dollars.


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

May 10, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 33 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 revamps executive pay

September 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft is changing the way it compensates its top executives, but details on the new plan were scant Thursday.


Microsoft-Yahoo: Which Products Would Win

May 05, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 10 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 ...


Microsoft to open research centre in SKorea: institute

September 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Microsoft will set up a research and development centre in South Korea in cooperation with the country's leading scientific research institute, officials said Monday.


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 17 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 ...


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