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Oracle to sell computer hardware for first time

September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Oracle Corp. is selling computer hardware for the first time in its 31-year history, signaling an ambition to become more than a one-stop shop for business software.


Nokia to buy Canada's Oz Communications

September 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, said Tuesday it will buy mobile messaging company Oz Communications of Canada to give consumers access to instant messaging services and e-mails through their mobile ...


Satellite phone company Iridium bought for 591 mln dlrs

September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Satellite phone company Iridium Holdings is being purchased for 591 million dollars by a private equity group, the companies said Tuesday.


Amazon's Google phone alliance ramps up attack on iTunes

September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Internet retail titan Amazon has ramped up its attack on Apple's iTunes by having links to its MP3 online music and movie store built into a "Google phone" due out next month.


Microsoft to buy back another 40 billion dollars in stock

September 22, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

US computer software giant Microsoft announced Monday that it would buy back another 40 billion dollars of its shares.


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.


VCs shovel another $28.7 million into Digg

September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. The investment announced Wednesday should squelch recurring rumors ...


WTO probes Japanese tariff on Hynix computer chips

September 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean computer chips.


WTO to rule on US dispute with EU on hi-tech products: sources

September 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

The World Trade Organisation agreed to rule on a challenge brought by the United States, Japan and Taiwan against the European Union over duties on high-technology products, WTO sources told AFP on Tuesday.


Diller: IAC 'extremely lucky' with split timing

October 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Barry Diller is feeling very lucky right now. The consummate deal maker split his Internet conglomerate, IAC/InterActiveCorp, into five publicly traded companies in late August - and not a moment ...


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.


Google stock fell on error; Nasdaq raises close

October 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The last-minute pounding Wall Street gave Google's shares was caused by "erroneous orders" that Nasdaq says it is canceling.


Microsoft chief optimistic despite US economic meltdown

September 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says he is confident the technology industry is buffered from the US economic crisis.


Samsung offers to buy SanDisk

September 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it is offering to buy US flash-memory titan SanDisk for 5.8 billion dollars.


Closure of ‘Halo Wars' developer shocking

September 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

It's hard to believe that any developer making a game based on Halo could be shut down for financial reasons, but that's the fate awaiting Dallas-based Ensemble Studios.


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