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South Korea's Hynix reduces quarterly losses

July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

South Korea's Hynix Inc. said Thursday it had cut losses in the second quarter, helping to push up the share price of the world's second-largest chipmaker.


Yang accuses Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo: report

July 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Yahoo founder and chief executive Jerry Yang accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo with no genuine intent to buy the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.


IBM buys Platform Solutions, ending dueling lawsuits

July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

IBM announced on Wednesday that it has bought Platform Solutions Inc., acquiring its California rival's technology and ending lawsuits which the firms had filed against each other.


Microsoft seeks partners for new bid for Yahoo: WSJ

July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft is considering a new attempt to buy part of Yahoo in a deal with other media companies that would likely see a break-up of the Internet firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.


Taiwan's AU Optronics posts lower-than-expected profit

July 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest flat-panel maker by revenue, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 24.4 percent from the previous quarter due to weak global demand.


US senator pledges antitrust review of Google-Yahoo deal

June 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The head of the US Senate's antitrust panel has pledged a "careful review" of the joint venture on online search advertising announced by Yahoo and Google.


India's TCS first quarter net profit up seven pct

July 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services said Wednesday its first quarter net profit rose by seven percent on weak economic conditions across global markets, dealers said.


Intel acknowledges new step in US antitrust probe

June 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4

Computer chip titan Intel Corp. said Friday it had received a subpoena this week from US antitrust regulators after a two-year informal review on "competition in the microprocessor 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.


TomTom completes takeover of Tele Atlas

June 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Dutch navigation products company TomTom announced Thursday the conclusion of its 2.9 billion euros (4.5 billion dollars) takeover of digital map creator Tele Atlas.


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-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 ...


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.


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