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. | |
 Japan backs joint display-technology research July 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes. | |
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. | |
Siemens planning wage cuts as well as job cuts: report July 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German industrial giant Siemens, which has announced plans to cut 16,750 jobs, is also planning to cut the wages of hundreds of employees, Der Spiegel reported Saturday. | |
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. | |
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." | |
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. | |
Schmidt Scoffs at Antitrust Concerns About DoubleClick Deal April 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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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)
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Federal agents Friday arrested two Bay Area men who allegedly used stolen trade secrets to start their own Silicon Valley semiconductor company. | |
Rupert Murdoch, Tom Glocer support Microsoft-Yahoo merger May 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Two media titans, Rupert Murdoch and Tom Glocer, the head of Thompson Reuters, said they support a partnership between computer giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo, after a deal between the two companies fell apart in ... | |
The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba May 10, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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