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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.


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.


Analysis: Offshoring getting more costly in India

June 16, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Not many global IT majors have started recoiling yet, but the recent decision of Apple Computers to shut down its new Bangalore center and local news about Intel planning to lay off a number of people from its Indian operations ...


HTC's Dopod deal seen as positive for IPO

June 05, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

There may be a surge in multi-tasking personal digital assistant phones across Asia, or so there would be if High Tech Computer's plans pan out.


Interview: LG Electronics

May 08, 2006 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 7 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. ...


Singapore's outsourcing aspirations

May 08, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

When First Data Corp., the U.S.-based global back-office service provider of electronic commerce and payment systems, decided to establish a regional hub for its South and Southeast Asian operation last year, it choose Singapore ...


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 ...


Company offers a new kind of outsourcing

May 12, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Outsourcing call centers and software programming has become standard practice for businesses worldwide. Less common is companies outsourcing their R&D.


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 ...


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 ...


Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers

April 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | No comments yet

A new study argues that the offshoring of U.S. jobs is caused by cost savings and not a shortage of U.S. engineers or better education in China. However, the study warns that the United States is losing its global edge.


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.


Qualcomm says no royalty cut in India

June 28, 2006 | User rating: 1.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

Global patent holder of the code division multiple access digital wireless technology Qualcomm company, whose Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs is currently touring India on a firefighting mission, has categorical ruled ...


India starts media outsourcing services

July 03, 2006 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

India's barrage into the global service sector continues to extend, most recently to include an offering of media-based services.


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