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AT&T's NSA legal woes continue to grow

May 23, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

AT&T has flatly denied the allegations, but the telecommunications giant continues to be mired by reports that it and other major carriers have gone out of their way to cooperate with the U.S. government to ...


U.S. Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets

August 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

U.S. technology product imports exceeded exports for the first time in 2002 starting a trend that left a $38.3 billion trade deficit in 2006 after reaching a high of $44.4 billion in 2005.


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.


Study: Businesses Unprepared for Aging Workforce

March 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

More than a quarter of U.S. businesses have failed to plan for the effects of the aging American workforce, finds a new study.


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

April 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 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.


AMD expected to announce new chip plant

June 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Advanced Micro Devices was expected to announce late Friday that it would build a new semiconductor plant in upstate New York.


Apple sues Creative Technologies

May 19, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

In the ongoing legal dispute between digital media player rivals, Apple filed a U.S. lawsuit this week against Creative for patent infringement.


U.S. Rep.: Best Jobs May Soon Be Found Overseas

May 13, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon demands more reliable data on the effects of offshoring on the tech work force, and urges science and technology workers to acquire skills that will differentiate them from foreign competitors.


Report: Intel Gains Back Market Share from AMD

April 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Following a weak first quarter, AMD lost market share to its main rival, Intel, during the first three months of this year, according to a new report.


Florida Might Be Tech's Next Big Hub

April 27, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Silicon Valley is still thriving despite its high cost of living, but a recent AEA report ranks Florida as the fourth-largest and second-fastest-growing "Cyberstate."


Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade

July 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales ...


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 ...


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

May 10, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 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.


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.


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 ...


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