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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 ...


Judge: Microsoft doesn't owe Alcatel-Lucent $1.5B

September 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent SA, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Thursday, in what may be the last word on a long-running digital music patent ...


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.


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 Still King In Shrinking Phone Market

April 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Nokia emerged as the top mobile phone vendor for the first quarter of 2007, but mobile phone makers saw an overall decline in growth due in part to the dwindling pool of consumers without cell phones, according to a report ...


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.


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 ...


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.


Tech Industry Boasts Biggest Job Growth Since Bust

April 25, 2007 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Though still down 12 percent of its work force since 2000, the high-tech industry has made great strides in the past two years, finds a recent report.


In Brief: Samsung, Sony to expand TV panel output

July 14, 2006 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Sony and Samsung have signed an agreement for an additional production line for TFT-LCD television panels in South Korea.


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. ...


Microsoft gives $1M for women in tech

May 05, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Microsoft Corp. Friday announced a $1 million grant and four-year commitment to the National Center for Women and Information Technology.


Vioxx appeal to go before New Jersey court

July 25, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

The New Jersey Supreme Court reportedly has agreed to hear Merck & Co.'s appeal of the class certification of a Vioxx lawsuit.


The Web: Indian tech M&As growing

July 19, 2006 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Indian technology companies are no longer just taking computer-related projects -- Web development, software coding and IT drudge work -- from their U.S. and European counterparts as outsourcing suppliers. They are actively ...


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