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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 ...


Fortune 1000 IT investments are riskier than capital investments, says management insights

December 28, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A study of Fortune 1000 companies shows that investments in information technology carry higher risk than other capital investments, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, ...


Nokia, Microsoft to deliver Windows Live to mobile customers

August 23, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Nokia, the world's largest mobile device manufacturer, and Microsoft have joined together to provide customers with a new suite of Windows Live services specifically designed for Nokia devices.


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.


SanDisk Signs Licensing Agreement to Support DivX Format Video

June 13, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

DivX, Inc. and SanDisk Corporation today announced a licensing agreement allowing SanDisk to include DivX technology in SanDisk’s Sansa line of video-enabled products.


Recruiting and retaining women in IT jobs requires new policies

May 24, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Recruiters wanting to hire women for information technology positions have to go beyond the typical sales pitch emphasizing job promotion and security in order to get results, according to a Penn State research study of 92 ...


Microsoft Reorg Focuses on Business

May 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft has reshuffled its organizational chart again, this time adding the Developer and Platform Evangelism team to its Server and Tools division, and then moving that merged entity into the Business division.


LG Electronics De-Emphasizing Plasma TVs

May 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

On Friday, LG Electronics said it will scale back on production of its PDP (plasma display panel) screens later this year in order to improve the business performance of its display operations.


CSIRO wins transfer of US WLAN court case

December 18, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A federal court in California has agreed with CSIRO that upcoming US WLAN patent cases brought against CSIRO should be heard in Texas by the same court that recently found in favour of CSIRO against Buffalo companies.


HP to Acquire VoodooPC

September 29, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance and personalized gaming computer systems.


Apple files 2nd countersuit against Creative

June 08, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. has filed a second countersuit against SIngapore-based Creative Technology Ltd., intensifying its legal battle against the smaller media player rival that sued the iPod maker for ...


Sony enters digital SLR camera market

June 06, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Sony, the first to market a digital camera in 1981, is making a late entry into the higher end segment of digital single-lens reflex cameras, targeting 10 percent of the global market, the Japanese company ...