Archive for the 'Industry' Category
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he still sees a “certain buoyancy” among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes. SANTA CLARA–Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a “certain buoyancy” among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes….
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Telephony, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, economy, Telecom & Utilities, Industry, Management, Strategy, Networking, Telecommunications, Reuters |
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The credit crunch has dominated the front pages in 2008, and claimed a number of high-profile scalps, such as that of the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers bank. As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of…
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Financial, Nick Heath silicon.com, IT management, Outsourcing Company, Supplier, layoffs, economy, EquaTerra, HP, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Management, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Industry, Hardware, Strategy, Software |
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a “bunch of masturbating monkeys”,…
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OpenBSD, ZDNet Australia, Liam Tung, Bug, Linux Creator, Linux kernel, Torvalds, Linus Torvalds, UNIX, Industry, Open source, Operating Systems, Information Technology, Security, Linux, Attack, Software |
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation’s first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. On Monday, the LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium that wants to put Linux technology onto mobile handsets, announced the first release of its shared platform. The foundation also…
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Platform, Handset, Linux, Mobile Linux, LiMo Foundation, Morgan Gillis, Trolltech, API, Industry, Open source, Mobile, Consumer electronics, Software, Operating Systems, Nokia Corp., David Meyer, Cellular Phones, Personal Technology |
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Microsoft offers to buy struggling Yahoo for $44.6 billion to better compete against Google. Also: Vista’s one-year anniversary. The fight for Internet dominance heated up this week with Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in an effort to better compete with chief rival Google. “Today,…
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Microsoft Windows Vista, Industry, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Michelle Meyers, McGuiness, Network, Camera, Google Inc., Week in Review, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, News.com, Operating Systems, Software |
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Nuclear is better for us than coal, says Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore. What’s holding it back are environmentalists. Patrick Moore seems to court controversy. Decades ago, he helped found Greenpeace, which fought nuclear proliferation and promoted environmental causes. But for the last several years, he has been…
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Greenpeace, Uranium, Patrick Moore, Nuclear Energy Industry, Thorium, Plutonium, Plant, Accident, Michael Kanellos, Industry, Energy sources, Idea, Nuclear Energy, Technology |
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Nuclear is better for us than coal, says Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore. What’s holding it back are environmentalists. Patrick Moore seems to court controversy. Decades ago, he helped found Greenpeace, which fought nuclear proliferation and promoted environmental causes. But for the last several years, he has been…
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Greenpeace, Uranium, Patrick Moore, Nuclear Energy Industry, Thorium, Plutonium, Plant, Accident, Michael Kanellos, Industry, Energy sources, Idea, Nuclear Energy, Technology |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
The U.S. remains No. 1 in the world in high-performance computing, but IBM’s Dave Turek examines whether it can maintain its current domination. When it comes to high-performance computing, the U.S. enjoys a position of unparalleled dominance in the field of supercomputers. But there’s little guarantee that today’s…
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Supercomputer, Russia, Brainpower, High-performance Computing, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Computing, Obstacle, Industry, Strategy, Charles Cooper, Management, Utility Computing, IBM Corp., China, U.S., Marketing |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
New German law that bans online gaming and most betting said by EU to thwart foreign gaming-market competition. The European Commission is set to step up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign competition in the country’s gaming markets, sources with knowledge of the decision said…
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European Commission, Sales Force Management, Germany, Commission, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, Industry, European Union, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, Politics & government, Sales |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Worldwide digital sales grow by 40 percent in ‘07, an international trade body says, but the total market is down around 10 percent. Sales of music fell at a faster rate in 2007 than 2006 despite digital sales soaring, and the Web’s gatekeepers must act if the…
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Digital Music, IFPI, Music Industry, Sales Force Management, Industry, Sales, Reuters, Sales Strategy, Music |
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soar, state media says the country will issue new rules. China said it would issue new rules cracking down on “undesirable” elements of online games amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soar,…
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China, Industry, Online Game, Strategy, Management, Personal Technology, Reuters, Internet, Games |
