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Former HP boss may move to Oracle: report (AFP)

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:24:47 +0000

AFP – Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd, who resigned last month following a sex scandal, is in talks to join US software giant Oracle, the Wall Street Journal said on its website Sunday.

Microsoft seeks China internet search partner: report (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:47:47 +0000

Reuters – Software giant Microsoft Corp is looking for a partner in China to help the company play a major role in China’s internet search market, Wall Street Journal said.

Sprint debates rival Clearwire investor: report (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:55:51 +0000

Reuters – Sprint Nextel’s board of directors is debating whether to let a rival operator invest in its majority-owned wireless network provider Clearwire Corp , the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Amazon trying to launch TV, movie subscriber service: WSJ (AFP)

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:26:57 +0000

AFP – Amazon is seeking to launch a service that would give paying subscribers unlimited access to television shows and movies over the Internet, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday.

ArcSight shares shoot up after buyout report (AP)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:55:28 +0000

AP – Shares of ArcSight Inc.

Novell’s sales hit by uncertainty over its future

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:41:10 +0000

Infrastructure software provider Novell failed to meet its predicted revenue targets because customers are uncertain about the company’s future, according to CEO Ron Hovsepian.

TiVo posts wider 2Q loss, but beats analyst views (AP)

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:25:31 +0000

AP – Digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc. lost significantly more money in its fiscal second quarter than it did a year earlier, but still turned in results that were slightly ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.

Cable’s decline an incentive for Yahoo, Hulu deal (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:39:26 +0000

Reuters – Just as Yahoo weighs Wall Street advice to buy a significant stake in online video site Hulu, a research firm reported the first-ever subscriber decline for the U.S. TV multichannel industry.

Africans text message to check if drugs are real (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:35:20 +0000

AP – For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they’ve bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message.

Google photographing French streets again (AFP)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:30:06 +0000

AFP – Google said Friday it had resumed photographing France with its Street View bikes and cars but without gathering fragments of personal data sent over unsecured Wi-Fi systems for which it is being probed.

Salesforce.com shares jump after 2Q results (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:06:23 +0000

AP – Shares of business software provider Salesforce.com jumped Friday after the company’s second-quarter results came in ahead of Wall Street forecasts and it raised its full-year outlook.

Google defends its ‘Street View’ in Germany (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:15:48 +0000

AP – Google Inc. is defending its “Street View” feature against sharp criticism in Germany saying it has gone a long way to address people’s privacy concerns.

On the Call: Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:39:20 +0000

AP – Dell Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter earnings jumped 16 percent as companies and public-sector organizations spent more than they did a year ago on computers, servers and other technology. Revenue rose 22 percent to $15.5 billion, slightly more than Wall Street was expecting.

HP’s 3Q numbers solid but could fuel doubts (AP)

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:37:21 +0000

AP – Now that Mark Hurd is out as CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s biggest technology company is trying to prove to Wall Street that it can thrive under the sweeping changes he set in motion.

Hurd’s HP exit agreed ‘before Fisher settlement’

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:45:01 +0000

Hewlett-Packard’s board had already decided CEO Mark Hurd should leave the company before he agreed to settle a sexual harassment suit out of court, it has been claimed. It had been reported that HP’s board of directors decided to oust Hurd after he chose to settle with marketing contractor Jodie Fisher. The settlement reportedly stipulated that Fisher could not speak publicly on the matter thereby obstructing an independent investigation into his conduct

Google CEO: Change Your Name to Escape Our Watchful Eye

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:08:37 +0000

Google is often accused of behaving like Big Brother, and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt isn’t doing much to dispel those perceptions. In fact, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Schmidt dropped an interesting — and frightening — tidbit: perhaps people should change their names upon reaching adulthood to eradicate the potentially reputation-damaging search records Google keeps.

Raid, Complaints Push Back at Google’s Street View (NewsFactor)

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:34:54 +0000

NewsFactor – The real world continues to push back against Google’s virtual Street View. On Tuesday, South Korean police raided the company’s offices as they investigated whether the search giant illegally collected personal wireless information. And in Germany, government officials criticized Google’s plan to give a four-week deadline for property owners to make their buildings invisible in Street View.

Google Street View throws light on web privacy (AFP)

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:13:59 +0000

AFP – Google’s online map feature that provides pictures of real-world moments at spots around the world has become a flash point for people worried about the erosion of privacy in the Internet Age.

Police search Google Korea for alleged privacy breach (AFP)

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:46:54 +0000

AFP – South Korean police Tuesday searched the offices of Google Korea to investigate whether it breached privacy law in collecting information for its Street View service, an officer said.

The iPod Shuffle: Would you miss it? (Ben Patterson)

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:55:39 +0000

Ben Patterson – It’s cute, it’s tiny and it’s the cheapest iPod you can buy. But if Apple were to squeeze the $59 iPod Shuffle out of its iPod lineup in favor of, say, a new (and smaller) iPod Nano, as one Wall Street analyst is suggesting …

Activision 2Q net income climbs, revenue falls (AP)

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:35:51 +0000

AP – Activision Blizzard Inc.

Google, Verizon in talks on net neutrality deal?

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:24:02 +0000

Google and Verizon are reportedly in talks over how to manage network traffic, an agreement that could influence how U.S.

Motorola 2Q earnings climb, revenue stabilizes (AP)

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:35 +0000

AP – Motorola Inc. on Thursday reported a sharply higher profit for the second quarter and stabilized its long revenue decline as it strategy of focusing on smart phones like the Droid bore fruit

Symantec fiscal 2Q outlook misses expectations (AP)

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:45:23 +0000

AP – Security software maker Symantec Corp. on Wednesday issued fiscal second-quarter guidance below Wall Street estimates.

Microsoft Has a New Take on Street-Level Maps [VIDEO] (Mashable)

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:13:59 +0000

Mashable – Microsoft is working on a new technology, dubbed Street Slide, aimed at reshaping the street-level mapping space currently dominated by Google Street View and Microsoft’s Bing Streetside.