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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Internet icon Yahoo, under pressure from Microsoft to accept its $41 billion buyout offer, said Monday it doesn't oppose a deal with the huge software maker but wants a better deal. The statement comes after Microsoft warned Saturday that if a deal isn.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Dec 21, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Analysts figured cuts in corporate tech spending would hurt the BlackBerry maker's earnings. But smart marketing to consumers has paid off If there's supposed to be a big slowdown in corporate IT spending, then someone forgot to tell Research In Motion.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 10:23am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Computer maker Dell Inc. on Thursday reported a slight decline in quarterly profit and said it would cut 10% of its workforce, or about 8,800 jobs, to better compete. But the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker's fiscal first-quarter results exceede.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Ironically, what may be shielding the computer maker from recession fallout is its continued inability to crack the U.S. market Hong Kong investors this month have frantically dumped stocks with too much U.S. exposure, and computer maker Lenovo has bee.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The Korean electronics giant has replaced its U.S. rival as the world's No. 2 handset maker and expects more sizzling growth next year Samsung Electronics is confronting bad news on many fronts. The South Korean company is facing probes into an alleged.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Nov 23, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The navigation device maker cedes victory to TomTom in the takeover battle and extends its contract with mapping data supplier Navteq Navigation device maker Garmin is walking away from a costly bidding war with rival TomTom over Tele Atlas, a supplier.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- J.T. Wang talks about the Taiwanese company's rationale for buying also-ran American PC maker Gateway as well European company Packard Bell For two months, Acer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J.T. Wang has been trying to win over skeptics who hav.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

MSNBC -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent as brisk sales of the new “Halo 3” video game, Windows and Office helped the software maker breeze past Wall Street’s expectations. Investors cheered, sending shares up.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Alliances with AT&T and Universal Music Group underscore the benefits and pitfalls of forging close ties with the maker of the iPod and iPhone Apple has proved time and again that it can crank out appealing, category-busting digital consumer products o.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 1:50pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Rodney Smith, 67, the former chairman of computer chip maker Altera Corp., died Friday morning after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle near the San Francisco Bay Area city of Portola Valley, the California Highway Patrol reported. Smi.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sun May 20, 2007 @ 12:29pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- New deputy CEO (and likely next top boss) Léo Apotheker is not afraid of Oracle's Ellison, or of any other challenge facing the software maker Léo Apotheker, deputy chief executive officer of German software maker SAP (SAP), tells about riding in the.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 10:00pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- The leading disk drive maker sees a shortfall in revenue for the March quarter as product prices dropped Seagate Technology (STX) warned that its revenue would be lower than expected for the March quarter, as the hard disk drive maker continues to stru.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The BlackBerry maker saw its sales soar, but it still fell shy of Wall Street forecasts; an SEC probe of stock options casts a pall on shares By the Associated Press, with BW Staff There are lots of new BlackBerry thumb-peckers out there. Research I.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 2:47pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Efforts to streamline operations suggest a round of job cuts could be coming at the beleaguered PC maker Is Dell (DELL) preparing for a significant round of layoffs? All indicators are signaling yes. The struggling PC maker has not uttered the actua.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 1:16pm mrmdc

BusinessWeek -- Lenovo calls Big Blue's share sale routine, but shaken investors sent the Chinese computer maker's stock into a free fall in Hong Kong.. Read More