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Bozotti sees signs of weakness in automotive, wireless
STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) anticipates a double-digit sales growth in 2008. Vigilance, however, remains in place as there is little visibility on the marketplace. At a press and analysts' conference, Carlo Bozotti, president and CEO of ST, highlighted that the automotive market is under pressure in the United States and in Europe while the wireless segment is showing weaknesses. ...
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Juniper: Johnson to Take Over as CEO in September
Juniper Networks confirmed Thursday that Microsoft's Kevin Johnson will become its new CEO in September.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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British businessman wins Facebook libel case
A British businessman won a libel case and 22,000 pounds in damages at London's High Court on Thursday after false claims about him were posted on the hugely popular social networking Web site Facebook.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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e-onlinedata to Lead Presentation for Global Hosted Services Professionals at HostingCon 2008
e-onlinedata, a leader in the online payments industry, today announced that Marci Gagnon, channel marketing manager, will be a featured presenter at HostingCon 2008, a gathering of international hosted services professionals set for July 28-30 at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Intel Revamps Its System-On-Chip Designs
The first batch of products is under the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor line for industrial robotics and for security, storage, and communication devices.
InformationWeek |
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Nokia, Qualcomm End Patent Disputes
The companies have entered into a 15-year agreement regarding wireless technology patents, and have dropped all litigation.
InformationWeek |
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Amazon.com shares leap on strong earnings
NEW YORK–Amazon.com Inc. shares leaped 13 per cent Thursday after the Internet retailer showed that it doesn't seem to be bothered by the sputtering U.S. economy.
Toronto Star |
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Internet Broadcasting teams with TheStreet.com
Internet Broadcasting, which provides online news sites with content and management systems, is teaming up with TheStreet.com Inc., a financial news service.
Minneapolis - St. Paul Business Journal |
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WSO2 Mashup Server 1.5 Adds Rich Data Services and Expanded Security
WSO2, the open source SOA company, today announced that version 1.5 of the WSO2 Mashup Server is now available. The open source WSO2 Mashup Server combines the simplicity and richness of mashups with the reusability, security, reliability and ...
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Analysis: Md. spy charges prompt review
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Maryland State Police Chief Col. Thomas Sheridan has ordered staff to look at his force's intelligence-gathering policies and current operations, after revelations that undercover troopers infiltrated peaceful anti-war and anti-death-penalty protest groups.
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Microsoft in first meetings for Zune phone?
Microsoft has held its first concrete meetings to design a Zune-branded cellphone, according to an unconfirmed but allegedly credible leak from jkOnTheRun. The device is well away from completion but is intended to use multi-touch input and would use a variant of Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft's first major overhaul to its smartphone platform since 2...
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SCIENTISTS OFFER NEW EXPLANATION FOR MONSOON DEVELOPMENT
Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall that essentially had held firm for more than 300 years.
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Juniper Names Microsoft's Johnson CEO, Kriens Still Chairman
Microsoft's Kevin Johnson will take over as Juniper Networks' CEO, while current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens will stay on as chairman.
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Geek Newsletter July 24, 2008 — Ubuntu on a laptop is great!
We’ve covered Ubuntu in the past, first in a rave by RickGeek and recently in a beta preview by Sal Cangeloso. After reading Sal’s impressions back in April, I downloaded the ISO and installed it on a spare machine I had lying around. July 18th - July 24th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Don’t Forget About [...]
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Juniper names Microsoft exec Kevin Johnson as CEO
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Juniper Networks Inc. declined Thursday after the networking equipment maker confirmed it has named Kevin Johnson, the Microsoft executive in charge of the company's Windows and Web operations, as chief executive.
INO News |
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Intel Revamps Its System-on-Chip Designs
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) on Thursday is expected to introduce the first products of a new generation of system-on-a-chip designs that will target several markets, including consumer electronics, mobile Internet devices, and embedded systems.
Byte and Switch |
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Earnings: Ad Slump Hits Online, As Lee Enterprises' Q2 Internet Revs Fall 9.1 Percent
The dismal economy not only hit newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) on the print side, but even its online ad revenues fell in Q2. Online dropped 9.1 percent, Lee said, adding that combined print and digital revenues also fell 10 percent to $195.5 million. Also, combined same property print and national online ad revenue slid 21.2 percent. This is striking turnabout from last year, ...
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Facebook connects to the wider Web
Facebook showed off a new service that lets people apply their Facebook profile to other Web sites.
Macworld |
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Get Lost Gadgets Back with YouGetItBack.com
The thought of losing your gadgets is bad enough, but thinking of someone stealing them is even worse. Not only are you out the money that the gadget cost, but if there is any important data stored on items like cell phones or laptops things are even worse...
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US poised for broadband explosion, says Gartner
U.S. broadband penetration will increase over the next for years after having fallen behind recently, according to Gartner.
Macworld |
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World`s oldest Bible goes online
The oldest known surviving copy of the New Testament gets the modern touch Thursday when parts of it go online for the first time, according to CNN. The British Library plans to begin publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century text handwritten in Greek, on its Web site.
Unian |
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Hynix set to close its Oregon plant, cutting 1,100 jobs
Filed under: Desktops , Laptops It may have once talked about toppling both Intel and AMD within a decade , but South Korea's Hynix looks to have been knocked back on its heels a bit amid a general downturn in the DRAM market, and it's now taken the rather drastic step of closing down its plan in Eugene, Oregon, eliminating some 1,100 jobs in the process. As EE Times points out, that ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Jun 2006 21:33 UTC
The popularity of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players is helping it sell more Macs, but so far it hasn't been enough to spark a rise in the company's share of the personal computer market.
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Dismissal of federal Internet suicide case sought
(AP:LOS ANGELES) An attorney for a Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide filed motions Wednesday to dismiss the federal case.
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Intel takes on embedded market with Atom chip
Taking a jab at the embedded market, Intel on Wednesday said it was working on new x86 chips to use in devices ranging from consumer electronics to mobile phones.
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