US green-tech venture investing cools off
Green tech still attracting billions of dollars a year, but amount of money has shrunk significantly as investors focus on startups with most potential.
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With search war stalemate, Google branches out
Google certainly spent a lot of time on search in 2009, but had more pressing issues with the U.S. government and building next version of its smartphone OS.
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Apple stockholders get record high for Christmas
On rumors of a January Apple tablet unveiling, the company's stock closed on Christmas Eve at an all-time high of US$209.04, up 3.43 percent.
Find more stories in: Financial, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., tablet computer, CBS Interactive Inc., Tablet, Stock, San Francisco, Financial Times, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Facebook COO nominated to Disney board
Sheryl Sandberg, who has been chief operating officer of the social network for nearly two years now, will join the board if shareholders approve in March.
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VoIP service Jajah gets acquired by Telefonica
United States-based communications company Jajah gets bought by telecommunications giant Telefonica Europe for US$207 million.
Find more stories in: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Acquisitions, O2 Plc., Telefonica S.A., VoIP Service, VoIP Service Jajah, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IP
FTC asks for more info on Google-AdMob deal
Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob will likely be delayed following a request from U.S. government for additional details.
Find more stories in: Antitrust, Acquisitions, Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Web Page, advertisement, U.S., mobile, FTC, Mobile Advertising
Twitter buys developers of GeoAPI
With location-aware services hot right now in the social-media segment, Twitter is buying the developers of a popular API used by developers on the platform.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Acquisitions, Location-based services, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web 2.0, McKinsey & Co., Developer
Indian services to hit US$12.8B by 2013
Driven by infrastructure services, country's domestic IT services market set to double between 2008 and 2013, according to Springboard report.
Find more stories in: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Ovum, IT Services, India, Information Technology, network, IT-spending, Compound Annual Growth Rate
White House names Howard Schmidt as cyber tsar
Schmidt, a former cybersecurity advisor to the Bush administration, will coordinate many security activities across the U.S. government.
Find more stories in: Federal Government, cybersecurity advisor, Howard Schmidt, Cybersecurity, SANS Institute, Bush Administration, Marcus Sachs, White House, blog, president
Asia IT spend to increase in 2010
Region not affected as badly as Western counterparts, and will see increase in IT spend as market rebounds, says new report.
Find more stories in: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business applications, Business development/management, Virtualization, Asia, Information Technology, Business applications, Asia-Pacific, Cloud Computing
Google's creed: 'Open will win'
In a 4,000-word manifesto recently penned by Google's Jonathan Rosenberg on importance of being open, company once again swears it is a force for good.
Find more stories in: Open source, Leadership, Web 2.0, Web sites, Open Source, Google Inc., technology company, open standard, Leadership, U.S.
Risk mitigation boosts China's outsourcing
Shanghai and Beijing "steal limelight" from Indian service centers, as firms look to spread security risk and ease infrastructure pressure, finds new report.
Find more stories in: Services, Service level management, Contingency planning, Enterprise risk management, City, Outsourcing, H1N1 flu, India, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific
Oracle database biz poised to bounce back
Fiscal second-quarter numbers show Oracle's core database business likely to benefit from revival in IT spending and imminent Sun acquisition.
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S'pore schools gear for future IT workforce
With increased industry demand for cross-discipline talent, universities prep students for "real world" via interdisciplinary education, with lessons going beyond classroom.
Find more stories in: Trends, Personal development, NTU, Student, Information Technology, network, job, Training, Workforce, Spokesperson
Oracle delivers strong quarter, outlines plans for Sun
Company announces better-than-expected second quarter results and says it expects the European Union to clear its proposed acquisition of Sun.
Find more stories in: Acquisitions, Business applications, Servers, Storage, Government, European Commission, Business applications, European Union, non-GAAP, GAAP
FTC may enter latest Facebook privacy debacle
Scattered griping about social network's new privacy policies could turn into a firestorm, as EPIC complains to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about decision to push more member content public.
Find more stories in: Privacy, Web 2.0, Web sites, Government, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., advertisement, network, Web sites
FBI makes arrest in 'Wolverine' uploading case
A New York man is charged with copyright infringement nine months after the X-Men movie showed up on the Web before its release to theaters.
Find more stories in: Copyright, Film, Leak, Watermarks, Computer, network, California, FBI, 20th Century Fox, Sales
APAC C-level execs warm up to green
More Asia-Pacific firms say being "green" is very important while sustainability efforts are led mainly by senior management, finds new IDC study.
Find more stories in: Green IT, Leadership, Business, Region, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Information Technology, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Australia
Cloud 'catastrophe' to dawn in 2010?
Industry observer predicts a big remote-computing service disaster, lost momentum for Microsoft and growth in consumer payments for online news content.
Find more stories in: Cloud computing, Web services, Apple Inc., Catastrophe, Security, Phone, Operating System, Smart Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile
Is it game over for Microsoft on consumer front?
One analyst says it is time for Microsoft to get out of the phone business, saying it is just not in the company's DNA. Is that true for the company's larger consumer effort?
Find more stories in: Mobile platforms, Operating systems, Digital media, Apple Inc., Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, entertainment, Digital media
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