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Asian tech startups still worthwhile investments
News Returns may not be as good or take longer to realize, but venture capital firms investing in region are still focused on wringing monetary ROI out of technology.
Tags: Investments, Angel investing, Business, Patent, Phone, Asia, Investment, IPO, venture capital, venture-capital company
Pharmaceutical giant strikes US$550M outsourcing deal with Accenture
News Under the 10-year deal, Bristol-Myers Squibb will outsource its application development and maintenance, as well as a range of finance and accounting support services across the company.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pharmaceutical Company, accounts payable, Accenture Ltd., Europe, AstraZeneca Plc., outsourcing agreement
US losing its lead in patents
News Innovation is coming from abroad these days, and foreign applications are coming faster and faster.
Tags: Patents, Competitive advantage, Patent, Asia, Manufacturing, Wireless, Boston Consulting Group Inc., South Korea, Japan, intellectual property
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
Open source allies woo US govt
News A sprawling list of companies, individuals, schools, and others join in an effort to spur the U.S. government to use more open source software.
Tags: Open source, Federal Government, Zimbra, Open-source Software, EnterpriseDB, U.S. Government, America, Open source, Federal Government
Google moves toward micropayments for newspapers
News Is it an olive branch for the beleaguered (and Google-bashing) publishing industry, a move to encroach upon Facebook's turf in the micropayment wars, or a bit of both?
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Checkout, micropayment, digital content, payment, Facebook, America, Adobe PDF, credit card, Web 2.0
Obama meets with technology CEOs
News A handful of chief executives in the industry, including IBM's Sam Palmisano and Motorola's Greg Brown, meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy.
Tags: Federal Government, Hardware, Software, Investments, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Business plans, Motorola Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Samuel J. Palmisano
Report: IBM to cut jobs in services unit
News Big Blue is gearing up for another round of layoffs, with its services unit targeted for the cuts, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Employees may be notified as early as Thursday.
Tags: Human resources, IBM Corp., Services Unit, India, North America, layoff, business service, Worker, job, America
Observing the US automated elections
Blogs Before boarding my Philippine Airlines flight to San Francisco last Sunday night, a document inspector at the Centennial...
iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits Web
News Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app, "purplera1n", for the iPhone 3GS. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on way.
Tags: Applications and tools, Data services, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, firmware, Microsoft Windows, America
Has the Great American Dream ended for Indians?
Blogs The U.S. of A has had a special place in the hearts of urban Indians. Since childhood, I have seen many of my playmates,...
How far should the govt go in rescuing Satyam?
Blogs A week after B. Ramalinga Raju made his famous confessions of committing a US$1.5 billion accounting fraud, one thing is...
Obama's security adviser calls for energy action
News James Jones, incoming national security adviser, is a retired general who advocates for a diverse energy supply and clean-energy technologies in the name of national security.
Tags: Clean Technology, Energy Policy, National Security, Security, Renewable Energy, nuclear energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, energy efficiency, security adviser, financial
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
News During RealDVD hearing, Rob Glaser says studios could help prevent the illegal copying of rented DVDs by helping devices recognize those discs as rentals.
Tags: Piracy, Video, RealNetworks Inc., DVD, copyright violation, Associated Press, MPAA, movie, hard drive, America
Google's Schmidt calls for more innovation, stronger infrastructure
News The CEO on Monday laid out broad policy proposals for Washington that include opening up the government and investing in infrastructure.
Tags: Innovation, Regulations, Google Inc., TV, Innovation, Government, Worker, YouTube Inc., Washington, Eric Schmidt
