Billionaire
183 Stories

Mac's new OS: Seven years in the making

News After several false starts, abandoned product plans and the return of its prodigal CEO, Apple is finally releasing its next-generation operating system.

Thursday, March 22 2001 05:22 PM

Intel inside the Third World

News Is getting computers to poor kids charity, or big business?

Friday, June 29 2007 10:28 AM

Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets

Week ahead, the week that was

News Backing down on McVeigh Unplugged. Plus: MS disses GPL. Also: Another Paul Allen stinker

Tuesday, May 08 2001 12:53 PM

One Laptop Per Child lands in India

News The Indian government was not interested, so OLPC partners with Reliance ADA Group to bring computers to the country's school kids.

Monday, August 04 2008 10:05 PM

Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, India, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebook, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agent, Laptop Computer, Mumbai, China

Stagnant market hastens demise of some Net firms

News For every Net company that has received a financial lifeline in recent months, another has quietly given up the search and shut down.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:54 PM

Are dotcom layoffs in the horizon?

News With staff layoffs and other cost-cutting measures becoming more common in mature dotcom markets like the US, it may only be a matter of time before retrenchments are an economic reality here, too.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:10 PM

Icahn to Yahoo: Nix the poison pill, now

News In a letter to board chairman Roy Bostock, the investor activist roars about Yahoo's "insulting" and "deceitful" actions regarding its severance plan.

Thursday, June 05 2008 08:54 AM

Tags: Investor relations, Business development/management, Employee communications, Corporate responsibility, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CNBC, software, job

Bidding Yahoo adieu

News An exodus of high-profile, innovative managers leaves a leadership vacuum, and troubling implications for Yahoo's future.

Monday, June 23 2008 12:52 AM

Tags: Web services, Web sites, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., co-founder, Yahoo Search, Jerry Yang, shareholder

Speedier wireless on the way via 4G

News U.S.-based Sprint Nextel says a souped-up network, coming soon, will use WiMax to offer customers a new wireless experience.

Monday, August 14 2006 09:51 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, Next-generation technology/networks

Wireless industry gears up for WiMax

News Where does 3G wireless go from here? Many equipment makers and carriers are looking to the packet-based technology known as WiMax.

Tuesday, March 27 2007 10:59 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks

Wireless industry gears up for WiMax

News Where does 3G wireless go from here? Many equipment makers and carriers are looking to the packet-based technology known as WiMax.

Tuesday, March 27 2007 08:10 AM

Tags: Business plans, Mobile/Wireless

Is Motorola's cell phone revamp enough?

News Handset maker is packing its old phones with new features to revive its brand and reach profitability. But critics wonder if the tactic will work.

Wednesday, May 16 2007 09:13 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Product development and design, Development/design