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Is Skype up for sale, again?
News Rumors swirl after CEO says Skype is "great standalone business". Experts say Skype is a bright spot in eBay's portfolio and will take a hefty offer for company to sell.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web sites, Internet advertising, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Cowen and Co., phone, AT&T Corp., Consumer Electronics Show
LG Blu-ray box to offer CinemaNow, YouTube videos
News The electronics company is out to capitalize on consumers' desire for entertainment online that can be viewed on their TVs.
Tags: Web sites, Home entertainment, Components, Blu-ray, TV, CinemaNow, Video, home entertainment, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
Report: Microsoft beats out Yahoo, Google on Verizon deal
News Microsoft is close to announcing it has beat out Yahoo and Google in a coveted deal to be the search provider on Verizon phones, according to a Reuters story.
Tags: Business structures, Search, Investments, Internet advertising, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Portal
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
News Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce
News Manufacturer of PC peripherals, based in Switzerland, says the retail environment has "deteriorated significantly" and will "worsen in the upcoming months".
Tags: Keyboards and mice, Human resources, Logitech, Asia, Workforce, Sales, Environment, Switzerland, Consumer Electronics Show, North America
Yahoo Net service comes to Samsung TVs
News Samsung TVs sporting Yahoo Web-browsing technology now are for sale. Models from Vizio, Sony, and LG Electronics are coming later.
Tags: Digital media, Intel Corp., CBS Corp., TV, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, Digital media, Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Flickr
Next-gen Android phone coming soon?
News Gizmodo publishes pictures of the "G2" Android phone for T-Mobile's network. The photos reveal a much thinner phone, due to the exclusion of the slide keyboard.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Personal broadband, 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Handhelds, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Open Source, phone, T-Mobile
A laptop equivalent of a two-headed snake
News Lenovo is apparently set to unveil a ThinkPad notebook that features a dual-screen set-up.
Tags: IBM Corp., Site, eWeek, Notebook, Intel Core 2 Duo, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., Consumer Electronics Show, photograph, Laptop Computer
Skype thrives amid tough economy
News The Internet telephony provider may be one of the only technology companies experiencing a boom as the economy tanks.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Communications, Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile, Cell Phone, Video, IP telephony, phone, software, Consumer Electronics Show
Videoconferencing: Cisco, Logitech target mainstream
News Logitech's acquisition of LifeSize and Cisco's bid for Tandberg are aimed at grabbing market share and expanding sales to more businesses--and even consumers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Logitech, Vidyo Inc., LifeSize Communications, CEO, software, Business Strategies & Functions, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing
Microsoft releases Windows Home Server update
News Microsoft has finished its Power Pack 1, which adds some minor features and fixes a bug that can lead to data corruption.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Home Server, Backup, Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, 64-bit, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft lands IPTV deal in China
News Microsoft said early this week that a Chinese TV provider will use its Mediaroom software to offer Internet Protocol television over a traditional cable network.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Video, Microsoft Corp., IP Television, SingTel, TV, cable network, Cable, software
Microsoft lifts download limit for Windows 7 beta
News Acknowledging that its release of Windows 7 public beta "was not ideal", Microsoft suspends the software's 2.5 million download limit for a couple of weeks.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta, software, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Windows, News.com
Microsoft elevates server unit, promotes Muglia
News Longtime Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia is now president of the company's server unit.
Tags: Servers, App servers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, entertainment, Server, business software, software, Consumer Electronics Show, Wall Street Journal
Sony hires a professional fixer
News The Japanese electronics giant, in the middle of an internal makeover, hires George Bailey from IBM, a longtime electronics industry consultant.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Electronics, Consulting, consumer electronics company, Consumer Electronics Show, CEO, Sony Corp., electronics company
