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Indians fast turning to e-payments
News India's retail e-payment market is poised to reach US$150 billion on rising consumer confidence and as number of Internet, mobile subscribers increases.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Banking, Web sites, E-business, PayPal, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Password
'Gahooyoogle' your way around the Net
News A Web site that allows Internet users to search both Google and Yahoo at the same time has been uncovered.
Tags: Web sites
Infineon sets up fab in M'sia
News Infineon Technologies to invest RM3.8 billion in a new production plant in Malaysia's Kulim Hi-Tech Park.
Tags: Components
New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars
News In conjunction with the rise of virtual worlds as a tool for business training and meetings, companies should assign a dress code to their employees' avatars, according to market research firm Gartner.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Avatar, Web sites, Web 2.0, Gartner Inc., market research company, 3D, Environment, research company
Microsoft gets Bing bump, ComScore says
News Early results show Microsoft gaining about two points of search market share, but will the improvement last?
Tags: Search, Steve Ballmer, CFO, Google Inc., Search Engine, market research company, Advertisement, ComScore Networks Inc., senior vice president, Search
LinkedIn traffic grows
News With the economy in a tailspin, the business-networking site has seen a sharp jump in traffic in recent months, TechCrunch reports.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, market research company, layoff, Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc., TechCrunch, job, LinkedIn, Layoffs
HP ProCurve acquires Colubris
News The company is targeting the 802.11n Wi-Fi market with the purchase of Colubris Networks for an undisclosed sum.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Networking technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, Colubris Networks Inc., performance, software, network, wireless LAN access point, industry
Motorola slumps in China
News How can the U.S. company be No. 1 again in the world's biggest cell-phone market? It will need a sharp Razr follow-up to beat Nokia and Samsung for starters.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Motorola Inc., India, venture capital, China Telecom, venture-capital fund, China, spokesman, Motorola Razr
Yahoo: Online advertising has stabilized
News Results from the Web portal gave further evidence that the online ad slump is ending, though executives stopped short of calling a recovery.
Tags: Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, Online Advertising, market research company, Wall Street
Analysis firm IDC cuts 5 percent of staff
News The Framingham, Mass.-based firm says the cuts include 26 research analyst positions.
Tags: Layoffs, International Data Corp., Gartner Inc., market research company, Framingham, Massachusetts, research analyst, Worker, analyst, market research
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Lenovo tags OmniVision to sell camera phones
News Since late last year, Lenovo has used nearly 2 million OmniVision CMOS sensors, which convert light into digital information.
Tags: Cellular phones, Digital cameras, Smart phones
IDC expects increase in 2004's PC shipments
News IDC on Wednesday nudged its forecast for worldwide PC unit shipments in 2004 up by a hair.
Dell optimistic about Vista uptake
News Despite research that found Vista uptake among businesses is slowing, Michael Dell has predicted that most companies will migrate to the OS within two years.
Tags: Windows Vista
January chip sales bode well
News Although there was a "seasonal" dip in sales from December, the year-over-year comparison shows a jump of 26 percent in semiconductor revenue, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
