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Intel shuts plants in the Philippines, Malaysia

News Close to 3,000 employees in the two countries will be affected, as chipmaker restructures its manufacturing operations--a move that also impacts two U.S. plants.

Thursday, January 22 2009 05:24 PM

Tags: Processors, Budgeting/cost control, Operations, Global strategic management, Intel Corp., Asia, Philippines, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, Malaysia

Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma

News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.

Thursday, August 13 2009 06:50 PM

Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle

Google sued by makers of Finally Fast

News Lawsuit pending over advertisers bidding on keywords involving trademarks they don't own, while also alleging Google has unfairly manipulated search results.

Friday, July 03 2009 12:19 PM

Tags: Security implementation/standards, Lawsuits, Domain names, Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., computer, Advertisement, Search Result, brand, Web Site

Tech layoffs up nearly 75 percent in 2008

News Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. cuts came during the last six months, bringing unemployment in the industry to levels not seen since 2003, says new report.

Friday, January 30 2009 10:12 AM

Tags: Layoffs, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., Electronics, Technology Sector, Unemployment, Telecommunications, San Mateo, Computer, layoff, Santa Clara

EMC, NetApp compete to buy Data Domain

News Data storage giant EMC is attempting to thwart rival NetApp's bid to acquire Data Domain by making a bigger offer.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 10:36 AM

Tags: Storage, Acquisitions, Backup, Domain, Archiving, EMC Corp., Storage, De-duplication, Santa Clara, disk

Cisco opens pay-as-you-go TelePresence rooms

News The company has opened several videoconferencing rooms for public and business use in cities across the globe.

Tuesday, October 21 2008 10:27 AM

Tags: Networking technology, VoIP/IP telephony, Video, Suite, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Santa Clara, Boston, London, New York

Brocade reduces Foundry Networks buyout bid

News Networking company revises its offer price for the switching and routing provider to US$2.6 billion. And Wall Street appears encouraged that the deal is alive.

Friday, October 31 2008 09:02 AM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Foundry Networks Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Stock, Santa Clara, News.com, shareholder, blog, California

McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options

News Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.

Monday, August 24 2009 09:23 AM

Tags: Antivirus software, Stock, Dallas, McAfee Inc., arbitration, SEC, Texas, tax, president, stock option

Low-cost solar concentrator unwrapped

News A California startup looks to cut the cost of solar power for industrial customers with a concentrator that relies on more sheet metal and less silicon.

Tuesday, May 05 2009 09:15 AM

Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Photovoltaics, Cell, Technology Review, solar cell, solar panel, Silicon, Mountain View, California