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S'pore gets SaaS incubator
News Backed by government and various industry giants, Singapore's first software-as-a-service incubation center opens its doors to startup hopefuls.
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Hewlett-Packard Co., Start-up, Small And Medium Enterprise, SLA, managing director, U.S., barrier, development tool
S'pore SaaS incubator adds three partners
News Singapore Computer Systems, GigaSpaces and Haley have joined AxSaaS, Singapore's first SaaS incubation center, a week after the facility's launch.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Start-up, software company, phone, software, network, managing director, vice president
Malaysian tech startups get Microsoft boost
News Software giant will shell out US$84.8 million over three years and provide free software, to help startups and technopreneurs in Malaysia.
Tags: Funding, Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Business, Microsoft Corp., Start-up, Tool, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, Microsoft Developer Network
Texas University launches security tech incubator
News Institute for Cyber Security's incubator at University of Texas at San Antonio to initially help start-ups focused on protecting companies from Web application attacks and threats with using online mashups.
Tags: Security, Start-up, intrusion detection, University of Texas, venture capital, Institute For Cyber Security, social networking, mashup, security technology, Washington D.C.
Keeping the faith in Silicon Valley
News Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Venture capital, PayPal, Start-up, Palo Alto, Real Estate, Recruiting, Investor, Facebook, recession
Former MySQL CEO Mickos joins Benchmark
News Open source database company's one-time chief executive is now entrepreneur in residence at a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Marten Mickos, Open Source, E-mail, MySQL, Benchmark Capital, entrepreneur, software, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions
Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook
News A Cupertino, Calif.-based start-up claims the bookseller misappropriated its trade secrets in its design of a similar e-reader.
Tags: Copyright, Nook, Alex, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, California, Amazon.com Inc., E-book, Cupertino, marketing
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
FluidHTML seeks to bridge Web programming divide
News Start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional Web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily. It's not a free lunch, though.
Tags: Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Conference, Programmer, Graphics, Video, Rich Internet Application, Programming, JavaScript, Web
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey invested in Foursquare
News Ex-CEO and current chairman is one of the startup's undisclosed angel investors, sources tell CNET News.
Tags: Web 2.0, Industry Veteran, Bay Area, New York, payment, co-founder, knowledge, SEC filing, Web 2.0
Google co-founder, wife give US$500K to Creative Commons
News Sergey Brin and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki donate half a million to copyright reform group, to help build out its science initiative.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Creative Commons, Sergey Brin, co-founder, financial, founder, blog
Near-final Thunderbird 3 due next week
News Coming in the next version of Mozilla's e-mail software: easier setup, better search, a tabbed interface, and if all goes to plan, a richer world of add-ons.
Tags: Web browsers, E-mail servers, Google Inc., E-mail servers, software, Web Browser, Web browsers, Mozilla Thunderbird, Messaging, Mozilla Corp.
Twitter tweaks terms of service
News Microblogging site assures users that they own their tweets while leaving "the door open for advertising" opportunities.
Tags: Web 2.0, Terms Of Service, photograph, API, Facebook, co-founder, blog, Web 2.0
HP t5730w Thin Client
Reviews Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., USB, remote desktop, Environment, Server, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows
Report: Google readying its checkbook
News Google thought startups were overpriced earlier in the year, but its recent purchase of On2 Technologies may be a sign that it's once again in the acquisition market.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Charlie Rose, Video, Cloud Computing, Nikkei, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Eric Schmidt, Google Apps, acquisition
