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Report: APAC tech sector to shine in 2009
News Technology is one of two industries singled out in a new report, to perform well next year. Rising stock market stars include Infosys and Samsung, says Macquarie.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Analyst reports, Infosys Technologies Ltd., China Mobile Ltd., Stock Market, Inventory Management, Hong Kong, Smartphone Player, Technology Industry, Korea
License auctions stifling mobile development
News news analysis India will finally hold its 3G spectrum auction in December, but market analysts say this form of license distribution can negatively impact industry growth.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Local Government, Taxes, License, Operator, India, Money, International Data Corp., Spectrum, Auction
Job-related spam on the rise
News With the worsening economy, spammers are employing various job and finance-related guises to try to exploit job seekers, according to Symantec.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Data security, Anti Phishing Work Group, Sophos Plc., Spam, Anti-Phishing Working Group, job agency, payment service, Crimeware, e-Mail Message
Macquarie Bank launches new Internet platform
News Macquarie Bank has teamed up with finance news aggregator Wotnews to deliver a new retail online trading platform.
Tags: E-commerce, Stock Market, Investor, online retail, Stock, trader, financial, network, SMS, Internet
Carl Icahn increases stake in Yahoo
News Activist investor--and member of company's board--buys up 7 million shares of Yahoo over the course of three days last week in the United States.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Domain names, Software, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock Market, Stock, Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang
Ballmer: 'Fundamental economic reset' necessary
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells U.S. politicians that economic conditions represent a "once in a lifetime" crisis caused by too much debt and a "restart" is necessary.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Debt, Democrat, Stock Market, U.S. Senate, Forecasting
Report: As stock market drops malware rises
News PandaLabs statistics show how cybercriminals are taking aim at confused consumers in a time of economic uncertainty.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Phishing, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Antivirus Software, Stock Market, Stock, antivirus, Banking Industry, financial
Analyst: Apple cutting iPhone production
News One analyst thinks Apple is reducing iPhone production by up to 40 percent as it works through inventory and prepares for an economic slump.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, Analyst reports, Apple Inc., COO, Apple iPhone 3G, Stock Market, Sales, 3G, News.com
Cisco to buy Tandberg for US$3B
News Networking giant intends to plug Tandberg's video-conferencing and network infrastructure products into its collaboration lineup.
Tags: Data Management, Directory services, VoIP, EMEA, network, CEO, Directory services, Cisco Systems Inc., Polycom Inc., unified communications
Pirate Bay buyer 'misled' investors, booted off exchange
News The Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Gaming have moved from comical to gravely serious as a Swedish stock exchange accuses company of "providing false information".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sweden, financial
Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn
News Malware attacks are up now that the economic times are tough, with online scammers going into overdrive with phishing and other online schemes.
Tags: Phishing, Malware, Security, e-Mail Message, social networking, e-mail, McAfee Inc., network, bank, banking
Malicious sites jump 200 percent over Feb
News Nearly 3,000 Web sites were blocked daily in March, finds new MessageLabs report. Also, Asia-Pacific economies such as China and India, had most spam.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, MessageLabs Ltd., Security, India, Spam, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific
Higher bit-depths from ATI
News One of the fruits of the AMD-ATI merger, the graphics chip-maker's new FirePro brand signifies a fresh start for its professional line-up.
Tags: Digital media, Business applications, Operating systems, Graphics, Singapore, Card, digital content, Radeon, 3D, FirePro
Despite iMac boost, Mac sales still set to decline
News Apple's new iMacs should help with totals, but Piper Jaffray seems convinced that a brutal February will lead to a decline in Mac sales compared to last year.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple Mac Pro, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Air, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, Sales, Piper, Apple Intel Mac Mini, financial
Oracle to buy Sun in US$7.4B deal
News After weeks of speculation about whether Sun was for sale, it turns out the buyer isn't IBM, but software heavyweight Oracle.
Tags: Acquisitions, Java, IBM Corp., Database, non-GAAP, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, software, Oracle Corp., middleware
