Tech Sector
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Technology bosses not afraid of a downturn
News Ninety-one percent of technology CEOs in a survey say they expect that their sales figures for 2009 will equal or even improve over that of this year.
Tags: Software, Hardware, Internet, Sector, Cobalt Networks, Telecommunications, payment, Silicon.com, CEO, recession
Fewer IT jobs in Asia this quarter
News At least one-fifth of region's IT and telecoms firms--and as high as 43 percent in Hong Kong--are set to reduce their hiring activities, finds new Hudson survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Trends, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, Singapore, auto company, Japan, job, China
Has online piracy reached tipping point?
News news analysis Across the globe, copyright owners are on the offensive and say jobs and future of intellectual property are at stake. Can they do anything about it?
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Entertainment Company, Grokster Ltd., Music, P2P, entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., antipiracy
Samsung upbeat about memory chip recovery
News The company, confident it widened its gap with rivals during the downturn, expects supply of both DRAM and NAND chips to fall short of demand in 2010.
Tags: Memory, Storage, revenue, mobile, Semiconductor, Memory Chip, Chip, NAND, Korean company, printing
Tech sector suggests role of CTO in US administration
News U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should make his chief technology officer part of his economic policy team because IT is increasingly integral to good governance, says industry.
Tags: Network security, Infrastructure/architecture management, Federal Government, Regulations, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Business Software Alliance, Information Security, Tech Sector, Health IT
Look what sentiments can do to an economy!
Blogs Sentiments undoubtedly play an important role in an economy. In recent times, we have seen how sentiments can swing cons...
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
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.
Tags: Layoffs, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., Electronics, Technology Sector, Unemployment, Telecommunications, San Mateo, Computer, layoff, Santa Clara
Tech ekes out job gains in 2008
News Companies specializing in software and engineering added jobs last year, though more modestly than in preceding years.
Tags: Human resources, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Georgia, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Salary, Worker, bond, software, job
European R&D investment levels 'stagnating'
News A report into the European Union's research and development investment as a proportion of GDP has noted 'stagnation', particularly when compared with the U.S., Japan and Korea.
Tags: Patents, Innovation, Investments, Investment, European Union, Europe, Japan, researcher, European Commission, China
Microsoft buys Firefox? Not
Blogs Like several other Netizens this week, I took a double-take when I came across headlines in a string of search results c...
Tags: Web browsers, Open source
A 1980s history lesson for the tech sector
News If you're a tech investor, it may be a good idea to brush up on some history from the 1980s--which witnessed tech stocks founder for about five years from 1984 to 1989.
Tech sector gets downgrade from analysts
News After disappointing earnings, big write-offs and gloomy outlooks from technology companies in the second quarter, Wall Street strategists are scampering to put the technology sector in its place.
Ad revenues suffer from spending cuts
News US Internet advertising dropped by 7.8 percent in the first half of 2001 from the same period a year earlier, according to a new study.
Big Blue sees sunny forecast
News IBM released preliminary earnings Wednesday, saying earnings per share and net income for the third quarter were up about 20 percent over the previous year.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, IBM Corp., earnings per share, Environment, performance, chairman, net income, revenue, blog, analyst
