Mashups changing the face of copyright laws
Copyright laws have to evolve to catch up with the rise of user-generated content and mashups from the digital generation, says law professor.
Lenovo restructures, axes 2,500 staff
As part of reorganization, PC maker consolidates Greater China and Asia-Pacific operations. Singapore personnel among those affected by move, says spokesperson.
Outsourcing shifts past Bangalore, Mumbai
While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad.
EMC to cut 2,400 from workforce
Storage giant EMC announces a 7 percent global workforce reduction, despite preliminary record fourth-quarter revenues.
Find more stories in: Layoffs, Budgeting/cost control, Storage, Virtualization, Workforce, EMC Corp., Back-office, net income, CEO, job
Cisco launches social-networking for businesses
The world's largest maker of Internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social-networking Web sites.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Web sites, Hardware, Music, Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Eos, Scheinman, Tool
Windows 7 beta: First impressions
A new version of Microsoft's operating system, bringing back that nebulous "Windows XP feel," won't wow anyone but will satisfy them on a much deeper level.
Find more stories in: Antivirus software, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Beta, Environment, software
Report: Microsoft beats out Yahoo, Google on Verizon deal
Microsoft is close to announcing it has beat out Yahoo and Google in a coveted deal to be the search provider on Verizon phones, according to a Reuters story.
Find more stories in: Business structures, Search, Investments, Internet advertising, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., Web portal, Yahoo! Inc.
Sun acquires cloud company Q-layer
Software from Q-layer is designed to help companies simplify the management and deployment of data center applications.
Find more stories in: Open source, Acquisitions, Q-layer, Storage, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software, News.com, blog
Intel warns of US$2B revenue shortfall
The chipmaking giant has lopped $2B off its fourth-quarter revenue forecast, suggesting that the quarter will show a 23 percent year-on-year revenue drop.
Find more stories in: Processors, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Intel Corp., PC Company, Clearwire Corp., Chip, Chip Company, Forecasting, News.com
Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability
A surge in worm activity for a patched Microsoft flaw means IT professionals need to apply the update, says F-Secure.
Find more stories in: Viruses and worms, Business applications, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Malware, Security, F-Secure Corp., Business System, access control list, polymorphism
400 IT jobs to go at Barclays
The bank has cut hundreds of permanent and contractor posts, and unions warn more retrenchments may follow.
Find more stories in: Banking, Human resources, IT Management, Barclays Plc., question mark, globalization, London, Silicon.com, recession, job
Report: Investment group teeing up Yahoo deal, seeks Microsoft backing
A group of investors is reportedly turning to Microsoft to play the role of banker in backing a buyout of Yahoo, according to a report in TechCrunch.
Find more stories in: Web sites, Venture capital, Investments, Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Yahoo! Inc., software company, financing
Apple awards raises to key executives
COO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield will have a little more spending money in 2009.
Find more stories in: Stock options and grants, Apple Inc., healthcare reform, Hardware Engineering, Cupertino, CFO, Mansfield, Stock options and grants, News.com, SEC
Green-tech venture funding jumps nearly 40 percent in 2008
Solar captures lion's share of green-tech investments worldwide, bolstered by massive funding of thin-film solar companies, according to Cleantech Group report.
Find more stories in: Green IT, Venture capital, Investments, Venture Investment, Clean Technology, Biodiesel, biology, Chinese company, Israeli company, Cleantech Group
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage
Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote.
Find more stories in: Hacking, Web sites, Apple Inc., Twitter, Prankster, Scientology, Digg, Server, e-mail, CEO
Thai group to implement cloud computing
The technology will enable the Charoen Pokphand Group to build ready-to-use IT services for use among its subsidiaries.
Find more stories in: Software-as-a-service, Infrastructure/architecture management, Web 2.0, SOA, BPM, CP Group, Poonlab, Cloud Computing, On-demand, software
Thailand enters Gartner's Top 30 offshore service providers
However, there are several urgent steps that the Thai government should take if Thailand is to fully take advantage of the country's outsourcing potential.
Find more stories in: Newbie, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Change mangement, Entrepreneurship, Politics, Outsourcing, India, Newbie, Thailand
Tech helps improve Thai healthcare monitoring
Thanks to the "Smart Health" project, initiated by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec), Thailand will be a healthier land of smiles.
Find more stories in: Network infrastructure, Database management, Databases, Data centers, Risk Management, expert system, collective intelligence, Nectec, Smart Health, NHIM
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