Technology News
Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue
The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies show...
21-11-2009 - 08:38
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B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders
21-11-2009 - 08:10
GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on
A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. Comcast, the largest cable TV operator in the ...
21-11-2009 - 08:09
B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders
Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas. The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday _ or later _ will receive it is Jan. 4, 2010, the nation's largest bookse...
21-11-2009 - 07:43
Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle
A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. The practice has occasionally prompted a rival to file legal challenges alleging ...
21-11-2009 - 07:26
Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC
Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force. Gov. Beverly Perdue and the software giant announced Thursday in Charlotte the ...
21-11-2009 - 03:58
EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. The European Commission said Oracle had asked for more tim...
21-11-2009 - 02:58
Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report
Some of the computer industry's biggest players _ such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. _ have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits. Dell Inc. didn't join them Thursday. The company reported a 54 percent drop...
21-11-2009 - 02:57
Library group offers text search to 4.6M books
A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages from 4.6 million digitized volumes. Last year, the University of Michigan and 24 other research libraries launched the HathiTrust Digital Library....
21-11-2009 - 00:52
Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty
Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday. Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai said the service, set for launch next y...
20-11-2009 - 21:43
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