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A typical lost or stolen laptop costs employers $49,246, mostly due to the value of the missing intellectual property or other sensitive data, according to an Intel-commissioned study made public this week. http://www.physorg.com/news159730126.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:29:19 EST news159730126 (AP) -- Ebay Inc. has won regulatory approval to acquire online marketplace Gmarket, South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news159694370.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:33:15 EST news159694370 Plans by Internet service providers to deliver targeted adverts to consumers based on their Web searches threaten online privacy and should be opposed, the founder of the Web said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news159623208.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:47:18 EST news159623208 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter results tread familiar ground as the Internet company's financial erosion triggered another round of layoffs and management promised better days ahead. http://www.physorg.com/news159552813.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:46 EST news159552813 US online auction giant eBay will take a controlling stake in South Korea's biggest online marketplace Gmarket in a deal worth up to 1.2 billion dollars, the two companies announced on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news159080142.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:57:33 EST news159080142 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is gearing up for its third round of mass layoffs in 14 months, signaling the long-slumping Internet company is still struggling to snap out of its financial malaise under a new leadership team. http://www.physorg.com/news158991296.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:15:23 EST news158991296 (AP) -- Intel Corp.'s first-quarter profit blew past Wall Street's grim forecasts as the chip maker's CEO proclaimed Tuesday that personal computer sales "bottomed out" and have started recovering. http://www.physorg.com/news158945968.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:39:48 EST news158945968 (AP) -- The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy, admitting that the Internet company falsely portrayed Web-based gambling as legal and caused customers to lose millions of dollars they'll likely never get back. http://www.physorg.com/news157829989.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:41:14 EST news157829989 Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), a new government-backed firm set up to consolidate the island's memory-chip industry, said Wednesday it will form a partnership with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news157784994.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:10:38 EST news157784994 Firms that are able to increase advertising during recessions are likely to have stronger future earnings, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon State University and Western Oregon University. http://www.physorg.com/news157649978.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:41:56 EST news157649978 (AP) -- U.S. Internet advertising revenue climbed in the fourth quarter in spite of the poor economy, but the growth rate was sluggish compared to previous years, according to an analysis released Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news157646353.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:40:57 EST news157646353 Yahoo's new chief executive, Carol Bartz, is set to announce a major reorganization of the company, sources say, raising expectations that the stumbling Internet giant may get back on track after a punishing year. http://www.physorg.com/news154768552.html Technology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:16:35 EST news154768552 Employees with previous work experience bring valuable knowledge and skills to their new jobs - but some of what they learned may actually hurt their work performance. http://www.physorg.com/news154615721.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:49:04 EST news154615721 (PhysOrg.com) -- On January 23, 2009 e-paper testing was started in Japan around Toshima Ward Office, which is just east of JR Ikebukuro Station. A wireless network was set up at the Toshima Life and Industry Plaza and served as the emergency hub for disseminating disaster information. The test was to see how effective an e-paper display system would be in case of a local disaster. http://www.physorg.com/news152290910.html Technology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:02:10 EST news152290910 An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by their brand names, both potential sources of bias, according to a study in the October 1 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news142012663.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:57:43 EST news142012663 For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype at the Hokkaido Toyako Summit, or G8 Summit, in Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7-9. http://www.physorg.com/news134395495.html Electronics Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:04:54 EST news134395495