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Japan's ex-IT mogul told to pay damages in Livedoor scam

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created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Japanese court on Thursday ordered disgraced dotcom tycoon Takafumi Horie and his aides to pay seven billion yen (74 million dollars) in damages to shareholders in his former firm over a fraud case.


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Google ups share of Web search

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google increased its share of the US online search market in April while Yahoo! and Microsoft both lost ground, according to figures released on Monday by tracking firm comScore.


Broadcom launches hostile $764M bid for Emulex

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Chip designer Broadcom Corp. is launching a $764 million hostile takeover offer for network gear maker Emulex Corp. Broadcom said Tuesday the deal would help it develop new technologies for corporate data centers.


Asia Pacific PC sales down five pct in first quarter: report

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sales of personal computers in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan fell five percent in the first quarter from the previous year as a global economic slump hurt demand, a report said Monday.


Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista (AP)

Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista

Technology / Software

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (16) | comments 24

(AP) -- Julie Larson-Green hopes you'll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame.


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Nokia profit plunges 90 percent in Q1

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. on Thursday said profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter because of fading demand for mobile phones amid the worldwide downturn - but its shares surged as analysts had expected ...


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Semiconductor revenue down 5 pct in 2008

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue fell by more than five percent last year and could face a "far worse" decline this year, market research firm Gartner Inc. reported on Wednesday.


Sun shares dive as IBM buyout talks falter

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. fell in premarket trading Monday on news that IBM Corp. withdrew an acquisition offer.


Nokia to lay off 1,700 worldwide

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 1,700 people worldwide to cut costs, as the global economic downturn strikes deeper into the mobile phone sector.


A research firm said that worldwide sales of hi-tech smartphones grew at their slowest pace

Global crisis hits smartphone sales

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide sales of hi-tech "smartphones" grew at their slowest pace yet in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis hit demand, a research firm said Thursday.


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Mobile phone sales up six pct in 2008, 4th qtr weak

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created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mobile phone sales grew by six percent in 2008 over the previous year but fell nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as the global economy weakened, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.


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Flickr lets all users upload video snippets

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Flickr on Monday began letting users of its free online photo-sharing service upload snippets of video to the website in a budding challenge to Google-owned YouTube.


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Prosecutor seeks prison terms in Pirate Bay filesharing case

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

A Swedish prosecutor on Monday called for one year jail terms for four men charged with running The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top websites for illegal downloading.


Strategies for Retailers Fighting Price Wars

Strategies for Retailers Fighting Price Wars

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- All retail companies want to maximize their profits, while at the same time maintaining high market share compared with their competitors. One way to do this is by promising to offer the lowest ...


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Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage

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created Jan 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Microsoft Corp.'s Internet browser lost a notable number of users during the last half of 2008, according to recently published data, a trend that underscores the growing competition in a market long dominated ...



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