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All wired up: Professor explains how technology really helps the economy

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Information technology is all around us — but how does it really change the way we do business? Erik Brynjolfsson, the Schussel Family Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, explores this question ...


Report: Worst may be over for US tech market

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.





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Fortune 1000 IT investments are riskier than capital investments, says management insights

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created Dec 28, 2007 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study of Fortune 1000 companies shows that investments in information technology carry higher risk than other capital investments, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the fl ...


Venture-capital investments down 33 pct in 3Q

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

(AP) -- Venture capitalists' investments in U.S. startups rose in the third quarter when compared with the first two quarters of the year, suggesting increased confidence in the economy. When compared with the year-ago period, ...


Venture capitalist and founder of Khosla Ventures Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures raises 1 bln dlrs for green tech

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two new US venture capital funds have raised more that one billion dollars to help propel a green technology revolution, the company founded by influential investor Vinod Khosla said.


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New US government website tracks IT spending

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

President Barack Obama's chief information officer unveiled a new website on Tuesday which tracks the more than 70 billion dollars in annual information technology (IT) spending by federal agencies.


Briefs: Motorola steps up China investments

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created Mar 16, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola will be investing in three new projects in China. The venture-capital arm of the mobile group, Motorola Ventures, will be investing in Shanghai NewMargin Venture Capital Enterprise, Shenzhen Shenxun Information Technology ...


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Google launches venture capital fund (Update)

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google is searching for good ideas.


Kiran Karnik (2ndL), newly appointed chairman of Indian IT giant Satyam Computers

Satyam gets 'adequate bid response'

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created Mar 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The board of swindled Indian outsourcing giant Satyam said it has received an "adequate response" to its invitation for bids, as a newspaper said Saturday that IBM had joined the race.


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Intel invests more in overseas ventures

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created May 24, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel Capital reported that it has been investing more overseas than in U.S. markets.


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World Bank musters $5.5 billion for solar projects

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The World Bank announced Wednesday 5.5 billion dollars would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change.


Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power

Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power

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created Nov 26, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 6

Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer.



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