310 million PCs to ship this year
June 13, 2008
Worldwide PC shipments are projected to grow by 15.2 percent in 2008 to reach 310 million units fuelled by demand from emerging regions, new research predicts..
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Government invests $1.8M in tracking device for mentally ill
June 13, 2008
The Australian Federal Government will invest almost $50 million in strengthening mental health services - $1.8 million of which will be spent on a mobile tracking systems.
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Microsoft releases new OpenXML SDK
June 13, 2008
Microsoft has made available the latest version of its Open XML software developer kit, a package designed to make it easier for developers to create client and server solutions using the OpenXML format.
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Google testing Intel SSDs
June 13, 2008
Google could be toying with the idea of moving over to Solid State Disk (SSD) technology, according to Digitimes which says the company has just bought a load of them from Intel.
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Sun seals Solaris deal with Fujitsu Siemens
June 13, 2008
Sun Microsystems has published details of a multi-year agreement with Fujitsu Siemens to distribute Sun’s Solaris OS with selected Primergy servers..
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Carl Icahn to drop Yahoo proxy fight post Microsoft pullout?
June 13, 2008
With talks between Yahoo and Microsoft called off, don’t expect investor activist Carl Icahn to drop his proxy fight against the Internet search pioneer, said one source familiar with the billionaire investor.
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Yahoo inks search-ad pact with Google
June 13, 2008
Google will supply Yahoo with search ads in a partnership Yahoo believes will raise revenue by $800 million in its first year–but that also could give more power to Google.
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Microsoft's last offer to Yahoo
June 13, 2008
Software maker was willing to buy Yahoo’s search business and offered to buy a 16 percent stake at $35 a share–above the price Microsoft offered when it was trying to get all of Yahoo.
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Daily Debrief: Checking in on the health and soul of Yahoo
June 13, 2008
In Thursday’s Daily Debrief, CNET News.com’s Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company almost six months after Microsoft’s initial takeover bid.
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Yahoo-Google: Microsoft left searching
June 13, 2008
The software maker’s effort to strengthen its position in online advertising appears to have had the opposite effect, driving Yahoo into Google’s arms.
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