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Ultra Mobile Broadband goes the way of the dodo
News Given the environment, we're being more cautious about investments," Jacobs added. The ongoing fight to be a next-generation wireless contender has lost one of its combatants, as Qualcomm announced it's dropping... [17 Nov 2008]
PC vendors under the microscope
News The rest is from its printing business and other investments. Commercial and consumer spending on technology is expected to fall off in the next year, and the PC industry is bracing for the impact. Already beginning to... [17 Nov 2008]
Three start-ups picked for BlackBerry Partners Fund pie
News The BlackBerry Partners Fund announced Wednesday its first three major investments. The fund, which considers investments throughout the world, is co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners. So... [30 Oct 2008]
Yahoo! to slash 10 per cent of staff
News We have been disciplined about balancing investments with cost management all year, and have now set in motion initiatives to reduce costs and enhance productivity. These efforts helped our adjusted operating cash flow... [22 Oct 2008]
Tech execs: Economic crisis? We've seen worse
News Peter Astiz, global co-head of the technology sector practice at DLA Piper, said: "That suggests that most of the companies are focused on the fact that this crisis would not have a big impact on them or that they wanted to continue to... [20 Oct 2008]
Microsoft tool helps business assess value for money
News Microsoft on Tuesday launched the Business Value Framework (BVF) tool, which aims to help local authorities around the UK assess the impact of information and communications technology on their business investments. [15 Oct 2008]
It's official: Windows 7, no longer a codename
News Likewise, coming up with an all-new 'aspirational' name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial... [14 Oct 2008]
Met Office strikes data deal with HSBC
News The move is in line with a strategy by the bank to mitigate long-term and short-term risk in fund investments. The Met Office has struck an agreement with HSBC to provide weather and climate change data to the bank's... [13 Oct 2008]
CFOs to be bossing CIOs by 2013
News Gartner says a strong CIO-CFO team can boost business value in a variety of ways - for instance, having the CFO's ear could give a CIO more boardroom influence and thus help encourage the exec team to consider more strategic IT... [10 Oct 2008]
Oyster brand and credit crunch to hit O2 mobile wallet?
News O2's CEO also believes current economic gloom could put the brakes on any mobile wallet rollout over the coming years, as financial companies look to cut back on investments. Any rollout of Oyster-enabled mobile phones... [15 Sep 2008]
Sony Ericsson: Microsoft mobile is on track
News Despite years of investments, Microsoft has struggled to appeal to mobile users, and has won only around 10 per cent market share among smart phones. Sony Ericsson on Monday ditched rumours that its first mobile phone... [02 Sep 2008]
Financial advisors digitise docs to please FSA
News The Kodak scanners provided by BMI Solutions will be used to store 58,000 client documents relating to investments, pensions and mortgages. Independent financial advisor group Independent Financial Services (IFS) has... [01 Sep 2008]
Google digs deep for geothermal energy
News The latest investments are meant to spur development of geothermal, which a study by Massachusetts of Institute of Technology last year found was underutilised. Google is investing $10m in "enhanced" geothermal systems -... [20 Aug 2008]
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News The target was met through improved energy efficiency at Dell's own facilities combined with green electricity purchases and investments in wind power in the US, China and India totalling 645 million kWh and creating... [06 Aug 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News There's no doubt the battered economy is affecting technology bellwether Cisco Systems but the company is looking to the future with plans for big investments across its portfolio in "adjacent markets". [06 Aug 2008]
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