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News The podcast series includes an exclusive performance from Martha Wainwright, interviews with writers Jeffrey Deaver, Kiterunner author Khaled Hosseini and 'Cityboy' Geraint Anderson, plus interviews with Mercury Prize nominees Portico Quartet... [05 Aug 2008]
HP shakes up printing division
News The company would not comment on whether jobs cuts would accompany the reorganisation but an HP spokesman told The New York Times and San Jose Mercury News that a "rebalancing" of its workforce would be likely to occur. [19 Jun 2008]
HP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News In recent years, HP has also been spending big on corporate infrastructure software companies, including the acquisitions of Mercury Interactive, Opsware, SPI Dynamics, Bristol Technology, and Peregrine. [13 May 2008]
Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'
News During the keynote speech, Jobs touted Apple's environmentally-friendly efforts, claiming its MacBook Air contains mercury- and arsenic-free glass, BFR and PVC-free boards and 50 per cent smaller packaging than previous MacBooks. [16 Jan 2008]
Army fires up wi-fi for troops
News Project Mercury - a programme to increase the number of telephones and hard-wired internet machines in Iraq and Afghanistan - is due to complete in December 2007, with work to install wi-fi access to begin immediately after this project is complete. [09 Oct 2007]
AMD's quad-core chip to launch next month
News In an interview published in the San Jose Mercury News, Ruiz said: "Every time we ran into a gotcha [or a technical glitch], it created a six-week-or-so hole in the schedule as we went back and fixed it. [21 Aug 2007]
HP talks up next-gen data centres
News HP has already spent a good chunk of change on Mercury Interactive, a management software maker, which it purchased last year. A business' success or failure hinges on how well it understands the importance of information technology and Hewlett... [09 Aug 2007]
HP to buy Opsware for £1.6bn
News Opsware is the latest in a number of purchases by HP - last year it acquired management software company Mercury Interactive for $4.5bn. HP has announced it is to buy data centre automation software company Opsware for $1.6bn. [23 Jul 2007]
HP does SOA much more
News HP has stepped up its commitment to the emerging area of service-oriented architecture (SOA), announcing consulting and software that draw heavily on its acquisition of Mercury Interactive. The company also announced it has more closely integrated... [22 May 2007]
Apple vows to be "greener"
News According to the letter, Apple will introduce its first Macs later this year that have displays backlit by light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are free of the toxic substance mercury. Previously it has relied on fluorescent lamps and liquid crystal... [03 May 2007]
Intel to make chips in China
News Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research, said: "They will have this older process technology over there but it is much better suited for making chipsets. Intel has announced it will open a wafer fabrication facility in China, a... [26 Mar 2007]
HP's coffers continue to swell
News Revenue from the company's PC group jumped 17 per cent to $8.7bn in the quarter, and the software group's revenue increased 81 per cent to $550m, buoyed by HP's acquisition of Mercury Interactive, the company said. [21 Feb 2007]
Intel, AMD fight it out for market share
News Overall, AMD continued its gain in the x86 processor market, said Mercury Research analyst Dean McCarron. Intel continued to reclaim server chip market share from AMD in the fourth quarter of 2006 but the smaller rival's strength with consumers... [31 Jan 2007]
Microsoft is 2006 takeover titan
News Other large transactions in 2006 include Cisco splashing out $5.3bn for Scientific Atlanta, HP buying Mercury Interactive for $4.5bn and Big Blue acquiring Filenet and ISS for a total of $2.9bn. Microsoft racked up the largest number of global... [15 Jan 2007]
HP-Mercury merger comes to the boil
News HP on Tuesday announced the completion of its merger with management software company Mercury Interactive, setting the stage for a revamped HP Software suite and renewed competition with IBM's software products. [08 Nov 2006]
