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HP close to buying EDS for $12bn

News The Wall Street Journal initially reported the two have been in talks for HP to buy EDS for $12bn to $13bn, citing unnamed sources. But a significant earnings shortfall in the fall of 2000, along with significant handwringing on Wall Street...

Tags: hurd, compaq, eds, hp

[13 May 2008]

Video app the highway to healthy roads

News It can identify road furniture, such as signage, street lighting, road markings bus lanes and speed cameras and can be integrated with existing asset management systems to provide performance benchmarks on road maintenance to the statutory...

Tags: video, road, hampshire

[12 May 2008]

Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic

News Different situations suit certain payments and it seems that the high street is truly the place for the debit card. Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs.

Tags: debit cards, cheques, apacs

[12 May 2008]

Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed

Case Study It sells more than five million holidays and flights per year across a range of channels, including a portfolio of 650 high street shops. Usability testing software has helped a holiday company boost its sales by spotting a glitch in its website's...

Tags: testing, ecommerce, travel

[09 May 2008]

Microsoft making a move on Facebook?

News the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The talks were first reported by site All Things Digital, owned by Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones. Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed...

Tags: facebook, yahoo, microsoft

[08 May 2008]

iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut

News Meanwhile, Carphone Warehouse - the only other retail outlet for the iPhone in the UK - confirmed it has sold out of 8GB and 16GB iPhones in its high street shops. A £100 cut in the price of the entry-level iPhone has seen the touchscreen gadget...

Tags: carphone warehouse, o2, iphone

[02 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that amount, according to The Wall Street Journal. Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! But, at the same time, he concedes that there aren...

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions

News over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report. But most Wall Street analysts dismiss this as a hardball negotiating tactic rather than a real threat to end its two-year-long...

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[01 May 2008]

Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News should it succeed in its unsolicited buyout bid for the internet search pioneer, according to court documents in a shareholder lawsuit cited by the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid

News Earlier on Thursday, Microsoft reported weak Windows sales for its fiscal third quarter ended in March and gave a forecast for the fourth quarter ending in June at the low end of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down nearly five per cent.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[25 Apr 2008]

Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod

News Shares of Apple fell one per cent after the company, known for conservative financial forecasts, gave a profit outlook for its current quarter that was below Wall Street estimates. He added: "It looks like the third-quarter earnings view is a...

Tags: ipod, iphone, mac, apple

[24 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News On that basis, Wall Street analysts, on average, were looking for a profit of nine cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Google reports sterling quarter

News Gross revenue rose 42 per cent to $5.19bn, just ahead of Wall Street targets. Excluding one-time items and stock option expenses, profit was $4.84 per share, comfortably ahead of the average Wall Street forecast of $4.53 on Reuters Estimates.

Tags: profits, google

[18 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News Mike Roberts, IT director at private Harley Street hospital The London Clinic, agreed: "We find the misuse of the internet and using company email addresses the biggest problem. Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last...

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08

Round-Up Again, you're going to be standing around with your fingerprint kit in your hands for a while unless you're a frequent visitor to 10 Downing Street or the PM drinks in your local. Wanted: fingerprints of one unkempt, jowly, harassed-looking...

Tags: windows, yahoo, gordon brown, microsoft

[11 Apr 2008]

Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo!

News Reports were hazy on exactly how a Microsoft deal with News Corp might be structured, making Wall Street analysts reluctant to speculate on which combination might prove the superior offer. The Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying Yahoo!

Tags: news corp, google, yahoo

[10 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! tests the Google route to advertising bliss

News The story was first reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal. Google ad partnership predates the Microsoft acquisition move in February, The Wall Street Journal said. will test the use of Google advertisements on some of its search pages, the...

Tags: yahoo, google

[10 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes

Comment Business alignment is not a one-way street and takes the rest of the board to believe that it can hold value. So however much you know about the business you'll find it hard to shake off the techie label, says the Naked CIO.

Tags: careers, boardroom, stereotypes, board

[07 Apr 2008]

Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?

News The Wall Street Journal in February reported the investigation had started. European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market dominance in its effort to get the Office Open XML file formats...

Tags: standard, microsoft, ooxml

[04 Apr 2008]

RIM doubles quarter profits

News And it had $412.5m left over in profits, equal to 72 cents per share in profits and two cents better than Wall Street analysts were expecting. RIM is confident about the next quarter: it delivered guidance above and beyond what Wall Street was...

Tags: iphone, facebook, blackberry, rim

[03 Apr 2008]

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