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Microsoft Offers Subscription Version of OfficeBreaking with its traditional business model, software giant Microsoft on Wednesday introduces a subscription service for the Office productivity suite, a set of programs that is the company's biggest earner after its Windows operating system. ...continue |
Microsoft Buys Private Search Company PowersetMicrosoft on Tuesday announced that it had reached a deal to purchase search start-up company Powerset in a move seen as part of Microsoft's bid to challenge the online dominance of Google. ...continue |
Blockbuster Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Circuit CityBlockbuster Inc. said late Tuesday it has decided to withdraw its proposal to acquire Circuit City Stores Inc. ...continue |
Windows XP expiresMicrosoft officially retired Windows XP on Monday, forcing buyers of new computers to go with the operating system's unpopular successor Windows Vista. ...continue |
Sony Midterm Plan Focuses on Core Biz, NetworkingIn its three-year business plan unveiled Thursday, Sony Corp. said it aims to see annual sales in three additional business categories top ¥1 trillion, joining the four already above that target: LCD television sets, digital cameras and camcorders, games and mobile phones. Under the plan for business 2008 to 2010, Sony is counting on boosting sales in personal computers, Blu-ray Disc-related products, and components and semiconductors. ...continue |
Seattle is the Leading Cybercity when it Comes to New JobsThe Seattle area added the greatest number of high-tech jobs in 2006, outpacing Boston, San Francisco and more than 50 other U.S. cities, according to the Cybercities report from the American Electronics Association. ...continue |
Microsoft Acquires Navic NetworksMicrosoft Corp. says it has acquired Navic Networks, a Waltham, Mass.-based company that specializes in emerging forms of TV advertising technology. The deal is the latest step in Microsoft's effort to turn itself into a one-stop shop for digital advertising. The company, which trails Google in search-related ads, is trying in part to bulk up in other forms of advertising. ...continue |
Application Developers Swarm to iPhoneApple's soon-to-open online App Store has triggered a scramble among software developers to write business plans aimed at making money off Apple's iPhone, a mini-computer that doubles as a phone, a networking service said on Monday. ...continue |
Apple's 3G iPhone Comes to Europe Next MonthFour of Europe's preeminent mobile telecoms operators will start to sell Apple Inc's next generation 3G iPhone from July in a series of mostly exclusive country deals, although there will be more than one operator for the phone in Austria, Portugal, Italy and the Czech Republic. ...continue |
Sun Microsystems Executive John Gage Leaving CompanyJohn Gage, Sun Microsystems Inc.'s chief researcher and vice president of its science office, is leaving the company to join the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, according to a media report late Monday. ...continue |
A Challenge to Slash the Energy Used for Cooling in the Western U.S.University of California, Davis energy-efficiency experts today are launching a novel program designed to slash electricity use by rooftop air conditioners in the western United States by more than 40 percent. The "Western Cooling Challenge," sponsored by the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center, will be introduced at a Denver meeting of energy-conscious retail business leaders. ...continue |
Tips for Choosing the Right IT VendorMaking the decision to upgrade from separate applications to a single integrated system controlling a company's business operation is one fraught with anxiety and questions. Will you lose data in the transition? Will it take too much time to implement the new technology? Will the interruption cause a loss of revenue? These are valid concerns. In large part, the answers to these questions depends on the skills of the IT vendor you choose and the quality of the software. Choosing the right vendor is perhaps the most critical step in the entire process. ...continue |
Who Needs Cable? HBO Downloadable Through Apple's iTunesThe buzz is true. HBO has agreed to sell some of its most popular shows on Apple's iTunes starting today. ...continue |
Betting on LoveQuieroLatino.com, a new online dating Web site for U.S. Hispanics, is hoping to lure single Hispanics away from mainstream dating sites by offering what it says is a "culturally friendly" environment for meeting other Hispanic singles. The San Francisco-based company is targeting Hispanics, both bilingual and English-only speakers, between the ages of 21 and 45. ...continue |