IT news
Facebook apps create over 182,000 new US jobs worth over $12.19 bn
20 Sep 2011
The proliferation of Facebook and mobile technology applications has spawned an entirely new industry dubbed the "App Economy" — that has added at least 182,000 new jobs and contributed more than $12.19 billion in wages and benefits to the US economy this year
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries comes under cyber attack
20 Sep 2011
45 servers and 38 computers at 11 facilities of Japan's largest defence contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have come under sustained cyber-attack by unidentified hackers.
PE firm Silver Lake weighing bid for Yahoo: report
16 Sep 2011
California-based private equity firm Silver Lake is reported to be mulling a bid for internet search firm Yahoo
Intel unveils computer with solar-powered processor
14 Sep 2011
Intel today unveiled a computer with a processor running on a postage stamp-size cell powered by solar energy.
Broadcom to acquire NetLogic with 700 patents for $3.7 bn
13 Sep 2011
Broadcom Corp is paying $3.7 billion for the $382-million NetLogic Microsystems, for its trove of 700 patents
Lenovo unveils IdeaCentre B320 All-in-One PC
13 Sep 2011
SAP to pay $20 million in Oracle criminal probe
13 Sep 2011
Indian IT industry records 19-% growth in FY11
12 Sep 2011
The growth is a significant bounce-back for the industry which recorded just 8 per cent growth last year due to the global recession in 2009 and 2010
AOL, Yahoo talk merger: report
10 Sep 2011
Yahoo has a strong web presence drawing 600 million visitors to all its services, including its search page and its media sites like news, finance and sports, and is second only to Google.
Yahoo may be up for sale after Bartz firing
08 Sep 2011
Bartz, who joined Yahoo after the internet major rejected a $47.5 billion offer from Microsoft in 2008, left the company with just $16 billion in market value.
Cybercrime costs $388 billion to world economy: Study
08 Sep 2011
Cybercrime now extracts greater costs on the world economy than trafficking in marijuana, heroin and cocaine.
Yahoo up for sale: reports
07 Sep 2011
Yahoo chief Carol Bartz sacked
07 Sep 2011
Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz was yesterday sacked over the phone by chairman Roy Bostock, ending her tumultuous tenure at Yahoo
Dell ties up with Baidu to access Chinese devices market
06 Sep 2011
Dell is working with the Chinese internet search giant Baidu on a plan to push its smartphones and tablets in the Chinese market.
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