The US Department of the Interior announced this week that it has chosen Google to provide the agency with hosted email and online collaboration tools. The seven-year, $35 million contract [...]
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble form Nook partnership
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April 30, 2012, 12:37 PM
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Microsoft today said it will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook division in exchange for a 17.6% stake. The deal values the bookseller’s fast-growing digital unit at $1.7 [...]
Amazon, PlayStation team up; should Netflix, Xbox worry?
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April 3, 2012, 3:59 PM
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Greeting Amazon.com visitors today is a notice to customers on the homepage announcing that the company’s Instant Video service, available to Prime subscribers, can now be streamed on Sony’s PlayStation [...]
Smartphone shipments grow, may outpace Windows PC sales by 2016
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March 29, 2012, 5:02 PM
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It should come as a surprise to no one that nearly everyone now has a smartphone. Well, half of everyone, anyway. The latest Nielsen report on smartphone sales puts the [...]
Xbox subscribers now do more watching than playing
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March 28, 2012, 2:37 PM
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In a milestone that may mark the beginning of the end of the Xbox being known mostly as a games console, Xbox Live users now spend more time on non-game [...]
Microsoft finally chimes in on rumors of a new Xbox
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March 19, 2012, 2:20 PM
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In anticipation of what this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) may unveil, lots of speculation has been chucked about on the possibility of new home video game consoles from Microsoft [...]
First Microsoft non-US retail store could go to northern neighbor
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February 24, 2012, 3:12 PM
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The first branch in Microsoft’s global retail store strategy could feature a red maple leaf. The Redmond, Washington-based software Colossus is reportedly eying a mall on the other side of [...]
Yang’s exit from Yahoo! seen as good sign by some investors
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January 18, 2012, 3:15 PM
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Jerry Yang must have finally gotten the message. The steady exodus of executives preceding him has worn a path in Yahoo!’s carpet over the last two or three years, and [...]
Healthy growth forecast for telecom industry
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January 17, 2012, 4:24 PM
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The telecom industry may be one bright spot in a troubled world economy. While global growth is forecast by The Conference Board to grow at about 3% annually from 2012 to [...]
Analyzing 2011 third quarter results for technology and chip companies
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December 9, 2011, 1:46 PM
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This morning I read this breakdown on how major high-tech companies have been faring recently, and there’s a lot to chew on. The summary takes a look at recent earnings [...]
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