Monthly Archives: January 2008
China Now Trumps the U.S. in Tech Competitiveness
Since World War II, the United States has been the main driver of the global STEM economy, but a new study warns that this...
PayPal Buys Anti-Fraud Technology
PayPal, the online payments platform owned by eBay, has shelled out $170 million in cash to snap up Fraud Science, an Israeli company that...
Can Nokia Become the Great Light Hope?
Wireless handset and infrastructure giant Nokia has announced plans to acquire Trolltech, a purveyor of application frameworks for desktops and mobile devices. Trolltech is...
Telcos Rolling Past Economic Slump
The nation's top two telecom carriers apparently didn't get the memo about the slowing economy. Verizon on Jan. 28 reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.07...
Businesses: Start Revving Your Enterprise 2.0 Engines
Businesses will leverage blogs, wikis, mashups and social networking tools to help make their employees' collaboration efforts more efficient and productive in 2008, according...
eWeek Newsbreak, Jan. 28, 2008
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Google Doodles The Lego
Google's latest Doodle is an homage to the Lego, the multi-colored plastic building block that snaps together, allowing children to test their construction mettle...
Has Microsoft Disavowed Vista?
Technically, Vista is pure misery. It eats system resources like an elephant does peanuts, Windows applications break and its so-called improved security is a...
Hefty Office Sales Help Drive Microsoft Revenue
Microsoft's strong second-quarter financial results surprised not only analysts, but also the company's own executives by coming in $300 million above the high end...
IBM and Consul: A Year of Wedded Bliss in the Security Space
There was a lot on IBM's plate in 2007-some 12 acquisitions company officials said worth more than $6 billion. Among those was the deal...