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- News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million
- News Corp.-owned social networking site MySpace is expected to close a deal to acquire social music service iLike this week, according to reports. The deal, as detailed by TechCrunch techmeme, will be the company's first acquisition since chief executive Owen Van Natta took...
- Tags: Last.fm, TechCrunch, MySpace, iLike, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?
- The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...
- Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-05-24
- MySpace names Facebook VP Van Natta as CEO
- News Corporation today announced the appointment of Owen Van Natta to the role of MySpace Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Van Natta will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Jonathan Miller, News Corporation’s CEO of Digital Media and Chief Digital Officer. ...
- Tags: Facebook, News Corp., MySpace, CEO, Corporate Governance, Investment, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Broadcom makes $764 million bid for Emulex
- After an earlier snub, Broadcom Corp. BRCM today made an unsolicited offer to buy Emulex Corp. ELX for $764 million, or $9.25 a share, in a bid that represents a 40 percent premium over Emulex's closing price of $6.61 yesterday. Broadcom disclosed its offer after sending a...
- Tags: Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Semiconductors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Amazon takes shot at GameStop, starts accepting videogame trade-ins
- Amazon said today that it would allow shoppers to trade-in used video games for store credit, a move that may challenge a core business of GameStop, the biggest U.S. video game retailer. Amazon has already launched the beta version of what it calls Amazon Video...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., GameStop, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Sirius could file bankruptcy as early as Tuesday
- Financially strapped Sirius XM Radio could file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday if it cannot successfully negotiate with the holders of its debt, reports the AP. The satellite radio company said Friday that it has exchanged more than $172 million of debt maturing in December for...
- Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc., Satellite, Sirius, Common Stock, Bankruptcy, Liberty Media Corp., Company, Satellite Radio, Litigation, Network Technology, Personal Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- New microchip uses 30 times less power
- Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the technology, named PCMOS, revealed results at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference ISSCC, the world's premier forum for engineers working...
- Tags: Rice University, Phone, Microchip, CMOS, Cell Phone, Logic, PCMOS, ASICs, Semiconductors, Memory, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- News to know: Windows 7; Facebook and OpenID; Patch Tuesday preview
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Ryan Naraine: MS Tuesday heads-up: Critical IE, Exchange flaws Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- NEC to lay off 20,000 workers
- Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. said today that it will cut 20,000 workers worldwide in an attempt to stem a rising tide of losses from semiconductors and other businesses that have been hard hit by competition and the global economic slump. NEC's net loss for October-December swelled...
- Tags: Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- VeriSign to acquire Certicom for $73 million
- VeriSign and Certicom announced today that VeriSign will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Certicom for $92 million Canadian, or roughly $73 million U.S. at $2.10 Canadian ($1.67 U.S.) per share. Certicom Corp. provides cryptography solutions for software vendors and device manufacturers to embed security...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Certicom Corp., Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Facebook now twice as big as MySpace
- Facebook is now pulling in nearly twice as many unique visitors worldwide as News Corp.-owned competitor Myspace, according to new statistics from ComScore. click to enlarge Roughly 222 million people around the world visited Facebook in December versus 125 million people for MySpace. (CNET's Caroline McCarthy...
- Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Inauguration pass or fail? Social network, streaming video report card
- Countless people took to the Internet today to live stream the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. I wrote yesterday about some skepticism over whether or not the social networks and streaming video sites would hold up during one of their most highly trafficked days....
- Tags: Card, Facebook, Network, Streaming Video, Video, Twitter, CNN, Ustream, Corporate Communications, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Internet, Digital Video, Web Technology, Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Clearwire, WiMax face uphill battle vs. tight credit
- Looks like 3G is going to be around for awhile. Today's Wall Street Journal notes that Clearwire's plans to rollout its Clear WiMAX network faces hurdles thanks to the still-tight credit markets. Though Clearwire Corp.'s recent merger with Sprint Nextel's wireless broadband unit put the company on...
- Tags: Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- Engineering, tech 'suddenly sexy' for college grads
- As the financial crisis deepens, science and math graduates of top colleges and universities who once flocked to investment banking are now looking to jobs in engineering and technology. Sexy science? Indeed. The article, which appears in BusinessWeek, details how the fall of the...
- Tags: Investment Banking, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- DHL ends U.S. operations, cuts 9,500 jobs
- In what may have a catastrophic effect on gadget delivery nationwide, global delivery company DHL has announced that it will be cutting 9,500 jobs and suspending domestic mailing operations. UPS, FedEx, USPS: We hope you've got enough trucks and airplanes to go around! ...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., U.S., Job, Federal Express, DHL, DHL U.S., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, LinuxWorld, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Help Desk, Data Centers, Corporate Communications, It Operations, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
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