Oracle-Sun versus commodity hardware
Can Oracle-Sun be successful in an age of “good enough” hardware? Or will the company pull the ripcord on the hardware business in the near future?
Smartphone competition to bite in 2010 after Q4 boom
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Booming demand for new, cheaper smartphones helped fuel a recovery in the overall handset market late last year, but rivalry for a piece of this lucrative business will turn fierce in 2010 as many new vendors enter the market.
Amazon: Get out of the e-book pricing business
In the Macmillan-Amazon battle, one thing has become clear: it’s time Amazon got out of the way of e-book pricing and let the market do its thing.
Apple may have business-friendly iPad features up its sleeve
The iPad won’t serve every business user’s needs, but Apple has some unannounced features planned that could make it useful for light tasks on the go.
Mum’s the Word On Google Attack At Davos
theodp writes “BusinessWeek reports that the cyber attack on Google was the elephant-in-the-room at the annual meeting of world leaders in Davos. ‘China didn’t want to discuss Google,’ Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank AG and a co-chair of this …
Jobs calls Adobe lazy, calls Google on the their “bullshit”
Ahh Steve. You can always be depended on to serve up a healthy dose of crazy. It’s just fortunate that people put up with your own special brand of crazy that no other CEO could put up with. For example, at a company wide Town Hall, Steve Jobs had s…
CE-Oh no he didn’t? Part LXVII: Steve Jobs lashes out at Google, calls Adobe ‘lazy’
According to a report in Wired (and a source whom the publication says “could not be named”), Steve Jobs spoke to an audience of Apple employees at a town hall in Cupertino and… pulled zero punches. If you believe what you read, Jobs tackled a han…
Man charged for selling hacked Comcast modems, faces up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 fine
Section: Business NewsSure, the thought of testing your skills at hacking a modem to get free internet access is kind of interesting, but trying to get some cash out of it is something I wouldn’t have done. While Matthew Delorey’s entrep…
Tesla Motors files for $100 million IPO
The high-profile electric carmaker files papers to go public, betting that the environment is right to raise money in the burgeoning electric-vehicle business.
Small Business IT Systems Automation Spotlighted During Interactive Showcase in Houston, Texas
HOUSTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Zenith Infotech Ltd., an international company serving over 4,000 IT service providers worldwide will host an interactive technology showcase February 2, 2010 from 2:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Hotel ICON, located at 220 Main…