IBM Acquisition of Lombardi Influenced by Cloud Strategy
IBM acquisition of Lombardi is all about its massive cloud computing strategy to move beyond commodity offerings and into value-added services.
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Microsoft Beats Google, Apple in Online Positive Mentions
An interactive marketing agency, Zeta Interactive, did an online study for Brandweek, looking at the brands mentioned most on Twitter and Facebook as well as in blogs. And the tech brands mentioned came in a bit differently than you might have expected -- except that the data also raises some questi...
Apple Directors Top Pay Heap; Some Other Companies Pay Much, Get Little
Apple tops high tech in director pay, but some other companies pay far more compared to revenue
Tech Law: Apple Sues Nokia, Google Gets Sued, User Sues Palm and Sprint Nextel, More
Netlist sues Google; Apple appeals patent suit loss to OPTi and countersues Nokia; FCC considers mandatory broadband pipe sharing; and a user sues Palm and Sprint Nextel.
FTC Sues Intel, Another Antitrust Bomb
Intel sued for anticompetitive activity by the Federal Trade Commission, and the result will likely be painful and, ultimately, expensive in all sorts of ways.
Amazon Readies an Embeddable iTunes
Recent announcements show that Amazon is essentially powering cloud-driven embeddable media delivery, whether as a download or through a streaming service.
EC and Oracle Continue Tango
The dance between Oracle, which seems to badly want to buy Sun Microsystems, including its MySQL database (and, really, why else would it want the company), and the European Commission, which has appeared to be relatively hostile to the concept (largely over said MySQL), continues, with signs of mod...
Craigslist-eBay Name Calling Goes On
Finger pointing in the eBay v. Craigslist suit continues.
Asian Start-Up Charges Microsoft with Gross Theft [UPDATE]
Asian microblogging site Plurk claims that Microsoft stole its web design and code.
Amazon Spot Market Critical Step for Cloud Computing
Much of the focus on cloud computing has been on the technology, who's offering it, and who's using it. But any time you look at new ways of doing business, you eventually get back to the perennial questions of how the business model works and what pricing will be. Amazon's (AMZN) announcement of sp...
Recent Cisco Win Shows Power, Problems of Network-Centric Approach
The underlying technical concepts in Cisco's UCS product line are partly responsible for its slow acceptance by the market.
Google Android Could Shake Carrier Business, Thanks To Apple
The new Google-sold Nexus One handset could fundamentally shift the balance of power in the wireless industry to hardware vendors and consumers, rocking the business of the carriers.
Arrington CrunchPad Suit Paints Him As Naïve
TechCrunch files suit against Fusion Garage, but ends up looking naive and inexperienced in the process.
Craigslist's Newmark: eBay Deceived Us. eBay Lawyer: You Ain't No Saint
And the accusations continue flying fast and furious in the Delaware courthouse where the eBay v. Craigslist lawsuit is being heard. Yesterday saw testimony by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who essentially accused eBay of double-dealing, and then had to admit his own ... measured disclosures und...
Apple, Google, Microsoft Fight to Get, Stop Ubiquity
Apple, Google, and Microsoft focus much of their strategy on countering each other's attempts to be everywhere.
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