Infosys: Lean Times Benefit Outsourcers

If Infosys is any kind of guide, companies haven't responded to the economic slowdown by slashing away at their IT budgets but by switching to providers who can do the job for less.

• Apr 16, 2008

Samsung Fights for Comeback in Digital TV

Several years ago, Samsung Electronics made a name for itself in television by creating sets with sharp, colorful displays and thin but large screens. Although its brand has dimmed in recent years, the company is gunning to make a comeback, again in television but relying on different technologies.

• Apr 15, 2008

Oracle Speaks on M&A, Is Microsoft Listening?

During this week when the tech headlines seemed to be dominated by an increasingly hostile attempted takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo, someone at Tech Confidential did something clever - sat in and listened while Oracle executives talked at a conference about how to do smart takeovers.

• Apr 13, 2008

U.S., Swiss Gain in Internet Rankings

The World Economic Forum isn't usually thought of as a source biased toward a particular nationality. Working with Insead, a respected business school in Europe that draws students from all over the world, it has produced its Global Information Technology Report - a report card on the Internet conne...

• Apr 12, 2008

Google Seeds a Software Marketplace

There has been a lot of talk in the past week about Google App Engine, how Google is opening up its brawny and massive infrastructure for developers to run their applications on. It's an interesting move, taken from Amazon's Web services playbook. The basic idea is to turn one of Google's strengths ...

• Apr 12, 2008

Spikesource Mines Rich Vein in Opensource Software

As corporations start adopting open-source applications, it's creating some new niches for companies to mine. One such company is Spikesource, a Redwood City, Calif., startup with backing from Kleiner Perkins VCs and strong alliances with established giants like Intel and Microsoft.

• Apr 12, 2008

RealNetworks, Mattel 'Quone' Scrabulous

In these days where tales of dire financial straits are a dime a dozen, we can all take heart from those who keep finding a way to wring a few extra bucks at the expense of people who just want to have a good time.

• Apr 12, 2008

H-1B Visas Remain Sore Point for All Sides

For the fifth year in a row, the federal limit on H-1B visas has been reached before the government's fiscal year even begins. This time, the cap was reached nearly six months before the federal 2009 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. It took only one week after the US Citizenship and Immigration Serv...

• Apr 12, 2008

MLB.TV: How Not to Handle Video Online

Take a look at next-generation video sites like Hulu and Joost. It's encouraging to see engineers raising the bar for the experience of watching television online. Then there is that tireless standard bearer for lowering the bar: MLB.TV. The good news for MLB.com's streaming coverage of games is ...

• Apr 12, 2008

Motorola Split Upstaged by Insider Rant

Say your company is on the ropes and you launch a major initiative to grab headlines and show you're serious about turning things around. The last thing you want is someone stealing your thunder. That's the situation faced by Motorola, the tech giant that said Wednesday it's splitting up into two...

• Apr 12, 2008

Toshiba Warning Bodes Ill for Electronics Sales

Consumer demand for gadgets may be cooling off a lot faster than expected. That seems to be the case with NAND flash-memory chips, which have been used to power popular devices such as MP3 players and portable memory cards. The latest evidence comes from Toshiba, the Japanese tech giant that is t...

• Mar 19, 2008

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