Sony Posts 4Q Loss, Sees Growth In TVs, Games
Sony posted a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday after a weak stock market ate into the value of securities held by its financial arm, but forecast
a bigger-than-expected profit this year.
HP To Acquire EDS
Yesterday HP and EDS confirmed that they had signed a definitive agreement under which HP will acquire EDS for approximately $13.9 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of the calendar year.
TomTom Wins EU Permission To Buy Tele Atlas
TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, won unconditional permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for $4.5 billion.
Workday Lands Software Industry's Biggest SaaS Deal
The deal, for 200,000 users, marks a tipping point in the interest and use of on-demand software among large companies.
Rural Telcos Bring Fiber-to-the-Boondocks
At The Future of Broadband conference, carriers and vendors discuss the perils of getting broadband services to rural territories
HP's $13.9B Power Play
The $13.9B acquisition of EDS by HP would create an even stronger partner and supplier for major carriers
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May 13, 2008 - Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge -
May 13, 2008 - Nimbuzz Offers All-In-One VoIP, IM, Text, And Chat -
May 13, 2008 - IBM Unveils Blade Server For High-Performance Computing -
May 13, 2008 - How the NYSE Achieves Low Latency -
May 13, 2008 - Dell Tries For A Piece Of Your Tax Rebate -
May 13, 2008 - HP Says Sales, Profits Increased in Second Quarter -
May 13, 2008 - HP's EDS Deal To Spark M&A In Indian Services Sector -
May 13, 2008 - Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Six Vulnerabilities Fixed In Four Bulletins -
May 13, 2008 - Brits Want Microsoft Office 2007 Expelled From Classrooms -
May 13, 2008 - Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope For Virtual Stargazing -
May 13, 2008 - Sales Of Office For Mac Highest In Nearly 20 Years -
May 13, 2008 - Microsoft Details SMB Servers, Jacks Up Price -
May 13, 2008 - Microsoft Refutes Windows Vista Vulnerability Report -
May 13, 2008 - How Bad Is The SAP Talent Shortage? -
May 13, 2008 - Men Accused Of Hacking Restaurant Credit Card System -
May 13, 2008 - Sprint Midwest Reseller Seeks To Block Sprint-Clearwire WiMax -
May 13, 2008 - Google Upgrades iPhone Reader -
May 13, 2008 - Hewlett-Packard To Acquire Outsourcer EDS For $13.9 Billion -
May 13, 2008 - Ullal Calls It Quits at Cisco -
May 12, 2008 - Cisco, Teliris Cheapen Telepresence -
May 12, 2008 - AlcaLu, Reliance Form Joint Venture -
May 12, 2008 - Procera Targets Tier 1s -
May 12, 2008 - Rural Telcos Bring Fiber-to-the-Boondocks -
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- Hillvertising: A New Era in Advertising
- First Paper Planner Designed for Handheld Users
- Automated Crime Victim Notification Network Launched in Philadelphia
- Seminole County Department of Public Works & Emergency Management Team Up to Deploy New Weather Network
- SI International Awarded $11 Million Health Service Contract
- EMC Introduces Holistic Disaster Restart Solution for Two-Site Mainframe Environments
- The Citi(R) Diamond Preferred(R) Suite of Cards Elevates Everyday Customer Experiences into the Extraordinary
- Novell Brings Team Workspace Capabilities to Workgroup Suite by Adding Novell Teaming
- JDSU Expands Ethernet Test Portfolio with New Features for FST-2802
- Overstock.com Looks to NeuStar's UltraDNS for Mission-Critical Infrastructure
- CGI selected for FBI IDIQ task order contract
- Atheros to Present at JPMorgan Technology Conference May 20
- SouthPeak Interactive Goes Public and Completes Institutional Financing To Accelerate Growth Strategy
- Ittiam Marks the Year of Outstanding Global Recognitions
- KIT digital Announces First Quarter Financial Results
- Milestone Scientific to Announce First Quarter 2008 Results on Thursday, May 15, 2008
- KN Karen Neuburger(R) Lifestyle Brand Goes Global
- Next Week in San Francisco: Noted Author Clay Shirky Headlines Keynotes for SIIA NetGain Conference
- On the Go With Fido
- Roper Industries to Present at Electrical Products Group Investor Conference
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Someone out there has a lot more patience than I do. A Computerworld editor took his laptop out and about in CT, NJ and NY and collected 500 data points with a ThinkPad X300 and wireless data cards from AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. AT&T's HSDPA network proved the fastest.