Best Buy, after job posting that sought 250 Twitter followers, seeks advice from WebJuly 21st, 2009 Twitter all-star? Best Buy puts number at 250CHICAGO — After buzz built online about a new marketing job, Best Buy Co. Inc. is reworking the help-wanted listing that sought Twitter experience and put a number on it — 250 followers.
Oracle sales down as businesses tighten beltsSeptember 16th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle reported a 5 percent decline in quarterly revenue Wednesday as businesses held off on buying new software. The Silicon Valley company said its sales dropped to $5.1 billion, but the company managed to increase profits by 8 percent to $1.1 billion, compared to $1.07 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Cool Your SATA HDD Down with a Built-in FanOctober 17th, 2008 How many of us haven't had nightmares with Blue Screen Of death (BSD) in Windows? You can always be sure that one reason for Harddrive crashing is overheating. So SATA Harddisk dock has come up with a new version that has built in cooling fan to ensure your hard drive stays nice and cool.
IBM signs $200M outsourcing deal with Indian telecommunications companyOctober 6th, 2009 IBM signs $200M outsourcing contract with telecomSAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. says it has won a $200 million contract to handle some technology chores for a company called Datacom Solutions as it rolls out telecommunications services in India.
Reasons For Ditching Mac In Favor Of Ubuntu LinuxJuly 26th, 2006 Bryan O'Bryan is well known longtime Mac enthusiast and editor of ResExcellence.com, a popular Macintosh website. He runs a Mac-specific software company and also podcasts at castablasta.com.
SCO still down...February 15th, 2004 SCO as you all know was badly effected by MyDoom.A virus and had to take its name off the DNS. As of this writing the site is still down.
Salesforce.com 2nd-quarter profit surges, tops Wall Street expectations; shares jumpAugust 21st, 2009 Salesforce.com 2Q profit soars, sales climbSAN FRANCISCO — Sales management software maker Salesforce.com Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled as the company added thousands of new customers and grew its revenue.
Germany's Software AG offers €15 in cash for each remaining IDS Scheer shareAugust 17th, 2009 Software AG offers to buy remaining Scheer sharesFRANKFURT — Germany's Software AG said Monday it was offering euro15 ($21.15) a share in cash for all the outstanding stock of fellow software company IDS Scheer AG after announcing in July it intended to acquire the company. Darmstadt-based Software AG said in a statement the offer would start Monday and run until September 18.
Facebook grows, makes a profitSeptember 15th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook, the world's largest social network on the internet, is finally turning a profit, the privately held company said. The Silicon Valley, California, company, which was started six years ago by a student at Harvard University, said late Tuesday that it had reached a positive cash flow for the first time and also passed the 300-million user mark.
Twitter raises another large investment; published reports say deal values company at $1BSeptember 25th, 2009 Something to tweet about: Twitter gets more doughSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc. has raised $100 million in a deal that values the startup at $1 billion — even though the 3-year-old company still hasn't generated any meaningful revenue.
Saksoft's net profit up by 333 percentJune 30th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based software company Saksoft Limited Tuesday declared its 2008-09 net profit was up by 333 percent though its topline remained flat compared to the previous year. "In spite of tough market conditions, the company closed last fiscal with a turnover of Rs.120.48 crore (Rs.1.20 billion) and a profit of Rs.9.63 crore as against Rs.120.10 crore and Rs.2.22 crore, respectively, in the previous year," managing director Aditya Krishna told reporters here Tuesday.
Macrovision sheds copy-protection brand, becomes Rovi, focused on TV listings and video searchJuly 16th, 2009 DVD protector Macrovision changes name and purposeLOS ANGELES — Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services.
Applying GA to Open Source Product categorization, specifically 100+ CMS solutions?January 29th, 2005 I was reading http://jroller.com/page/mlconnor/20050129#genetic_algorithms_routing, which talks about using GA for choosing between algorithms. Wondering if we could develop a GA based program to run 100+ Open Source CMS systems through paces and picks the best one, based on our provided criteria.
Despite Global Recession Nintendo observes 8.5% ProfitMay 8th, 2009 Nintendo's annual profit rises 8.5 percent
TOKYO — Nintendo's annual profit rose 8.5 percent, propelled by its hit Wii and DS game machines, but a forecast for lower sales shows even the resilient video game maker isn't totally immune to the global slump. Still, Nintendo is faring much better than other big name Japanese manufacturers like Toyota Motor Corp.
Germany's Software AG hopes to merge with IDS Scheer in euro477 million offer for Scheer sharesJuly 14th, 2009 Software AG hopes to merge with IDS ScheerFRANKFURT — Germany's Software AG said Tuesday the company hoped to acquire 100 percent of fellow software company IDS Scheer AG in a bid to increase its presence and global competitiveness. Darmstadt-based Software AG said it would likely spend euro477 million ($668 million) for all outstanding shares of Saarbruecken-based IDS Scheer at about euro15 a share, and that it had already had a commitment from the company's two main owners for the 48 percent of the share capital those two individuals hold.
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