Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

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Feb12

Cisco’s Media Solutions Group eyes stake in media firms

by admin on February 12th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Posted In: News & Articles

MUMBAI: Cisco’s media solutions group is looking for strategic partners to introduce its content delivery offerings in India and the global networking major might also consider taking equity stake in them, a senior official said. Cisco Media Solutions Group senior vice-president and general manager Dan Scheinman said, “We have significant investments lined up to scale […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun25

Nokia to Open Access to Mobile Software

by admin on June 25th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

The battle to become the Windows of the mobile phone has taken a major twist, one that analysts warned could hurt Microsoft and fatally derail Google’s efforts to muscle in on the fast-growing market. Nokia, the world’s biggest handset maker, is buying out its fellow shareholders in Symbian, the UK-based handset software company. At the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul14

Yahoo rejects joint proposal from Microsoft, Icahn

by admin on July 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft’s latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a “take or leave it” proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. As described by Yahoo in a statement released late Saturday, Microsoft packaged its latest offer with activist investor Carl Icahn, a billionaire who is seeking to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul19

Google and Microsoft feel the economic gloom

by admin on July 19th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

Google and Microsoft appear to be feeling the pinch, with both technology behemoths falling short of profit expectations amid the continuing economic gloom. The internet search engine operator admitted economic weakness in the US and Europe was having an impact, while lower-than-expected business sales weighed heavily on the software giant. Shares in both companies declined […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul21

Google ‘UK’s top consumer brand’

by admin on July 21st, 2008 at 8:37 am
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

Internet search engine Google has become the UK’s top brand for the first time, according to a consumer survey. It moved up two places from last year’s poll, beating Microsoft into second place and Mercedes Benz into third. Google also topped a poll of “superbrands” as judged by professionals earlier this year. No supermarkets made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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