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Integrity Data Systems up for sale

Integrity Data Systems up for sale

The administrator of Adelaide specialist wireless product distributor Integrity Data Systems is attempting to sell the business.
Byron Connolly Oct 19 2005, 11:16AM Finance
FEATURE: US digital firm looks to Europe, not Hollywood

FEATURE: US digital firm looks to Europe, not Hollywood

US start-up S.two Corp has convinced a Hollywood director to use its digital recorder, but its hopes of winning more devotees hang on a small production company doing a children's film in Belgium.
Gilles Castonguay Oct 18 2005, 12:00PM Strategy
PluggedIn: In China, internet creates new wave of pop stars

PluggedIn: In China, internet creates new wave of pop stars

Yang Chengang was a music teacher by day and lounge singer by night in central China's Hubei province when one day three years ago a friend suggested putting one of his songs on the internet.
Doug Young Oct 17 2005, 2:30PM Sales & Marketing
Podcasters prepare to launch video era

Podcasters prepare to launch video era

Podcasting is on the verge of setting off a video revolution and users of Apple Computer's new video iPod can expect a deluge of outspoken commentary, religious sermons and pornography.
Pascal Pinck Oct 14 2005, 9:00AM Sales & Marketing
Variety is the spice

Variety is the spice

Australian "digital diva" Rita Arrigo talks about the road less travelled and finds some interesting diversions along the way.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2005, 4:25PM Strategy
Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google has begun to make good on its commitment to plow a small fraction of the proceeds from its wildly successful stock offering into social investment projects.
Eric Auchard Oct 13 2005, 10:00AM Training & Development
Tata Consultancy Q2 net up 20.5 percent, above forecast

Tata Consultancy Q2 net up 20.5 percent, above forecast

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top software services company, reported on Tuesday its quarterly net profit rose a better-than-expected 20.5 percent on rising outsourcing of IT services by overseas clients.
Staff Writers Oct 12 2005, 3:30PM Finance
Infosys Q2 profit jumps, raises full-year forecast

Infosys Q2 profit jumps, raises full-year forecast

India's number-two software exporter, Infosys, posted a better-than-expected 36 percent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year forecast as Western clients ramp up their outsourcing of technology jobs.
Narayanan Madhavan Oct 12 2005, 12:00PM Finance
Apple profit soars but iPod sales miss estimates

Apple profit soars but iPod sales miss estimates

Apple Computer this week reported a quarterly profit that quadrupled, but sales of its market-leading iPod digital music player fell short of many analyst estimates.
Duncan Martell Oct 12 2005, 11:04AM Finance
Hannamax goes all NICE

Hannamax goes all NICE

Israeli communications provider NICE Systems has bought out its largest Australian distributor, Hannamax Hi-Tech, for $1.8 million in cash plus a future installment based on performance.
Staff Writers Oct 11 2005, 11:40AM Finance
Cellnet cuts staff

Cellnet cuts staff

ASX-listed distributor Cellnet has retrenched around 40 staff following a company-wide restructure and lower-than-expected profit result for the 2004-2005 financial year.
Byron Connolly Oct 10 2005, 11:17AM Strategy
EU presses for cross-border online music licences

EU presses for cross-border online music licences

A key European Union official wants to simplify the way music is licensed to online services such as Apple's iTunes, warning that Europe will fall behind unless cross-border licences are created.
Staff Writers Oct 10 2005, 10:30AM Strategy
Indian offshore firms court lawyers to lift margins

Indian offshore firms court lawyers to lift margins

Close to the rugged farmlands of Haryana near Delhi, dozens of shirt-sleeved graduates are busy at work in an office park.
Narayanan Madhavan Oct 7 2005, 3:00PM Finance
One minute with... Brian Allsopp

One minute with... Brian Allsopp

CRN has a chat with Brian Allsopp, distribution director for Asia Pacific at Juniper Networks.
Staff Writers Oct 7 2005, 11:15AM Strategy
Movie industry to move online to beat pirates

Movie industry to move online to beat pirates

The film industry is working to launch online movie download services to avoid the same fate as the piracy-ridden music industry, NBC Universal chairman and chief executive Bob Wright said this week.
Adam Pasick Oct 5 2005, 1:30PM Strategy
Microsoft, film studios tap Jackson for 'Halo'

Microsoft, film studios tap Jackson for 'Halo'

The Oscar-winning creative team behind the "The Lord of the Rings" films, including director Peter Jackson, has been named to run the production of the upcoming film based on Microsoft's blockbuster "Halo" video game.
Lisa Baertlein Oct 5 2005, 9:02AM Sales & Marketing
Digital music sales surge amid broader decline

Digital music sales surge amid broader decline

The music industry cheered a tripling of digital music sales in the first half of 2005 that was spurred by mobile phone "ringtunes" and online services and offset persistent declines in overall sales.
Adam Pasick Oct 4 2005, 2:25PM Sales & Marketing
PluggedIn: Online games spawn own economy, society

PluggedIn: Online games spawn own economy, society

Emerson Larkin, 23, just reaped US$400 selling two characters for Blizzard Entertainment's "World of Warcraft" after investing nearly 75 online gaming hours creating them.
Lisa Baertlein Oct 4 2005, 12:00PM Strategy
Taiwan tech firms begin bird flu precautions

Taiwan tech firms begin bird flu precautions

Stung by the SARS outbreak two years ago, some of Taiwan's top technology firms are beginning to take precautions against bird flu in case the virus evolves into an even deadlier form and threatens operations.
Michael Kramer Oct 4 2005, 10:25AM Strategy
Remora signs Naturetech in Aust, NZ deal

Remora signs Naturetech in Aust, NZ deal

Melbourne reseller Remora Technologies has signed up to distribute UltraSPARC products from Nature Worldwide Technology (Naturetech) to customers in Australia and New Zealand.
Staff Writers Sep 29 2005, 3:18PM Strategy

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