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Publishers sue Google over copyright dispute

Publishers sue Google over copyright dispute

Five major publishers filed suit against Google on Wednesday, seeking to block plans to scan copyrighted works without permission and derail Google's push to make many of the world's great books searchable online.
Eric Auchard Oct 20 2005, 2:45PM Collaboration
Cisco to invest US$1.1 bln in India, triple staff

Cisco to invest US$1.1 bln in India, triple staff

Cisco Systems, the world's largest internet equipment maker, plans to invest US$1.1 billion in India over the next three years, marking its largest investment outside the United States.
Shailendra Bhatnagar Oct 20 2005, 2:00PM Collaboration
Emerson adds regional support

Emerson adds regional support

Powerline products vendor Emerson Network Power has added regional telephone and email support to its local support offering from Australasian engineers and branch offices.
Staff Writers Oct 19 2005, 3:07PM Collaboration
Yahoo buys Whereonearth to bolster local search

Yahoo buys Whereonearth to bolster local search

Yahoo has acquired a small UK company called Whereonearth to help improve its local search and mobile phone services and compete more effectively with search leader Google.
Staff Writers Oct 19 2005, 10:30AM Collaboration
ShadowRAM: Vroom vroom! Kutteh takes Porsche

ShadowRAM: Vroom vroom! Kutteh takes Porsche

The folks at printer vendor Kyocera have announced the first winner of their Porsche Boxster promotion.
Staff Writers Oct 18 2005, 9:42AM Collaboration
Nortel names Mike Zafirovski as CEO, president

Nortel names Mike Zafirovski as CEO, president

Nortel Networks has named former Motorola number two Mike Zafirovski as president and chief executive to replace Bill Owens at one of the world's largest makers of telecoms equipment in a surprise move that was cheered by analysts.
Sue Thomas Oct 18 2005, 9:00AM Collaboration
EBay completes acquisition of Skype

EBay completes acquisition of Skype

EBay has completed its acquisition of internet-based telephone services firm Skype, paying US$2.5 billion plus up to US$1.4 billion in potential performance-based consideration.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2005, 10:00AM Collaboration
Siemens denies report it is mulling buying Nortel

Siemens denies report it is mulling buying Nortel

German engineering conglomerate Siemens denied a newspaper report on Friday that it was considering buying Canadian telecoms equipment firm Nortel Networks.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2005, 9:30AM Collaboration
Google to report pro forma earnings, not just net

Google to report pro forma earnings, not just net

Google on Thursday said it plans to meet Wall Street halfway on how it reports quarterly results, seeking to dispel confusion created by its strict adherence to accounting rules and putting it in step with many of its peers.
Eric Auchard Oct 14 2005, 3:00PM Collaboration
Google, Comcast talks on AOL progressing: sources

Google, Comcast talks on AOL progressing: sources

Talks for Google and Comcast to buy a minority stake in Time Warner Inc.'s America Online are progressing, sources close to the matter said on Thursday, even as a top Time Warner executive declined to confirm the negotiations.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2005, 2:06PM Collaboration
US says Samsung to plead guilty, pay US$300 mln

US says Samsung to plead guilty, pay US$300 mln

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has agreed to plead guilty to a charge that it conspired to fix the price of memory chips and will pay a US$300 million fine, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
Peter Kaplan Oct 14 2005, 10:12AM Collaboration
Linksys, Skype team on Internet phone

Linksys, Skype team on Internet phone

Cisco-owned Linksys and internet communications company Skype will market a cordless phone that lets users make free Skype calls when they’re not sitting at a computer.
Byron Connolly Oct 13 2005, 3:36PM Collaboration
Ingram Micro Australia wins global Ferrari prize

Ingram Micro Australia wins global Ferrari prize

The Australian division of Ingram Micro has beaten other subsidiaries of the giant distributor in a Vodafone channel competition, with one lucky local manager taking a trip to the Ferrari factory in Italy as first prize.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2005, 5:08PM Collaboration
Delpride launches BI consultancy

Delpride launches BI consultancy

Data warehousing and storage management provider Delpride has launched a business intelligence consultancy called GT Consulting.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2005, 4:25PM Collaboration
Totalfone spins off wholesale VoIP business

Totalfone spins off wholesale VoIP business

Retail internet telephony specialist Totalfone has spun off a new wholesale VoIP provider to target ISPs and voice resellers with a managed service.
Fleur Doidge Oct 11 2005, 4:47PM Collaboration
Wireless industry comes together for faster Wi-Fi

Wireless industry comes together for faster Wi-Fi

A group of 27 technology companies are to collaborate on a new, faster Wi-Fi wireless internet connection standard for computers and other portable devices.
Lucas van Oct 11 2005, 9:00AM Collaboration
VoIP slow off the mark

VoIP slow off the mark

Australia lags behind Europe and the US in its uptake of VoIP services, according to attendees at a recent VoIP roundtable discussion.
Byron Connolly Oct 10 2005, 2:48PM Collaboration
Oracle buys open source tech developer Innobase

Oracle buys open source tech developer Innobase

Software maker Oracle said on Friday that it has acquired Finland's Innobase OY, a developer of the InnoDB open source database technology, for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Oct 10 2005, 1:00PM Collaboration
Avante IT launches healthcare IT specialist

Avante IT launches healthcare IT specialist

Avante IT has launched a specialist medical IT provider to take advantage of a healthcare sector rush to boost its rate of migration from analogue to digital technologies.
Fleur Doidge Oct 6 2005, 1:02PM Collaboration
Rival camps keep slugging it out in DVD format war

Rival camps keep slugging it out in DVD format war

There was no sign of compromise on Wednesday in a fight over next-generation DVD technology as executives from rival camps talked up their formats and vowed to launch products to woo consumers to their side.
Nathan Layne Oct 6 2005, 10:00AM Collaboration

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