Recent Posts Tagged With 'business news'

• 10 Richest Americans of 2008: Forbes List

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 01:58 in events, business news

  #1 William Gates III $57.0 billion Source: Microsoft #2 Warren Buffett $50.0 billion Source: Berkshire Hathaway #3 Lawrence Ellison $27.0 billion Source: Oracle #4 Jim Walton $23.4 billion Source: Wal-Mart #5 S Robson Walton $23.3 billion Source: Wal...

• Top outsourcing destinations of the world

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 11:03 in business news

  Here’s a look at the top global outsourcing destinations as well as the emerging ones according to a recent study by Global Services India continues to retain the number one position as the most sought-after destination for companies globally ...

• Google in “Best Global Brands 2008″

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 in business news

  Internet search engine Google has jumped ten spots to reach at number 10 in the list of the “Best Global Brands 2008″ however the company still trails far behind giant (considering computing) IBM which is ranked at No. 2. Google, which ha...

• Gates still the richest American

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 09:01 in business news

  Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in the United States for the 15th year in a row. Although Gates tops the list with a personal fortune estimated by Forbes to be about $57 billion, this was down from the $59 billion he was worth last...

• Google remains the best option on the table : Yahoo!

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 00:09 in business news

  SF: Yahoo Inc.  defended online search leader Google Inc as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer’s commitment to a new strategy. Yahoo embraced its planned advertising partnersh...

• MS-Yahoo deal

  Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 10:04 in acquisitions, business news

  Yahoo’s directors meeting is going on and a decision on part of yahoo is expected soon. Speaking on Microsoft/Yahoo, interviewed by Gavin Esler, with Robert Scoble in San Francisco, on Fri 1st Feb 2008.Copyright BBC,strictly. DOWNLOAD this ...

• Alienware’s Wraparound Gaming Monitor

  Posted on Tuesday January 8th, 2008 at 13:51 in high definition, business news

  This Wraparound Gaming Monitor by Alienware was a prototype displayed at CES 2008 expo. It supports a max Res of 2880×900. This sample appears bleak and washed out. However, the commercial models which will be out later would hopefully live upto...

• G-Y-M fined for showing illegal gambling ads

  Posted on Friday December 21st, 2007 at 08:16 in business news

  In a case dating back to 1997, the companies have been accused of accepting payments from firms that advertise illegal gambling in the US. Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Google have agreed to pay a total amount of $31.5 million towards settlement of a case...

• Mark Zuckerberg apologises over ads on Facebook

  Posted on Thursday December 6th, 2007 at 08:03 in business news

  After complaints the site was invading privacy, Facebook changed Beacon (Recently launched social advert. system on Facebook) from an opt-out system to opt in. Mr Zuckerberg has said users can now switch off Beacon completely. In a statement posted ...

• Google wins over Perfect 10’s copyright infringement case

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 23:10 in business news, offbeat news

  Adult magazine Perfect 10 earlier filed a copyright infringement claim against Google alleging that Google was crawling the Perfect10.com website and created thumbnails of copyrighted images that were later displayed in Google Image search results. ...

• PS3’s Cell processor cracks passwords faster

  Posted on Sunday December 2nd, 2007 at 17:57 in business news

  Security researcher Nick Breese used a PS3 to crack supposedly strong  eight-character passwords in a matter of hours. Typically, previous attempts to crack such passwords took days to get the same result. Eight-character passwords are used to prote...