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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:50:48 +0200

.::IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City (AFP) ::.

AFP - IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:13:29 +0200

.::IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds (AP) ::.

AP - IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:06:52 +0200

.::Slowly, Super Micro Gaining Stature In Server Market (Investor's Business Daily) ::.

Investor's Business Daily - Super Micro Computer strives to be all things to all server customers -- a market approach that lets it compete against much larger rivals such as Hewlett-Packard , IBM and Dell (NasdaqGS:DELL - News).

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:32:19 +0200

.::Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms (AP) ::.

AP - Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There's just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:11:09 +0200

.::Confident IBM Previews Earnings To Calm Wall Street (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - At a time when consumers are worried about the nation's economy, IBM wants everyone to know it is financially sound. The Armonk, NY-based company released a preview of its earnings Wednesday, a week before its scheduled earnings announcement on Oct. 16, and said it remains confident in its financial outlook for the year.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:29:41 +0200

.::IBM 3Q profit a positive sign for tech sector (AP) ::.

AP - Shares of IBM Corp. jumped Thursday after the technology company's surprise announcement that it was still plenty prosperous in the third quarter despite the worsening economic climate.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:59:20 +0200

.::Stocks tumble after late sell-off (AP) ::.

AP - Stocks plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 679 points more than 7 percent to its lowest level in five years. Stocks took a nosedive after a major credit-rating agency said it might cut its rating on General Motors and Ford, further rattling investors already fretting over the impact of tight credit on the economy.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:54:50 +0200

.::IBM's earnings strength calms tech jitters (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - IBM posted a higher-than-expected preliminary quarterly profit and affirmed its full-year outlook, calming some fears that the financial crisis is sparking a meltdown in technology demand.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0200

.::Test Center review: Open source Drupal turns pro (InfoWorld) ::.

InfoWorld - As we've seen time and again, in an increasing number of enterprise software categories, open source has become a promising alternative to commercial software. But there's no free ride.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:07:19 +0200

.::IBM profits up in third quarter, 'confident' for year (AFP) ::.

AFP - US computer giant IBM on Wednesday released preliminary earnings for the third quarter, reporting net profit of 2.8 billion dollars and earnings per share slightly better than most analysts' expectations.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:47:16 +0200

.::Social Networking Goes Mobile, Gets Corporate Face (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - As IBM sets out to launch its Bluehouse corporate social network to compete with Cisco and Google, word comes that Facebook and MySpace are the most popular social-networking sites for mobile-phone users.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0200

.::Red Hat boosts open source SOA (InfoWorld) ::.

InfoWorld - Red Hat is expanding its open-source JBoss SOA platform with the unveiling Wednesday of JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3 and JBoss Operations Network 2.1.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:39:18 +0200

.::MySpace-HP picture alliance (AFP) ::.

AFP - MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:56:57 +0200

.::MySpace, HP in deal to encourage photo printing (AP) ::.

AP - Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site's users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co., MySpace hopes people will increasingly print these images and, eventually, buy photo-embellished merchandise, too.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:23:25 +0200

.::AMD Splits Into Two Companies with Abu Dhabi Backing (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - Advanced Micro Devices, which has been struggling to regain its footing in competition with rival Intel, announced Tuesday that it will split into two companies. One of the companies will be a global enterprise focused on semiconductor manufacturing, temporarily called The Foundry Company. AMD itself will focus on designing microprocessors.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:45:51 +0200

.::Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture (AFP) ::.

AFP - The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:10:20 +0200

.::IBM's cloud initiative repackages its familiar offerings (InfoWorld) ::.

InfoWorld - Mixing together a m??lange of services, software, and marketing, IBM's announcement this week of its Cloud Services Initiative is about putting an organizing construct around all of its cloud offerings, according to one IBM executive.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:46:49 +0200

.::IBM Shifts Focus To Cloud Computing with New Services (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - IBM is getting in the cloud. After a string of announcements over the past few weeks from Citrix, Red Hat, VMware, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, Big Blue is launching an initiative to extend its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud-computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and independent software vendors (ISVs).

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:11:05 +0200

.::Facebook Cofounder Leaving To Start New Company (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - The Facebook duo is no more. One of Facebook's two cofounders is leaving the popular social-networking site.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:52:51 +0200

.::Skype Acknowledges Chinese Spying (PC Magazine) ::.

PC Magazine - Skype's president has acknowledged that users in China have had instant messages both blocked and copied to servers owned by TOM Online, Skype's partner in the country.