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Can you build a company around text messaging? Mozes says yes, with a big funding

Chris Morrison — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:49 -0700

Twitter isn’t the only company trying to build a big business off short messages. For text messages, or SMS, delivered via mobile phone, there’s Mozes, which says it’s ready to take...

Icahn said to be mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Juan Carlos Perez — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:00:47 -0700

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly mulling a proxy fight against Yahoo's current board members in order to pressure the company to re-establish merger negotiations with Microsoft.Icahn has...

Timeline: Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo

Juan Carlos Perez and Elizabeth Montalbano — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:26 -0700

The idea that Microsoft, in order to revamp its Internet business, would buy Yahoo seemed surreal when rumors first surfaced in mid-2006. But as Yahoo's troubles deepened in the second half of that...

Bulletin - Report: Icahn mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Juan Carlos Perez — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:57:08 -0700

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is mulling a proxy fight against Yahoo's current board members in order to pressure the company to reestablish merger negotiations with Microsoft, The Wall Street...

UPDATE - HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions

Chris Kanaracus and Agam Shah — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:25:09 -0700

Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.HP will benefit from EDS' talent pool,...

Fedora 9 hits the streets

John Fontana — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:19:07 -0700

The Fedora Project Tuesday said Fedora 9, a free, open source Linux operating system, is ready for download.The software features a unique portable capability that lets it live on a USB stick. Users...

RealMatch brings online dating model to job boards

Meridith Levinson — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:10 -0700

Job seekers and employers have a new option for finding and posting job ads online. A new job board called RealMatch is launching Tuesday, and its goal is to make it easier and cheaper for job...

UPDATE - CSC settles government kickbacks case

Grant Gross — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:16 -0700

Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US$1.37 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks on technology contracts with U.S. government agencies, part of an alleged scheme involving...

HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions

Chris Kanaracus — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:36 -0700

Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.HP will benefit from EDS' talent pool,...

Easy app maker Sprout raises $5M

Anthony Ha — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:20 -0700

Sprout, the startup behind an easy-to-use tool for creating Flash applications, has been having a very good year. It launched in January at DEMO (where it snagged a “DEMO god” award),...

Apple deal links custom radio storefronts to iTunes

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:26:11 -0700

Apple has entered into an agreement with Emmis Interactive that will give radio listeners in the U.S. the ability to buy the songs they hear on the air using their iTunes account. Emmis has been one...

ITU AFRICA - Wireless, China dominate on show floor

Mikael Ricknäs — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:10 -0700

Wireless broadband and the domination of Asian vendors are the two most prevalent trends in evidence on the show floor at ITU Telecom Africa.Thirty vendors from China, with only a handful from the...

'Sopranos', HBO shows whack flat-fee pricing on iTunes

Gregg Keizer — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:49:53 -0700

Apple Inc. said Tuesday it is adding episodes from HBO's original programming to its pay-to-view iTunes online store, and will charge US$1 more than the usual for some episodes.Neither Apple or HBO...

Steve Jobs to keynote WWDC

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:42:05 -0700

As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will once again kick off the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held June 9-13 in San Francisco, Calif. The keynote will take place at 10:00 a.m....

HP-EDS merger could lead to services job cuts

Patrick Thibodeau — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:36:33 -0700

Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to complete its US$13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. during the second half of this year, initially creating a combined company of 309,000 employees....

Apple confirms Jobs will kick off WWDC with keynote

Gregg Keizer — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:22:31 -0700

Apple Inc. Tuesday confirmed what everyone has expected for months: CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on June 9 with a keynote...

HP acquires EDS to create a “super plumber” for data centers

Dean Takahashi — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:07:04 -0700

The services sector has proven to be one of the hottest in information technology. You need trained people to manage the ebb and flow of computing in a massive, air-conditioned data center that...

FAQ: What does the HP-EDS deal really mean?

Denise Dubie — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:38:56 -0700

HP Tuesday announced its plans to acquire EDS for $13.9 billion in a deal that would double HP's services business and revive EDS' position as a leader in global technology services. The acquisition...

SGN, on quest for social gaming revenue, raises $15 million

Eric Eldon — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36:34 -0700

Social Gaming Network, or SGN, is one of the more promising companies exploiting Facebook’s platform. It builds “social games” — online games that use friend relationships and...

CSC settles government kickbacks case

Grant Gross — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:06:05 -0700

Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US $1.37 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks on technology contracts with U.S. government agencies, part of an alleged scheme involving...

Apple achieves radio iTunes deal

Jonny Evans — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:47:18 -0700

Apple has achieved a landmark deal with a major US radio technology solutions provider designed to link iTunes to radio station playlists.Emmis Interactive has announced a licensing agreement with...

Microsoft eyes 40 percent of smartphone market by 2012

Dan Nystedt — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:29:42 -0700

Microsoft is aiming to capture 40 percent of the smartphone market with Windows Mobile by the year 2012, an executive said Tuesday.The target is ambitious considering the company's relatively small...

UPDATE2 - HP to buy EDS for $13.9 billion

Agam Shah and Peter Sayer — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:26:49 -0700

HP said Tuesday morning that it has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion, or $25.00 per share.The deal has been approved by both companies' boards of directors, and is...

Study: US corporate software spending slowing

Chris Kanaracus — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:11:33 -0700

One in four respondents to a new US corporate IT spending survey by ChangeWave Research said their company will spend less on software in coming months. The 25 percent figure is 3 points higher...

ITP Spring Show

Fred — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:09:32 -0700

NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) has been pumping out amazing people into the NYC tech scene (and the worldwide tech scene) for almost 20 years now. I think ITP is one of the...