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OLPC Scales Back, Cuts 50 Percent of StaffOpen in New Window
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Panasonic forecasts 90 percent drop in profits this yearOpen in New Window
"Citing a 'sharp deteriation' in business conditions, Panasonic has slashed its full-year sales and profits forecasts."The current financial crisis originated in the U.S. has spread across the wo read more »
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Worldwide server shipments up 12 percent in Q2Open in New Window
"The latest data indicates that worldwide server shipments grew 12 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased about six percent. Gartner attributes the growth to consumption in the developing world..." read more »
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Gartner: Global IT spending to jump 8 percent in 2008Open in New Window
Larry Dignan reports that Gartner is projecting that worldwide IT spending till top $3.4 trillion in 2008, up 8 percent from a year ago. The continued growth of this spending Gartner says can be attributed to emerging markets, obsolete systems and technology shifts. read more »
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Intel cuts chip prices up to 31 percentOpen in New Window
Brooke Crothers reports, "Intel has cut processor prices up to 31 percent, though overall cuts are limited in number and degree." read more »
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Intel Atom for netbooks costs 52 percent more than desktop versionOpen in New Window
The popular Intel Atom microprocessors made for netbooks, or mini-laptops, costs 52 percent more per chip than the desktop version of the same processor. read more »
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Report: 81.5 percent of all e-mails sent in June were spamOpen in New Window
MessageLabs, a web security firm, reports that 81.5 percent of all the e-mails sent in June were spam. Bill Gates had predicted that spam would conquered by 2006. It appears he was wrong on this one! A good article by Emil Protalinski. read more »
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Linux uses 12 percent less power than Windows 2008, study findsOpen in New Window
"If you want to save money on rising energy costs, your best bet may well be Linux." read more »
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