TECHNOLOGY

Google seeks to speed up Web searches Posted September 8, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's search engine now displays results before users finish typing. The new technology, dubbed Google Instant, can shave two seconds to five seconds off every Internet search, Google said on Wednesday, and could entice users to search more on its website. And with competition increasing ...More

Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile Posted September 8, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive. The company, which pioneered the delivery of software as a service to companies over the ...More

China Mobile falls as Vodafone sells $6.5 billion stake Posted September 8, 2010

U.S. Justice Dept probing Google/ITA deal: sources Posted September 7, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that Google Inc's purchase of airline ticketing firm ITA Software Inc will cost rivals access to data they need to compete with the search giant as it moves into the travel market, sources familiar with the probe said ...More

HP sues to stop ex-CEO Hurd joining Oracle Posted September 7, 2010

Mark Hurd, chairman, CEO and president of HP speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pas

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co sued former Chief Executive Mark Hurd and asked a court to block him from joining Oracle Corp, saying his hiring by the rival technology firm puts HP's trade secrets "in peril." Oracle, the world's third-largest software maker, named Hurd co-president and director on ...More

Sony to sell Spain TV factory in outsourcing drive Posted September 7, 2010

A woman looks at Sony Corp's Bravia televisions displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp said it would sell a factory in Spain making liquid crystal display TVs as part of its push to outsource more production and turn its struggling TV operations into a profit driver. The maker of Bravia flat screen TVs said in a statement ...More

Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn Posted September 7, 2010

Google CEO Schmidt delivers a speech at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronic

BERLIN (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. CEO Eric Schmidt said the service, which will allow ...More

Samsung warns DRAM oversupply on weak PC sales Posted September 7, 2010

TAIPEI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, warned of an oversupply in the computer memory chip market from next quarter as a sputtering global economy may further weaken PC sales. The downbeat comment from the South Korean firm raises concerns the boom in the DRAM sector ...More

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