HP to Take On IBM with Acquisition of EDS
According to the Financial Times Hewlett-Packard, commonly known as HP, is in the process of acquiring Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for $13 billion. EDS is one of the biggest IT services company in a market that is dominated by IBM and was also a pioneer being that it was formed in the 1960s it had [...]
Microsoft deploys Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
It is been widely reported online that Microsoft have made available the new version of Internet Explorer for beta testing. The new version, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, is only available to a select invited testers. In an email put up on ActiveWin, an active Windows community, it goes on and say that the public [...]
Google Joins Undersea Trans-Pacific Fibre Optic Cable Consortium
Google has teamed up with five other international communications companies to form a consortium that is developing a 10,000 km undersea fibre optic cable system that will connect United States and Japan. The cable system is to be scheduled to go live in early 2010. The purpose of the system is to boost [...]
Firefox to Reach the 500 Million Milestone
According to Spread Firefox, the Firefox promotion and community site, downloads of Firefox downloads are to hit the 500 million mark. This is a huge milestone by Mozilla on the quest of being the dominant secure, reliable and efficient web browser. In celebrating the milestone Spread Firefox are organisating a community based event that will [...]
Dont Rush: Firefox 3 Beta 3 released
Mozilla hve released beta version 3 of the much anticipated Firefox 3. But hold on, just don’t get excited this beta version is only for developers only to try it out. Even though this a major milestone in the development and has got much improved features than the previous release, it is advisable to continue [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo! marriage is essential!
Probably by now you have already heard about Microsoft’s $44 billion proposed bid forYahoo! unless you have been watching too much TV soaps. On Thursday 31 January Microsoft made a public bid to buy Yahoo! one of the web pioneers, which has been struggling recently.
Internet Advertising: Where to now?
Where is the adverting heading to now? Many would not have predicted how online advertising will grow so big, reaching unimaginable heights at some points beating conventional advertising. While it may be hard for new publishers and bloggers to monetize their sites, the market has been flooded with major players and some ad start ups. [...]
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