Technology Hacks from the Owl
In a deal valued at nearly half a billion dollars, Microsoft announced on May 9 that it has bought a minority equity stake in CareerBuilder.com. The purchase agreement requires CareerBuilder to pay MSN up to $443...
Internet search engine Google has jumped ten spots to reach at number 10 in the list of the “Best Global Brands 2008” however the company still trails far behind giant (considering computing) IBM which is ranked...
Biswamohan Pani, former design engineer for chipmaker Intel, has been charged with stealing sensitive Intel documents while working for rival company AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)The complaint was followed by a search by the FBI of his...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in the United States for the 15th year in a row. Although Gates tops the list with a personal fortune estimated by Forbes to be about $57 billion,...
Google Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Kevin Rose to purchase the social news site Digg.com for around $200 million, tech blog TechCrunch reported. In contrast to Google News, where the stories are selected...
SF: Yahoo Inc. defended online search leader Google Inc as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer’s commitment to a new strategy. Yahoo embraced its planned advertising...
Google plans to make an unspecified number of job cuts at DoubleClick Inc following the closing of its $3.1 billion acquisition of the advertising technology company. “An immediate task we’ll undertake over the next few weeks...
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer pledged that the company would gain share against Google Inc in online advertising and Web searching, even if it’s his “last breath” at the company. “So it may be my...
It’s the 104th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss today. A giant inflatable Cat in the Hat will be at the birthday celebration site along with 2,000 pieces of cake. Geisel’s...
Sun Completes Acquisition of MySQL On Tuesday, February 26, Sun announced it completed the acquisition of MySQL, the world’s most popular open source database The billion dollar acquisition makes it the largest open source software deal...
