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EBay Warns Of Weaker 2008 Results Amid CEO Change

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:12:53 +0000

EBay Inc warned that 2008 results would fall below Wall Street expectations, sending its shares more than 5 percent, even as it confirmed long-serving Chief Executive Meg Whitman would step aside. The warning accompanied solid... Read more...

Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:26:25 +0000

Following the failure of an immigration bill that would have expanded the number of foreign high-tech workers that could have come to the U.S. under so-called H1-B visas, Microsoft has decided to open a development... Read more...

Yahoo Shuts Chat Rooms Amid Child sex Concerns

Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:52:42 +0000

Yahoo Inc., the most-used Internet site, has shut down all its user-created Internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults were using the sites to try to have sex with minors. The giant Internet media company... Read more...

Codemasters delays games amid Ubisoft takeover rumors

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 02:19:04 +0000

UK publisher/developer pushes back Wartime Command, Operation Flashpoint 2 as UK trades report it may be bought out by the French game giant. Over the weekend, British publisher and developer Codemasters pushed... Read more...

HP readies launch amid lowered forecasts

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:17:55 +0000

Hewlett-Packard is hoping to make a big bang Monday when it introduces new consumer gear amid what analysts say continues to be a tough market for the technology giant. As first reported by... Read more...

Group releases Xbox exploit amid MS prosecution threats

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 13:22:52 +0000

A group of Xbox hackers called "Free-X" claim to have broken all security measures on the games console without any hardware modifications whatsoever, prompting Microsoft to threaten a legal attack against its members. ... Read more...

IC sales jump 8% in Q3 amid slow recovery, says SIA

Sun, 03 Nov 2002 04:31:14 +0000

[01/11/02]--Worldwide semiconductor sales were $36.9 billion in the third quarter of 2002, an 8.2% increase from $34.1 billion in the second quarter of this year and a 21% rise from the corresponding period of 2001,... Read more...