http://www.cioinsight.com Past News - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:15:22 -0400 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:15:22 -0400 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:56:17 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Google-YouTube-Profit/?kc=rss - Google's top priority this year is to make money off its YouTube video-sharing site, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a TV interview that sent Google's shares up 4.7 percent. quot;I don't think we've quite figured out the perfect solution of how to make money, and we're working on that. That's...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Google-YouTube-Profit/?kc=rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:10:20 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Wall-Street-Depression/?kc=rss - The U.S. economy may be in a funk, but that's nothing compared with the pall hanging over Wall Street. Some of the biggest U.S. investors said on Tuesday they expected the nation's economy to get worse, but then work its way toward recovery later this year. On Wall Street, however, the road back t...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Wall-Street-Depression/?kc=rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:04:17 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/IBM-Protests/?kc=rss - IBM IT workers planned a demonstration during the company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday to protest changes in compensation structure that amount to a 15 percent pay cut for many employees. In January of this year, IBM informed 7,600 employees in technical positions that their jobs were be...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/IBM-Protests/?kc=rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:45:37 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/AMD-First-Computer/?kc=rss - Advanced Micro Devices on Sunday unveiled its first computer brand, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, with design and sales help from its major chip customers such as Dell. AMD Business Class desktop personal computers will be followed by notebook PCs in the second half of this year. AMD...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/AMD-First-Computer/?kc=rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:45:37 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Google-Feds-Yahoo/?kc=rss - Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo because it would be quot;non-exclusive quot; and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday. Yahoo is exploring alternatives to Microsoft's $42.7 billion takeover offer, wh...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Google-Feds-Yahoo/?kc=rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:47:10 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/White-House-CIO-Case/?kc=rss - Contradictory statements from the White House led a federal judge to order the Bush adminstration to collect and preserve e-mails for employees between March 2003 and October 2005. The White House e-mail archiving efforts have drawn scrutiny since it was discovered that millions of communications ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/White-House-CIO-Case/?kc=rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:48:50 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/3G-BlackBerry-Delay/?kc=rss - Research in Motion shares fell about 4 percent on Friday after a Fortune.com story said that a high-speed wireless version of its BlackBerry smartphone for top U.S. phone company AT amp;T is facing delays. The introduction has been pushed back as far as August from June, the story on Fortune magazi...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/3G-BlackBerry-Delay/?kc=rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:55:17 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/MS-Final-Threat/?kc=rss - Microsoft gave Yahoo no hope of a higher takeover price, saying it was ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo maintains quot;unrealistic expectations quot; of a better deal. quot;Speed is of the essence for the deal to make sense, quot; Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said on...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/MS-Final-Threat/?kc=rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:05 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Vista-XP/?kc=rss - Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said. quot;XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smar...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Vista-XP/?kc=rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:05 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/China-Largest-Internet-Population/?kc=rss - China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest Internet-using population, reaching 221 million by the end of February, state media said on Thursday. The number of Internet users in China was 210 million at the end of last year, only 5 million fewer than the U.S. Internet users ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/China-Largest-Internet-Population/?kc=rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:09:19 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Trojans-Cyber-Criminals/?kc=rss - Cyber-criminals are behind a dramatic rise in stealthy programs called quot;trojans quot; that infect computers to sell rogue software, send unwanted email or steal personal data, a study has found. In a report released in London, Microsoft said the number of trojans removed from computers around ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Trojans-Cyber-Criminals/?kc=rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:09:19 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/IBM-Web-20-Hubs/?kc=rss - IBM plans to unveil a new type of computer for big data hubs operated by so-called Web 2.0 companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. IBM's iDataPlex line is due for sale next month and is meant for companies that buy vertical racks with dozens of servers based on Intel microprocess...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/IBM-Web-20-Hubs/?kc=rss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:27:11 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/FCC-Chief-Comcast/?kc=rss - The top U.S. communications regulator said on Tuesday that an investigation of how Comcast manages its network had raised further concerns about tactics the company has used to restrict Internet users who share movies and other material. Testifying before Senate lawmakers, U.S. Federal Communicatio...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/FCC-Chief-Comcast/?kc=rss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:27:11 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/MS-Holding-Firm/?kc=rss - Microsoft will hold firm on its $43.2 billion offer for Yahoo, regardless of whether Yahoo's quarterly results impress or disappoint investors, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. quot;We think we can accelerate our strategy by buying Yahoo and will pay what makes sense for our sharehol...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/MS-Holding-Firm/?kc=rss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:37:43 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Murdoch-Yahoo-Joint-Bid/?kc=rss - News Corp's Rupert Murdoch left the door open on Monday to a joint bid with Microsoft to buy Yahoo, a day ahead of Yahoo's quarterly financial report. In response to a reporter's question about his interest in pursuing a bid with Microsoft for Yahoo, he said, quot;Depends on the deal. quot; Murdo...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Murdoch-Yahoo-Joint-Bid/?kc=rss