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If it goes through without a hitch, Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems, announced Monday, could fill significant gaps in the database vendor's offerings. In addition to getting technologies in hot areas such as virtualization and cloud computing, Oracle will get access to patents that could prove...
In yet another sign of the worsening global recession, Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic said Wednesday that it will lay off 15,000 employees, or 5 percent of its workforce, by March. Half of the job cuts will be made in Japan. Panasonic is the second large Japanese consumer electronics ...
LG Electronics has filed a countersuit against Hitachi alleging that the firm has infringed seven of its patents relating to plasma display panel technologies. The suit comes in response to similar accusations made by Hitachi against LG Electronics in April -- namely, that LG was improperly using Hi...
Although 2006 was filled with surprises in the telecom space, as described in Part 1 of this two-part series, there were equally dramatic changes in terms of the pure processing ability of computers and how that power translated to consumers in the form of lower-cost, higher-end products. "Good news...
Eyeing a growing interest in nuclear power as an environmentally friendly energy source, General Electric and Hitachi announced a partnership that will combine their nuclear power units. The deal -- financial terms were not disclosed -- brings together two of the largest industrial and commercial co...
The massive recall of Sony-made notebook PC batteries may be taking more of a financial toll on the company than initially expected. The company said Tuesday it may need to revise its financial forecasts. Sony is evaluating whether to adjust its previous forecast of US$1.1 billion in profit for the...
Already facing tens of millions of dollars in costs associated with replacing recalled laptop batteries for several major PC makers, Sony now faces the prospect that some of these companies will try to recoup additional damages, such as compensation for lost business. Toshiba said Monday it is curre...
Moving a nearly two-year-long investigation and prosecution closer to its conclusion, Japanese chipmaker Elpida has agreed to pay US$84 million to end charges that it conspired with other firms to fix prices. Elpida agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with other manufacturers to set prices of dynam...
In a move that could lead to stiffer competition for Intel -- and also accelerate the production of next-generation electronics -- three computer chip-making rivals are forming a partnership to work on cutting-edge system chips. Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas Technology said they are still working out...
Hitachi and NEC announced Friday that they are joining forces to develop routers and switches for networks of telecommunications carriers, government and public sectors, and large enterprises. The joint venture will be formally established in October. The router market is currently dominated by Cisc...
First-quarter PC sales figures from Gartner and IDC suggest the market grew just 4 percent compared with the year-ago period -- nowhere near the double-digit gains of the go-go 1990s. As many IT shops refrain from buying new PCs, tech giants are feeling the heat. Not all companies are sweating, howe...
Oracle continues to hold the lion's share of the market for database software, but two hulking rivals, IBM and Microsoft, have chipped away at the company's onetime stronghold, according to a new report from IDC. The report said Oracle's share of the market for object and relational database managem...
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