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Article | 22/04/2011 Cloud storage startup Cirtas retreats
Another cloud storage operation shut down last week when startup Cirtas Systems, which developed a controller for storage in the cloud, announced it w...
Article | 20/04/2011 Beijing's IT professionals plunge into startups
Tyr Chen, a 29-year-old resident of Beijing, is doing what many of his friends won't: He's establishing a startup.
Article | 19/04/2011 Taiwan contract makers add to choices for end users
When it was founded in 1997, a Taiwanese firm with the drab, generic name High-Tech Computer did what almost everyone on the island does: It made its ...
Article | 16/04/2011 Networking, telecom leaving VCs cold
The overall amount of venture capital invested in startups is on the rise, though the networking and telecom industries haven’t been big contributors ...
Article | 12/04/2011 Intel sets up MeeGo research center with China's Tencent
Intel is establishing a joint innovation center with Tencent, one of China's largest Internet firms, to develop products and services around the chip ...
Article | 7/04/2011 Dell to invest $1 billion to boost data storage products
Dell plans to invest US$1 billion over the next three years to bolster its data storage products to business customers, with the money going toward th...
Article | 31/03/2011 NTT DoCoMo increases investment in India
NTT DoCoMo is investing 8 billion rupees (US$176 million) in Tata Teleservices, a mobile services company in India.
Article | 2/03/2011 Nokia plans €200 million factory in Vietnam
Nokia plans to invest €200 million (US$276.3 million) in a new mobile phone manufacturing site near Hanoi in northern Vietnam along "with further, siz...
Article | 1/03/2011 Cebit kicks off with talk of openness
Open democracy, open borders and open standards were the themes to which speakers returned again and again at the opening ceremony for the Cebit trade...
Article | 28/02/2011 Citrix invests in personal cloud management company
Citrix Systems has invested in Primadesk, a company that is developing a free, Web-based application to help users keep track of content stored in dif...
Article | 10/02/2011 Report: Twitter chased by Facebook, Google for up to $10B
Executives from Facebook, Google and other companies have held talks with Twitter over a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service, pushing i...
Article | 31/01/2011 Lenovo breaks ground on new production center in China
Chinese PC maker Lenovo has broken ground on a new operations center in southwestern China that will produce computers, as well as bolster the company...
Article | 26/01/2011 Verizon posts strong earnings ahead of iPhone launch
If carriers were like sports teams, Verizon could be described as having a lot of momentum heading into its iPhone showdown with AT&T.
Article | 26/01/2011 Orange seeks stake in Dailymotion, wants more video
Orange is negotiating to buy almost half of French online video site Dailymotion, a competitor to YouTube. The French network operator hopes to improv...
Article | 24/01/2011 Vodafone agrees to IPO by its Indian joint venture
Vodafone has given the green light to Indian joint venture partner Essar Group to conduct an IPO (initial public offering) of Vodafone Essar if desire...