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US buys too taxing for Cisco?

$30 billion cash hoard may be spent on overseas acquisitions due to US tax

Sep 7, 2010 3 mins

Cisco Systems Mergers and Acquisitions

Hurd’s job: Sell Oracle’s Exadata vision

The former HP executive faces a 'huge, untapped' market to sell systems integrated with Oracle's software

Sep 7, 2010 4 mins

Enterprise Enterprise Storage Technology Industry

Microsoft gaming director moves to Amazon

The online retailer could be planning a move into gaming

Sep 7, 2010 2 mins

Consumer Electronics Data Center Enterprise

Who pays for smartphones and services?

* Employee-liable mobile strategies have risks

Sep 7, 2010 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Wi-Fi

Freed journalist tricked captors into Twitter access

Japanese freelancer hooked up his captor's cell phone for Internet access before tweeting to the world

Sep 7, 2010 3 mins

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Telecommunications Industry

IDC boosts 2010 smartphone shipment projections by 10%

Debut of iPhone 4, Torch and Evo 4G, coupled with imminent unveiling of new Android phones, prompts more optimistic outlook

Sep 7, 2010 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Telecommunications Industry

Apple leaks Wednesday release for iOS 4.1

CEO Steve Jobs promised fixes for several long-running problems

Sep 7, 2010 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Telecommunications Industry

White House launches site asking for citizen help

Challenge.gov offers rewards to people who help solve government problems

Sep 7, 2010 4 mins

Data Center Government IT

Cisco, Westcon settle gov’t contract-pricing charges

The two companies will pay $48 million to settle a complaint about contract prices

Sep 7, 2010 3 mins

Data Center Government IT Legal

Ohio bans offshoring as it gives tax relief to outsourcing firm

Ohio governor says offshore work has 'pervasive service delivery problems,' creates privacy risks

Sep 7, 2010 5 mins

Data Center SaaS Technology Industry