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[2005-09-26] The Prize For Skype
Writing in the Financial Times last week, Stuart Henshall has an interesting analysis of Skype's call forwarding functionality and what that could mean for eBay and Skype users following eBay's acquisition of Skype a few weeks ago ...
[2005-09-15] eBay, Not Going Down Without a Fight
eBay, Inc., known not only for revolutionizing the online auction industry but also the way people shop, has purchased Skype - a VoIP service and software provider - for about $ 4 billion.
[2005-09-12] Hewlett-Packard To Cut 5,900 European Jobs
Hewlett-Packard is letting go of 5,900 employees in Europe as it undergoes a "global restructuring plan", which it announced back in July.
[2005-09-12] The Simple Reason eBay Bought Skype
In two hours, eBay is holding a conference call about buying Skype. I'm visiting the Skype guys in Tallinn a couple of hours later.
[2005-09-12] Oracle CEO To Pay $100 Million To Charity to Settle Suit
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has reached a settlement over a shareholder lawsuit that claims that he was involved with and profited from insider trading in 2001.
[2005-09-09] Tech Industry Giant Lew Platt Dies
Former HP CEO Lew Platt died on Thursday, September 8th. Platt worked for Hewlett-Packard starting in 1966 as an engineer in the medical products division. He retired from HP in 1999 as chairman, CEO and president.
[2005-09-09] Ecommerce Sales Tax: What Next?
Sales tax for retail products sold on the Internet has been an issue for heated debate for some time. Since most online retail is essentially a catalog order from another state, in many cases, sales tax isn't charged. There is a movement to get a federal law passed that would force online retailers to charge sales tax on products they ship out.
[2005-09-08] News Corp Grabs IGN
News Corp announced today they plan to purchase the IGN Entertainment to add advertising dollars. The IGN network covers a lot of ground with video games, movies, DVDs, music, comics and tons of other goodies tied mostly to the oft coveted demographic, 18-34 males. This is just one more move by media mogul Rupert Murdoch as continues to dump billions into Internet purchases.
[2005-09-06] Intel Buying A Chunk of Grisoft
Intel Capital, Intel's venture capital side, announced they are sinking $16 million into Czech online security firm Grisoft. This makes Intel's largest investment to date in Central and Eastern Europe.
[2005-09-01] IBM Hooks Up With Dutch Bank For €1.5 Billion Deal
IBM announced today they've signed a 5-year, €1.5 billion deal with Dutch bank ABN AMRO for an on demand IT infrastructure. The contract supports ABN AMRO in its worldwide operations and IBM says it's the most extensive rollout of their data center automation technology they call Universal Management Infrastructure.
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