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IBM offers $1.2B U.S. for analytics firm
IBM plans to buy business analytics company SPSS Inc. for $1.2 billion in cash to better compete with Oracle Corp. and SAP AG in the growing field of business intelligence.
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Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs as profit falls
Verizon Communications Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit and said it would cut 8,000 jobs in its wireline business, as weakness in wholesale and corporate segments overshadowed wireless growth.
eBay Announces Top-Rated Seller Status
In time for the upcoming holiday shopping season, eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) sellers who deliver the highest level of customer service, as rated by buyers, will be promoted for the first time ever with a special eBay Top-Rated Seller badge, receive deep discounts of 20 per cent on their final value fees and be elevated in search, the company announced today.
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Microsoft raises specter of doubt on tech recovery
Microsoft Corp's billion-dollar-plus revenue shortfall in its fiscal fourth-quarter abruptly dampened hopes that demand for PCs was on the mend and sent a spate of tech stocks tumbling after-hours on Thursday.
BlackBerry cries foul over UAE 'spyware'
The makers of BlackBerry have charged that an update issued by UAE telecommunications company Etisalat was actually spyware, the local press reported on Wednesday.
Apple smashes profit forecasts, iPhone shines
Apple Inc's quarterly profit blew past Wall Street forecasts thanks to strong sales of Macs and iPhones and higher-than-expected gross margins, boosting its shares 4 per cent on Tuesday.
India becomes R&D hot spot as high-tech firms cut costs
At Microsoft's research center in a leafy lane in India's tech capital, a new generation of researchers are being groomed half a world away from the software giant's sprawling headquarters in Seattle.
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Spammers and scammers follow the crowd to Twitter
The popularity of Twitter is proving both a blessing and a curse as the flood of new users draws a voracious crowd of spammers and scammers who are thriving on the anonymity and instantaneous reach of Twitter's vast social network.
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Google to take on Microsoft by launching own operating system
Google, a dominant force in the web world with a long-term vision of converting software users to applications delivered online, announced Wednesday it is launching its own computer operating system, Google Chrome OS.
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Canadian website launches new release for its 'community event' cross-border shopping
Online shopping can be a minefield of hidden costs and risky return policies, especially for Canadians, who must add the cost of cross-border shopping to their price calculations when they're trying to find the best deal.
Social media hits the trail as iPhone delivers thousands of hiking routes
Now you don't have to go any farther than your iPhone to find a hiking trail in your area with the launch of a new application for the popular Apple phone by Trailpeak.com.
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Canada's aboriginal policy gets a timely dose of common sense
Fresh thinking at last is starting to ventilate debate about aboriginal policy in this country.
Douglas Todd
Homosexuality, religion and acceptance
Canadians who thought homosexuality was no longer much of an issue in this era of legal homosexual marriage might have to think again.
Shelley Fralic
Shark Week is back, circling our insecurities
If the movie Jaws forever changed the way we think of the ocean, instilling in us a vulnerability that takes hold the moment we stick a toe in salt water, then Discovery's annual Shark Week is doing little to dispel those fears.