Archive for June, 2011

RIM Averts Leadership Showdown And May Change Chairman Role

Research In Motion Ltd., facing a shareholder vote on its management structure next month, reached an agreement to avoid a public showdown on the issue and raised the possibility of overhauling the chairman role at the company.

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Remains of the Day: Got your numbers

The iPad reaches an app milestone, the source of Thunderbolt’s celerity is revealed, and Twitter users are ridiculously prolific.

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FTC investigating Twitter?

The agency is reviewing the microblogging site’s interaction with UberMedia, a potential Twitter competitor, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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This Day in Tech: A look at Google+; crowdsourcing questions for Obama

Too busy to keep up with today’s tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Thursday, June 30.

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This Day in Tech: A look at Google+; crowdsourcing questions for Obama

Solorz-Zak Buys Polkomtel for $5.5 Billion in Record Polish Deal

Billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak agreed to buy Polkomtel SA, Poland’s second-largest mobile-phone company, for 15.1 billion zloty ($5.5 billion) in a record acquisition by a Polish investor.

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Solorz-Zak Buys Polkomtel for $5.5 Billion in Record Polish Deal

NBA to lock out players from its Web sites

If the NBA locks out its players at midnight, all images and videos of the players on NBA Web sites must disappear. It may well be that even the mere mention of their names will be verboten.

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NBA to lock out players from its Web sites

Dimension Data scoops up OpSource

Systems integrator Dimension Data plans to enhance its cloud computing offerings by acquiring OpSource, a Santa Clara, California, provider of hosted cloud services.

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LightSquared to start building LTE network

LightSquared plans to start building its terrestrial wireless network soon, despite a regulatory approval process that has sparked vehement opposition from GPS vendors and won’t be over until at least the middle of August.

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LightSquared to start building LTE network

Facebook teases ‘awesome’ launch next week

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is trying to build some excitement for an announcement the company is planning next week. The social networking site plans to ‘launch something awesome,’ he said

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ITC extends Kodak case against Apple, RIM again

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ITC extends Kodak case against Apple, RIM again