Google senior VP talks about when the company nearly failed
The eighth person hired at Google, and its first vice president of engineering, talked today about how the world's largest Internet company nearly failed.
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Microsoft hints at impending write-off of Nokia acquisition that could total billions
Microsoft has signaled that it may take a massive write-off of its Nokia acquisition, perhaps as early as July.
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Selfie, big data and # make the 2014 dictionary
Of the 150 new words added to this year's Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, hashtag, big data and selfie made the list.
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H-1B applications surge to 172,500, twice the cap
The U.S. received twice as many H-1B visa petitions as it can give out under its 85,000 visa cap, and is thus distributing the visas via lottery.
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CompTIA now offers its research without charge
CompTIA, a 32-year-old tech industry group best known for its IT certifications, is broadening access to it resources by making them free.
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Microsoft's quandary: Big profits from software or shrinking margins with devices
For all his talk of "devices and services," when Steve Ballmer hands over the reins to a new CEO, he will leave an economic powerhouse that prints money by making software, but makes little on anything else.
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Lenovo's IBM server deal mimics multi-market growth strategy used by Samsung and others
Lenovo's deal to buy IBM's x86 server business for $2.3 billion gives the Beijing company another tech segment where it can expand beyond PCs, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
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Apple is still making it hard to think differently
Apple repeatedly bows to censorship demands in places like China.
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Microsoft's CEO search and the art of non-denial denials
Observers of Microsoft's three-month-and-counting CEO search have watched the art of the "non-denial denial" at its best -- or worst -- a public relations expert said today.
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How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft
Tucked in amongst Apple's several hardware debuts last month was word that the company will stop charging for OS X and iWork. Why is Apple willing to forgo this small revenue stream? How might it affect IT buyers? The move is interesting on several fronts.