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[2005-09-29] MIT’s $100 Dream: Laptops For Every Child
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory is working on a visionary project that could potentially put the Internet in the hands of millions of children all over the world and single-handedly force the revision of several business models in the tech industry.
[2005-09-23] Picasa Babe?
Google launched the Picasa product in Europe on Friday. Picasa, a photo management software tool allows users to modify, label and arrange photos for email, printing or ordering of prints. Oh, forgot to mentions something about searching for your photos too but why that's relevant to Google I'm not sure.
[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.
[2005-09-08] 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.
[2005-09-07] Sony Makes a Killing with PSP in the UK
Sony's PSP system had a record launch in the UK, selling 185,000 units in one week according to analysts, Chart-Track. That is more than any gaming console has ever sold in its opening week in the UK.
[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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