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Small Businesses Launch With or Without Outside Funding
LONDON (Reuters) – Venture-capital investments have been falling in a depressed economy but this is not necessarily stifling technology start-ups, as it becomes easier to get firms off the ground without outside investment, Microsoft says. "With the advent of relatively cheap computing, relatively cheap bandwidth for communications, the cost of setting up a start-up has…
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Distributor Group Says Recession Close to Bottom
Intel has said the PC market has hit bottom, and analysts and at least one distributor seem to agree, even if some significantnaysayers remain. But adding to the it’s-not-getting-any-worse camp, this week the Global Technology Distribution Council, a consortium of IT distributors, says that the sales declines that the industry have experienced are slowing down…
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Intel Vows to Appeal EC Antitrust Ruling, $1.5B Fine
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) fired back at the European Commission today and vowed to appeal after the EC ruled against Intel and levied a $1.5 billion fine against the world’s largest computer processor maker, saying Intel violated European antitrust laws. “Intel takes strong exception to this decision,” says Paul Otellini, president and CEO, in a prepared statement.…
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IT Reseller Economic Stimulus Opportunity: Hospitals and Doctors
One of the biggest buckets of money expected to trickle down into the IT market as a result of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package, or American Recovery and Reivestment Act, comes from the $20.4 billion directive to modernize hospitals and physician practices through the creation of electronic medical records and the end game of making…
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Acer Pulls Back on PC Builds
Acer may have passed Dell in netbook shipments in Q1, but supply chain checks indicate the PC maker is pulling back on manufacturing orders with ODMs. That could spell troubling news for netbooks in Q2. Already an IDC report earlier this week indicated that the computer processors behind netbooks — Intel Atom — saw shipments…
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Tapping into the Economic Stimulus Funds
Cashing in on the Economic Stimulus Package IT solution providers can cash in on the federal economic stimulus package—if they are ready for it. You need to know where the funds are headed, establish customer relationships and maybe even write proposals for grants. Stimulus Package Could Be Shot in the Arm for Solution Providers Don’t…