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Google Quarter Sales Top $9B
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) July 14 broke the $9 billion sales mark for the first time ever in the second quarter, a 32 percent boost over Q2 2010 revenues of $6.82 billion. Excluding $2.11 billion in traffic-acquisition costs, the search engine notched $6.92 billion in net revenue in the second quarter of 2011 and non-GAAP earnings per…
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10 Reasons Microsoft Matters More Than Ever
10 Reasons Microsoft Matters More Than Ever . Windows, Windows, WindowsIf there is any product that proves Microsoft matters quite a bit in today’s tech space, it’s Windows. The operating system is by far the most dominant platform around the world. And according to Microsoft, its latest release, Windows 7, is performing exceedingly well. As…
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Half of Notebooks to Get Quad-Core Chips in 2015
Quad-core processors, which are fairly commonplace in desktop PCs, will be in almost half of all notebooks sold within the next four years, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. In a report July 12, IHS iSuppli analysts said that by 2015, 49 percent of all notebooks will ship with quad-core processors. That will be…
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10 Things We’ve Learned From Microsoft’s Partner Conference
10 Things We’ve Learned From Microsoft’s Partner Conference 1. The Cloud Means EverythingMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer made it clear that the cloud is key to the future. Ballmer discussed Windows Azure and Office 365, the cloud-based productivity suite the company launched. All the while, he made it clear to his company’s partners that if they…
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Microsoft Channel Chief Talks Billing, Competencies
Microsoft’s direct billing of Microsoft Office 365 is designed to set the pricing for the cloud-based productivity suite without caving in to any pricing pressures, Microsoft Channel Chief Jon Roskill told Channel Insider. And the order to do it that way comes directly from CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft is billing customers directly and has designated…
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Cisco Upgrades Catalyst Series of Switches
Cisco Systems is updating the Catalyst 6500 Series of switches with new products and new features designed to improve performance in an market that is growing ever more competitive. This update is not just limited to a hardware refresh, but it includes more than 200 software updates. As the “workhorse family” of switches that stretches…
