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50 min ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Agilysys Receives Statement From MAK Capital, Its Largest...

Agilysys, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced today it received, under Section 1701.831 of the Ohio Revised Code, Ohio's "control share acquisition statute," an Acquiring Person Statement from MAK Capital Fund, LP and Paloma International L.P., notifying the company of their intent to increase their direct or indirect ...

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Related Topix: Electronics, Agilysys, IT Services

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Reuters

AOL shows worst not over for media job cuts

If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media

ABC News

Aruba Networks Shares Fall After 1Q Report

Shares of Aruba Networks Inc. fell Friday after the company reported fiscal first-quarter results above analyst expectations, but it may not have been as much of a beat as Wall Street hoped.

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Related Topix: Aruba Networks, Startups, Aruba Wireless Networks

technologyexpert.blogspot.com | Iria

Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

Smoking can be hazardous to your health, but it can also be hazardous to your Mac, apparently, to the point that it will void your warranty. That information comes from two readers of The Consumerist, but in reality, it all makes sense.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Apple, Science / Technology, Apple, Apple Computer, OSHA, West Des Moines, IA

Ventura County Star

Google, Yahoo zero in on Internet freedom' bill

Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign countries, according to third-quarter lobbying reports.

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Related Topix: Media, Yahoo!, Search Engines, Startups, Emerging Technology, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Christopher Smith, Lamar Smith

PhysOrg Weblog

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. The practice has occasionally prompted a rival to file legal challenges alleging trademark infringement .

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Privacy, Media, Yahoo!, Startups

Medical News

Medidata Solutions initiates public offering of 4.5 million shares, files registration statement with SEC

Medidata Solutions, Inc. , a leading global provider of hosted clinical development solutions, today announced that it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 4.5 million shares of common stock of the company.

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Related Topix: Software, IT Services, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Newsday

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

After two strong weeks, investors tried unsuccessfully to extend the market's rally after major stock indexes closed at 13-month highs on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Dell, Computers

ClipSyndicate

Legg Mason's Hagstrom Recommends Technology Stocks, EMC: Video

Nov. 20 -- Robert Hagstrom, a portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Adam Johnson about his investment strategy.

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Related Topix: EMC, Video, Business News

Silicon Alley Insider

Steve Jobs' Awesome Email To Developer

It's hard to get more to-the-point than Apple boss Steve Jobs. After Apple's lawyers told a software company called The Little App Factory to stop using the name "iPod" in one of its products -- "iPodRip" -- co-owner John Devor sent a long email to Steve, appealing for help, CrunchGear's Daniel Brusilovsky reports .

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs, Science / Technology, Apple, Apple Computer, iPod

Examiner.com

EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Sun Microsystems, Startups

Boston Globe

Stronger dollar, weak economic data pummels stocks

Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Dell, Computers, Foreclosures

KIDK-TV Idaho Falls

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

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Related Topix: Media, Yahoo!, Search Engines, Startups, Twitter, Internet, Science / Technology, Microsoft, Software, Sunnyvale, CA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Slam Sports

Dell profit falls amid slump that has cut its ranking to No. 3 PC maker

Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 per cent in the latest quarter and amid signs the company isn't fully benefiting from the computer industry's fledgling recovery.

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Related Topix: Dell, PC, HP, Winter Sports, Curling

ClipSyndicate

Winsor's Meeks Says Dell Needs to Become `One-Stop Shop': Video

Nov. 19 -- Paul Meeks, principal at Winsor Asset Management, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the outlook for Dell Inc.

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Related Topix: Dell, Video, Business News

technologyexpert.blogspot.com | Iria

Google Details The Chrome OS

Google held an event on Thursday to unveil details about is Chrome OS, which was first announced in July. Prior to Thursday, only miniscule details about the OS were known, including it running on netbooks, and delivery of the final product in the second half of 2010.

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Xchangemag.com

Apple Tablet Delayed Until Late 2010?

Ah, Apple Tablet. For a product that exists only in the ether of speculative journalism, it's given us so much to talk about.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, Apple Computer, Steve Jobs

KING-TV Seattle

New jobless benefit claims unchanged at 505K

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs.

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Time Warner, Media

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

BlackBerry maker RIM downgraded to 'Market Perform' by BMO on competition, pricing worries

BMO Capital Markets on Wednesday downgraded Research in Motion Ltd., saying the BlackBerry maker faces rising competition and a consumer shift toward cheaper phones.

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Related Topix: Research in Motion, Telecom, Marketing

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Indianapolis Star

Norwegian electric carmaker expected to build in Indiana

Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is gearing up to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, according to a major investor in the company.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro, Noblesville, IN

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