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Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). Is this a sign that IT is yesterday’s...

read full: *arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070619-amd-considering-getting-out-of-fabrication-business.html

TECH firms constantly moan about software piracy and no wonder. Last year it accounted for 35% of the worldwide market and cost the industry $39.6 billion according to the Business Software Alliance, a trade body. America and China lead the world in terms of total losses from piracy at $7.2...

Arguably two of America's best run companies are Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM). Both have achieved high levels of success and shareholders have been rewarded along the way. However, both are treading in different waters and Apple is emerging as the...

Thanks to the simultaneous release of Windows Vista and Office 2007, Microsoft Corporation has managed a 65% profit increase in its fiscal third-quarter. The world's biggest software maker said it earned a record-high $4.93 billion, or 50 cents a share, in the period ended March 31, compared to...

Are CDs really dead? Mozart wrote only one Requiem, but in recent years, music journalists have written about 80 requiems for the compact disc, mostly in the key of boo-hoo major. Data from the Recording Industry Association of America show that between 2000 and 2005, the number of CDs shipped...

World's top search engine beats out Microsoft and others in bidding. Search engine leader Google has announced it will buy top digital marketing services firm DoubleClick for $3.1 billion from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which bought DoubleClick for $1.1 billion in 2005. The deal...

Hi friends!! Mexican Businessman Charlos Helu becomes the second richest person *www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-forbes-billionaires,0,635263.story?coll=sns-ap-business-headlines www.forbes.com PS: Article was compiled by me... :p

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted entertainment.The suit accuses Web search leader Google and YouTube of "massive intentional copyright...

The founders of YouTube Inc. built this year's standout Web phenomenon by figuring out how to make online video sharing easier than ever. What they hadn't yet figured out was making money from their site. Google Inc. took that problem off their hands Monday, by agreeing to buy the site for $1.65...

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NewsMax.com Wires Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s market value briefly surpassed $100 billion for the first time Friday, its stock scaling new heights after an earnings and revenue spike that astonished investors. The online search leader's shares traded as high as...