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Logitech buys high-def firm LifeSize for $405MLogitech International has agreed to acquire privately held high definition video communication provider LifeSize Communications for $405 million in cash.
Biz Journal Wednesday, November 11, 2009InstantAction moves to Portland and Las VegasInternet
gaming
company InstantAction is leaving its long-time Eugene home and splitting its operations between Portland and Las Vegas, company officials said Tuesday. (IACI)
Biz Journal Wednesday, November 11, 2009Younger Women Step to Social BeatSocial influence on Gen Y trendsetters
Emarketer.com Wednesday, November 11, 2009From Mainframes to I-FramesI got a dose of reality last week when I took a briefing from TmaxSoft, a Korean company that specializes in mainframe conversions. I hadn't thought about a mainframe in a long time and assumed they were no longer an issue, but it turns out that they continue to live on. There are still 6,600 mainframes in operation in the U.S., according to TmaxSoft.
E-Commerce Times Wednesday, November 11, 2009Apple's Mobile Machines: New Lands, New Carriers ... New Products?The iPhone has launched with relatively weak sales in China, and the situation echoed what the handset faced in India, where the device was launched in August of 2008. There is little demand for the iPhone in India, ccording to BusinessWeek. The problem is perhaps structural. Apple appears to be going into developing nations with the same mindset as it has in the United States.
E-Commerce Times Wednesday, November 11, 2009Feds Give Broadband Stim Funds a Speed BoostTwo federal agencies are charged with disbursing broadband expansion stimulus money, but critics say they've been stuck at dial-up speed since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress earlier this year. So on Tuesday the agencies announced they would streamline the approval process and try to get funding to worthy projects in December.
E-Commerce Times Wednesday, November 11, 2009A Tale of Two SagesSage convened its fall user group meeting in Atlanta this week. The event was set in the cavernous Georgia World Congress Center, a complex of three starship hangars left over from the Intergalactic Olympics. The facility is beautiful and very big. Sage estimated attendance at between 2,500 and 3,000 people, but despite that number of people, the place looked underused.
E-Commerce Times Wednesday, November 11, 2009Analysts International stock down 10% as 3Q losses widenAnalysts International Corp. stock fell 10 percent Wednesday after the Edina-based information-technology firm reported its third-quarter losses grew eightfold as it sold off its value-added reseller and medical concepts staffing operations.
Biz Journal Wednesday, November 11, 2009Playdom gets $43M for social gamingIllustrating how hot social
gaming
has become, Playdom has raised $43 million just a day after Electronic Arts said it would buy Playfish for up to $400 million, TechCrunch is reporting.
Biz Journal Wednesday, November 11, 2009Avaya gets antitrust OKs to buy RTP-based Nortel unitTelecom equipment company Avaya said Wednesday that its $915 million purchase of Nortel's Enterprise Solutions unit has been approved by U.S. and Canadian antitrust regulators.
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