Technology Industry Archive

April 2009

Microsoft, Google, Apple, and the Parting of the Ways

By Erik Sherman | Apr 2, 2009

The other day, Microsoft apparently wanted to make clear that an iPhone version of Office might be in the works, a logical off-shoot of Web-based versions. That might seem an attempt to stave off concern that smartphone operating systems could siphon away important revenue sources from the giant. But the problem for Microsoft is that we’re seeing a change in the market that has been...

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Verizon, AT&T Blocking Rural Broadband Stimulus?

By Michael Hickins | Apr 1, 2009

Verizon, Comcast, AT&T and other large wireless carriers and cable companies are behind lobbying efforts in state legislatures around the country to prohibit local governments from using federal stimulus money to build and manage their own broadband networks, critics contend. So far, they seem to be succeeding. The federal broadband stimulus package provides $7.2 billion for projects that...

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Tech Layoffs for Q1 2009: Mixed Signals

By Erik Sherman | Apr 1, 2009

Just a week ago we saw the layoff numbers reported by Challenger, Gray & Christmas that showed a big jump in high tech for January and February. Now that we have complete data for the first quarter, there is some good news: the rate of layoffs is slowing. But the number of jobs lost still eclipses last year, and new high tech job creation isn’t coming close to catching up. Here are...

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