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AOL cuts 700 employees, 10% of staff

Joining a growing list of major technology companies announcing layoffs, Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit is cutting 700 employees, which is about 10% of its staff. The news was originally reported...


Intel to close factories, lay off thousands of workers

Intel Corp. [INTC] may cut thousands of employees as it closes older facilities and halts production of older products, the company disclosed Wednesday. The latest development follows last week's announcement by...


Microsoft may announce layoffs amid weak demand for computers

Speculation continues that Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] will announce layoffs later this week. The news may be delivered Thursday when the software company reports its fiscal second-quarter earnings after the markets close....


Tech deal news: Bartz in no rush; Microsoft may lay off; Google cuts; Kevin Rose, Ashton Kutcher team up; and more

Carol Bartz (pictured) who took the top job at Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] on Monday, is already displaying a cool head for dealmaking. Although she has spoken with Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] CEO Steve Ballmer...


Video: Boxee's Avner Ronen on raising VC, competition, new features

After raising $4 million from Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital earlier this month, media-center software developer Boxee is releasing new content and features on Thursday. The biggest change is that users can play, browse...


Betaworks entrepreneurs rub elbows with tech dealmakers at Betaday

Entrepreneurs backed by New York incubator Betaworks got an enviable opportunity Tuesday to pitch their startups to more than 50 of the best-known names in tech dealmaking from major media and advertising companies, established technology...


Union Square's Albert Wenger offers crash course on cloud computing

The profile of so-called "cloud computing" has been rising rapidly over the last week or so. First, Oracle Corp. Larry Ellison mocked it as "gibberish," then Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman called it...


Former AOL chief Jonathan Miller board candidate under Icahn-Yahoo! truce

Former AOL chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller is the new board of directors candidate under activist investor Carl Icahn's agreement with Yahoo! Inc., announced early Monday morning. Under the truce--which...


Dealmakers slideshow: Meet the rival board slates for Yahoo!

While Legg Mason Capital Management [LM] endorsed Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] board of directors Friday, Yahoo! shareholders will get their chance to vote on August 1. The choice is between overhauling the board and handing...


Jerry Yang: The man who put the '!' in 'Yahoo!' on eve of potential proxy fight

While gearing up for a proxy fight to win Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] CEO Steve Ballmer might be looking for some last-minute insight into the making of the man...


Widgets key to customizing online experience

This year "is going to be the year of the widget," Dan Schnapp, 38, lead partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP's new media, entertainment and technology group, tells Tech...


Do Yahoo!'s top shareholders really want Microsoft to raise its bid?

Many of Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] top shareholders may not want a higher offer from Microsoft Corp. [MSFT], says Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. analyst  David Hilal in a Wednesday research...


M&A pro Bruce Jaffe to leave Microsoft to launch startup

  After Microsoft Corp.'s [MSFT] banner year for acquisitions, the software giant is losing a key dealmaker. Vice president for corporate development Bruce Jaffe will leave the software company at the...


Serial entrepreneurs & their VCs: They belong together, like traffic & weather

  Mitch Davis, co-founder and chairman of Live Gamer Inc., is living proof that finding funding is all about building relationships. The virtual-world trading company emerged from stealth-mode earlier this week with $20...


Digital marketing guru Al DiGuido back in the ring as CEO of Zeta Interactive

Like many a dot-com survivor these days, Al DiGuido, 51, is relishing a second chance to make his dream come true. His idea, which has been percolating for several...


Ignition's Anderson leads new late-stage fund

Ignition Partners founding partner Jon Anderson has his sights set on later-stage tech companies in the Pacific Northwest. Drawing on nine years as an executive at Microsoft Corp., the...



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