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Telecom NZ inflates network value by $1 billion 
Telco/ISP
Telecom NZ inflates network value by $1 billion
By Juha Saarinen | May 3, 2011 | Comment Now 
No big deal, says financial analyst.
 
Novell sold for $2.2 billion 
Software
Novell sold for $2.2 billion
By Tom Brewster | Nov 23, 2010 | 2 Comments 
As Microsoft-led consortium sweeps up 882 Novell patents.
 
Facebook takes top spot with over a third of internet visits 
Software
Facebook takes top spot with over a third of internet visits
By Iain Thomson | May 31, 2010 | Comment Now 
Latest Google data shows social networking domination.
 
Apple logs more record sales numbers 
Software
Apple logs more record sales numbers
By Shaun Nichols | Oct 20, 2009 | Comment Now 
Company continues to defy hard times with solid sales.
 
Indian outsourcing market begins to pick up 
Business
Indian outsourcing market begins to pick up
By V3.co.uk staff | Sep 5, 2009 | Comment Now 
Tata Consultancy Services announces recruitment drive.
 
Visa aims for mobile payments on four billion phones 
Hardware
Visa aims for mobile payments on four billion phones
By Angelica Mari | Jul 2, 2009 | Comment Now 
E-commerce network to span the globe.
 
Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years 
Hardware
Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years
By Iain Thomson | May 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years.
 
Global mobile connections hit four billion 
Telco/ISP
Global mobile connections hit four billion
By Sylvie Barak | Feb 12, 2009 | Comment Now 
The GSM Association (GSMA) has released figures from its Wireless Intelligence unit, claiming that the global number of connections on mobile phone networks has exceeded four ...
 
Online population tops one billion 
Strategy
Online population tops one billion
By Ian Williams | Jan 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
The global online population has topped one billion, not including children or mobile internet users, according to comScore.
 
Mobile web browsing on the up 
Telco/ISP
Mobile web browsing on the up
By David Neal | Dec 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
Mobile web browsing is increasing dramatically, according to the latest report from browser maker Opera.
 
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria 
Finance
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria
By Stewart Meagher | Sep 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated over US$168 million to wipe out malaria and other deadly diseases by 2015.
 
Global internet users reach 1.4 billion 
Telco/ISP
Global internet users reach 1.4 billion
By Guy Dixon | Jul 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
A quarter of the global population will regularly use the internet during 2008, according to IDC's Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast.
 
PC population reaches one billion 
Hardware
PC population reaches one billion
By Iain Thomson | Jun 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
The total number of PCs in use today has broken the one billion mark says Gartner..
 
Linkedin valued at a billion dollars 
Strategy
Linkedin valued at a billion dollars
By Sylvie Barak | Jun 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
Rich friends
 
Defence launches $1 billion communications satellite 
Telco/ISP
Defence launches $1 billion communications satellite
By Mitchell Bingemann | Jun 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been granted the ability to communicate with defence personnel anywhere on Earth after the Department of Defence (DoD) announced ...
 
RFID sector to be worth US$9.7 billion by 2013 
Hardware
RFID sector to be worth US$9.7 billion by 2013
By Robert Jaques | May 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
New forecasts predict that the total global RFID market will turnover approximately US$9.7 billion by 2013..
 
Former AOL execs charged with US$1 billion fraud 
Finance
Former AOL execs charged with US$1 billion fraud
By Shaun Nichols | May 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against eight former AOL Time Warner executives..
 
CBS buys CNET for US$1.8 billion 
Finance
CBS buys CNET for US$1.8 billion
By Shaun Nichols | May 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
US broadcasting corporation CBS has agreed to purchase web publisher CNET Networks for US$1.8 billion..
 
Google Q1 profit soars to US$1.31 billion 
Finance
Google Q1 profit soars to US$1.31 billion
By Shaun Nichols | Apr 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Google's report on the first quarter of 2008 shows an unexpectedly strong start to the year for the search giant..
 
Conroy calls for $4.7 billion Govt funded FttN proposals 
Telco/ISP
Conroy calls for $4.7 billion Govt funded FttN proposals
By Mitchell Bingemann | Apr 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Construction of the Federal Government’s proposed $4.7 billion National Broadband Network could begin as early as October after the Department of Broadband Communications and ...
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