InfoWorld - When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their heads over the company’s new choice of CEO: a young executive from Delta Airlines, Jim Whitehurst.
AFP - A group of university students posed tough questions about Cuban society to Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon, in a video made public through the Internet and distributed in Havana that is causing a stir in the communist-ruled country.
AFP - Facebook on Thursday unveiled a Spanish version of its hot social-networking website and promised French and German language editions by spring.
AP - The president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yang about how to respond to Microsoft’s takeover bid.
AP - Facebook Inc. unveiled a Spanish-language version of its popular online social network Thursday, hoping to expand its audience and catch up to rival MySpace.com.
AP - Microsoft Corp. views its proposed takeover of Yahoo Inc. as the missing piece in its Internet advertising puzzle, but skeptics think the deal could become a jumbled mess that will help make rival Google Inc. even stronger.
Reuters - Activision Inc on
Thursday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and
gave a bullish revenue forecast, citing strong sales of its hit
“Call of Duty 4″ and “Guitar Hero 3″ video games.
NewsFactor - Are Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting back production on iPods and iPhones, while increasing production on Mac computers.
AP - When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing child pornography.
InfoWorld - When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their heads over the company′s new choice of CEO: a young executive from Delta Airlines, Jim Whitehurst.