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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

Kara Swisher in News on January 27 at 3:40 pm PT

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.

Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

Kara Swisher in News on January 4 at 6:08 am PT

Like I said.

Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO — With eBay’s PayPal Prez as Top Choice

Kara Swisher in News on January 3 at 11:29 pm PT

Has Yahoo found its new Prince Charming in PayPal President Scott Thompson?

Google Willing to Start From Scratch to Enter Daily Deals Market

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 21, 2011 at 12:20 am PT

Google appears to be entering the daily deals business on its own after Groupon rejected its jaw-dropping $6 billion buyout offer.

Microsoft Plans to talk Windows on ARM at CES, but Products a Ways Off

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 21, 2010 at 5:42 pm PT

Redmond’s move to bring Windows to a new chip architecture is a bold one, but also one frought with complications. Microsoft will need to get the entire Windows ecosystem on board–from those that build machines to those that write software to those whose hardware plugs into Windows devices. As a result, don’t expect to see ARM-based machines hit the market for some time.

And by “Variety of Ways to Leverage the iPad,” We Do Not Mean Angry Birds and Infinity Blade

John Paczkowski in News on December 1, 2010 at 3:19 am PT

Another small victory in enterprise for Apple. As part of a six-month pilot program, J.P. Morgan is outfitting its staff with iPads.

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Announcing Google WindSense

Beth Callaghan in News on October 12, 2010 at 8:45 am PT

Google has announced plans to invest in the Atlantic Wind Connection, a project that will connect 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind turbines to the Mid-Atlantic power grid. In the blog post announcing the initiative, Rick Needham, Google’s green-business operations director, described it as a “superhighway for clean energy.” According to the Washington Post, the tech giant is part of a consortium of tech and investment firms involved in the project, the first phase of which is valued at $1.8 billion.

Will This New "Long-Term View" Approach Also Include Layoffs?

John Paczkowski in News on March 9, 2009 at 2:55 pm PT

Whatever does not kill us will make us stronger. That’s the view of IBM CEO Sam Palmisano, who says the recession will not do to Big Blue what it is doing to so many others. In an exuberant letter to shareholders today, Palmisano wrote that IBM will not cower before the current economic turmoil.

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