research and development

Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 2:06 pm PT

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.

Exclusive: HP Labs Head Prith Banerjee Leaving

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 4 at 3:37 pm PT

The onetime dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago is leaving HP for an overseas position, sources say.

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Yahoo Expanding R&D in China

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 18, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Yahoo Inc. is aggressively expanding its China research and development operation, Chief Product Officer Blake Irving said in Beijing Wednesday, despite worsening tensions between the U.S. Internet company and the operator of its Chinese website, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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Steve Jobs Spends More Time in the Labs, Less in the Air

Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2010 at 8:12 am PT

Apple spent more time and money making stuff last year, and less time making deals. That’s the conclusion you can draw from Apple’s annual 10-K report filed with the SEC yesterday. The company’s R&D budget ballooned up to $1.8 billion in 2010–that’s up 64 percent from 2008. But Apple’s boss spent less time in the air: CEO Steve Jobs, who uses his personal jet to get around on company business and bills Apple for the expense, racked up a mere $248,000 in plane bills. That’s down 71 percent from two years ago.

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IBM Chief Slams HP

Spencer E. Ante, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 14, 2010 at 11:34 am PT

International Business Machines Corp. chief Samuel J. Palmisano stepped into the debate around Hewlett-Packard Co., sharply criticizing his rival for its expensive acquisition of 3PAR Inc. and giving a large severance package to former chief executive Mark Hurd.

Motorola Asks ITC for BlackBerry Block

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 22, 2010 at 2:42 pm PT

The mobile handset market is quite the hotbed for litigation these days, isn’t it? Nokia sues Apple, accusing the company of hitching a “free-ride” on its intellectual property; Apple countersues Nokia, claiming it essentially copied the iPhone; and now Motorola is joining in the fun. On Friday, the company filed a complaint against Research In Motion with the U.S. International Trade Commission, claiming the BlackBerry maker has infringed five of its patents related to Wi-Fi access, user interface and power and application management.

Tussle in Brussels: The EC’s Oracle-Sun Hearing, End Game

John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2009 at 9:00 am PT

Looks like Oracle has managed to ease European regulators’ antitrust concerns over its $7 billion acquisition of Sun–perhaps even enough for them to approve the thing. This morning, Oracle and the European Commission both said they have had “constructive discussions” about the company’s plans for Sun and, more specifically, its open-source MySQL database software.