Scotland

Texas Instruments to Acquire National Semiconductor for $6.5 Billion

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 4, 2011 at 1:17 pm PT

Two of the oldest names in the chip business are about to combine. About as long as I’ve known about electronics, I’ve known of the names Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor. Today, TI announced it will acquire National for $6.5 billion, representing a 77 percent premium over the $3.4 billion market cap it had as of the close of today’s regular trading.

Boyle Then Was as Good as Boyle Today: God Bless the Queen of Online Viral Video

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm PT

Here’s more extraordinary video of Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing sensation. The unknown 47-year-old appears in new online videos unearthed by Scotland’s Daily Record and shot at a 1984 competition at the Fir Park Social Club in Motherwell. She is 22 in these videos, but sings “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “The Way We Were” just as well as she did recently on “Britain’s Got Talent.” How much does BoomTown love viral video? Much, in this case.

The Last Susan Boyle Post, I Promise–But It Turns Out She Can Cry a Digital River

Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

The Internet sensation that is Susan Boyle just keeps getting better. The Daily Record in Scotland uncovered a 10-year-old recording that the 47-year-old woman made for a charity CD. Singing the classic blues ballad, “Cry Me a River,” Boyle more than proves she has the range of the truly gifted artist (not to mention emotional depths that seem endless here) she displayed recently on a British television talent show, which has turned her into a viral Web celebrity.