DailyMe TechnologyDailyMe Digest RSS TechnologySamsung bid for SanDisk shows memory market woes- September 17, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - A $5.85 billion bid by Samsung Electronics Co. to take over SanDisk Corp., a wounded competitor that also serves as a partner, reflects the turbulence in the market for flash memory, a key ingredient in digital cameras, music...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700019044/ Nortel in crisis again, plans new restructuring- September 17, 2008 TORONTOOTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp stumbled into crisis mode once again on Wednesday as it cut its revenue forecasts, prepared for a new wave of layoffs and said it was looking at selling one of its businesses.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700018598/ Web inventor backs group to improve his creation- September 17, 2008 NEW YORK - Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is helping start a new foundation with the aim of supporting the Web as a tool that's open and accessible to everyone.Exactly what the World Wide Web Foundation is going to do hasn't...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700017756/ UK: Agency loses laptop bearing personal info- September 17, 2008 LONDON - The British government has admitted another data loss blunder: Its bankruptcy agency has lost a laptop carrying personal information on more than 100 former company directors.The Insolvency Service says four laptop computers were stolen...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700016992/ Web boom in English-obsessed Korea- September 17, 2008 SEOUL (Reuters) - Armed with the world's fastest Internet and an even stronger desire to learn English, South Koreans are using the latest Web resources to master a language that is the economic and emotional focus of their education.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700016685/ GE, Google plan news conference on energy plans- September 17, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Energy conglomerate General Electric Co and Internet leader Google Inc plan to hold a news conference shortly on unspecified joint energy projects, the companies said on Wednesday.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700016600/ Li-ion seen dominating hybrid market for 15-20 years- September 17, 2008 DETROIT (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd unit Compact Power said it expects lithium-ion battery technology to dominate the hybrid electric car market for the next 15 to 20 years, its chief executive said on Wednesday.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700016599/ |