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Search can't scale without social, and Bing has Facebook and Twitter on its side
The human race will create 1.8 zettabytes of data in 2011. Web search can't keep up. See why social is the answer and how Bing is well-positioned.
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Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion, so now what?
Microsoft has purchased Skype in an $8.5 billion deal that will close later this year. See why we shouldn't worry about the free service going away and what Microsoft is likely to ...
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Tech M&A: Who's buying and who's going to get bought?
HP buying 3Com is likely the beginning of more IT industry consolidation. See who the buyers will be and which companies could be acquisition targets.
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CIO top priorities in 2009: Productivity and cost reduction
A new list of top priorities for IT leaders was revealed on Monday at the SIMposium 09 event in Seattle. "Business productivity and cost reduction" claimed the top spot.
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IT budgets: How to waste money and get fired
Most IT departments still waste money in lots of common and avoidable ways. TechRepublic has put together a special report to help IT leaders identify the most common ways that IT ...
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Sanity check: Seven tech industry acquisitions we would sanction
With many of the big tech companies hording piles of cash and many unstable companies licking their wounds from the recession, the tech industry is ripe for consolidation. See whic...
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See how Goldman Sachs used IT to save itself from the mortgage mess
In 2007, Goldman Sachs used its own IT to predict that trouble was brewing in the mortgage market and took a step back before the market imploded. See how Goldman Sachs did it in a...
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CBS, BNET announce MoneyWatch.com to help navigate the recession
TechRepublic's sister site BNET is preparing to launch MoneyWatch.com this spring. It will offer pragmatic advice to help manage your career, your income, and your financial future...
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Visa CIO Michael Dreyer talks about the future of high tech payments
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, talks about innovation, including new wallet-less and contact-less solutions such as PayWave technology, which gives users the ability to quickly proce...
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Financial outlook for tech giants: Microsoft, Intel, SAP, and Apple
With the current volatility in the financial sector, it's natural to wonder how the bellwethers in the IT industry are doing financially. ZDNet's Larry Dignan and Sam Diazput four ...