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Tim Kentley, Nick Bland, Danielle Conroy - Talking Technology 2012 - Ep40
Category: Technology
Duration: 01:02:48
Publish Date: 2012-10-26 00:23:48
Description: Leon and Garry talk about issues including: Apple announcing the iPAd Mini and 13in MacBook Pro with Retina display Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer betting the company on the release of Windows 8 and the new Surface tablet tablet while Microsoft's fiscal first-quarter profit falls a greater-than-expected 22 per cent, hurt by a dip in computer sales running its Windows operating system and the deferral of some revenue ahead of upcoming releases of its core Windows and Office products Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings soared as the Internet media company recorded a large gain from its recent sale of Alibaba and Yahoo CEO announcing plans to make Yahoo! the site of habit for tomorrow's internet users with a heavy focus on mobile. Apple losing its appeal against a ruling that cleared rival Samsung of copying its registered designs for tablet computers, in a decision which could end the two firms' legal dispute on the subject across Europe. Sony announcing 2840 job cuts Nokia reporting net sales of $US9.5 billion ($A9.6 billion), marking a 19 percent year-over-year drop compared to the nearly $US12 billion in sales it reported during the third quarter of 2011 Google hitting Wall Street with a double whammy. The Internet search leader that prides itself of organising the world's information lost control of its own data when a contractor released its third-quarter earnings report more than three hours before the numbers were supposed to come out. As if that was jarring enough, the numbers alarmed investors because the company's earnings and revenue fell well below analyst projections Facebook posting a loss of $59m despite seeing revenues rise 32% during the third quarter. Facebook launching‘Global Pages,’ a feature allowing internationally based business brands to maintain a single fan page with incorporated localized experiences for users worldwide. Russian anti-virus software company Kaspersky Lab developing a secure operating system to run computers inside nuclear power plants and other vital infrastructure and industrial plants IBM in advanced talks to buy Israel-based Red Bend Software, a provider of mobile phone software, for $200 million to $250 million. Philips more than doubling its net profit for the third quarter following the sale of its television business. A KPMG report finding that over 40 per cent of technology leaders think that Silicon Valley will be supplanted by China as the world’s leading tech innovation hub Malware attacks targeting users of Google's Android platform increasing from nearly 30,000 in June to almost 175,000 in September, according to a Trend Micro report. Staff costs at NBN Co almost doubled in the last financial year, according to the company's annual report. British security services recruiting IT people By 2018 a mission which includes British technology plans to land a robot probe on the surface of the Moon to find out if it has ice present under the surface A small company in the north of England developing “air capture” technology to create synthetic petrol using only air and electricity.
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