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SMIC announces management overhaul
China’s largest contract chipmaker by capacity, announced sweeping management and strategy changes and said it was negotiating a fresh capital injection following a widening loss
China search engine Baidu beats estimates
Baidu, China’s leading internet search engine company, reported a nearly 50 per cent jump in net profit for the fourth quarter, and forecast another strong quarter, outperforming its own cautious guidance and most analysts’ expectations
Google’s Buzz fails to unite opinions
Analysts are divided over whether the internet group has done enough to put itself on the social networking path that might give it a chance to catch up with the growth of Facebook
Google’s Buzz to take on Facebook
Google has mounted its most ambitious assault on the booming social networking business in an attempt to win back ground lost to fast-growing Facebook
Video game sector seeks way out of inferno
Apple’s iPad console, as well as motion-sensing controllers for existing ones from Microsoft and Sony, and a strong line-up of games could provide salvation for the video game industry
Acer seeks fresh market muscle
The Taiwanese PC company is turning its attention this year to China, smartphones, and high-end servers for corporates – areas where it is seen as relatively weak
Morcombe quits as chief of Alphameric
The chief executive of the technology group has resigned, after narrowly avoiding losing his job last year after a shareholder campaign
Patsystems benefits from rapid growth in Asia
The derivatives trading software group reports a double-digit rise in turnover for 2009 as it shrugs off the loss of its lucrative Lehman contract with advances in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia
Google prepares Facebook assault
Google is set to make a fresh attempt to gain a stronger foothold in the social networking business as it seeks to counter the threat that Facebook poses to some core services
Plattner takes control of SAP after shake-up
After the management reshuffle, the business software maker has a new structure and a new focus
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