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Advertising, -5% in the second quarter 2009

August 8th, 2009 admin No comments

The second quarter of 2009 was ’s yet another difficult quarter in terms of ‘ advertising. The global economic crisis has forced ’s company to lower its budget for promotion and all had heavy retaliation on what the world instead of ‘ Publishing: radio, TV and newspapers are due to the flow of money that the media centers bear in support of content, but the fall in recent months is creating a heavy earthquake intended to subvert hierarchies before. In ..read more

Steam, increasing signs of growth

August 4th, 2009 admin No comments

The market for video games is experiencing a significant growth of a distribution channel at all, that of ‘on-line. Precisely this type of channel could be in the near future, the real alternative to the common retail.

According to the latest data reported by IGN on this news, the month of June has increased the volume of traffic Steam (Valve service) by about 97% compared to the same month of ‘years before. Direct2Drive of IGN has grown by 56%, ..read more

eBay wants to clone Skype?

August 1st, 2009 admin No comments

Dall ’s announcement of the spin-off, the relationship between eBay and Skype, a proposition for years, would be deteriorating: Skype accuses eBay of wanting to exploit the code of the client to achieve a Vopip rival

According to Bloomberg, eBay, poiuché not have idyllic relations with Skype and has already established the ..read more

Budget at a loss for Intel, but with optimism

July 31st, 2009 admin No comments

Intel announced financial results for the second quarter of 2009, the turnover has amounted to 8 billion dollars, but with a loss for the year amounted to 398 million dollars.

By comparison, the turnover during the same period last year was 9.5 billion dollars, with a profit of 1.6 billion dollars.

The incidence increased loss was caused by a appeal.

In the event that the appeal for the fine was upheld, ..read more

Gartner: Software allocate spending in 2010

July 29th, 2009 admin No comments

The analysis company Gartner recommends companies to be ready for recovery: IT spending will grow from 2010 one and a half percentage

ITespresso.it 28-07-2009

A few months of suffering, but Gartner sees the light at the end of the tunnel even in the software market.

The analysis company Gartner recommends companies to be ready for recovery: IT spending will grow from 2010. The budget invested in the software will return to grow by an average of ‘1:53 ..read more

Ibm offers 1.2 billion dollars to SPSS

July 29th, 2009 admin No comments

IBM offers more than a billion dollars in cash for winning a ‘company specialized in technologies and services analytical prediction

ITespresso.it 28-07-2009

IBM has offered 1.2 billion dollars cash to acquire SPSS, a ‘company specialized in technologies and services analytical prediction. Sefue l ‘acquisition of Exeros last May.

IBM pays $ 50 per share, against the value of the title of 35.09 dollars (closing price on Nasdaq on Monday).

In this market, IBM is present with ..read more