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$300M Investment in Nook Delivers Next to Nothing for Microsoft

Microsoft has gotten little from a 2012 investment of $300 million with Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it's poised to reap some rewards as it and its partners start to ship smaller tablets. Full Story »
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Microsoft's $2B Loan to Dell Comes with Strings

As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said.

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Oracle Takes Stake in Ingestible Health Sensor Maker

The move is Oracle's latest investment in the health care vertical

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Nokia Bets on Camera Tech to Boost Phone Market Share

Nokia's venture arm is investing in a California company that uses multiple lenses to create images.

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Samsung and Intel Invest in Speech Analysis Company Expect Labs

The new investments will speed up Expect's efforts to extend the use of its technology

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Alibaba invests in Sina Weibo to build links with users of the Twitter-like service

Alibaba is investing US$586 million for an 18 percent stake in Weibo

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10 Hot Social Media Startups to Watch

Social media startups aren't typically as well-funded as cloud or mobile startups, but they can have just as much impact and potential in how a business functions and succeeds. After evaluating more than 40 social media startups and then turning to crowdsourcing for input, here are the 10 hot social media startups to watch.

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Report: Verizon Wants to Buy Clearwire Spectrum

An offer for some leases would further complicate the financial wrangling between Sprint, Clearwire, Softbank and Dish

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Intel sets up joint lab with China's Baidu for mobile apps

The chip maker will supply local developers with Intel-powered products for software testing

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IBM to Invest $1 Billion in Flash Memory Development

After its buyout of Texas Memory Systems, IBM is now the latest on the vendor bandwagon to push flash into the data centers, saying it will invest a whopping $1 billion into flash research.

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Obama R&D Spending Plan Doesn't Beat Inflation

White House's $3.8 trillion budget plan doesn't include a goal for building exascale supercomputers.

How To

5 Tips for Running a Successful Crowdsourcing Campaign

More entrepreneurs are raising money via crowdsourcing sites like Kickstarter, but it doesn't mean you're guaranteed a home run.

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Verizon's $10 Million New-ideas Contest Now Accepting Submissions

Verizon's Powerful Answers Award contest is accepting entries for innovative ideas in education, health care and sustainability

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Reliance's Ambani brothers team up on 4G services rollout

Reliance Industries has the spectrum, while Reliance Communications owns the fiber-optic network

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Oracle's Delusional Hardware Marketing Isn't Fooling Anyone

Despite repeated reprimands from the National Adverting Review Board, Oracle continues to run ads making questionable claims that its Sun hardware outperforms the competition. This isn't surprising--perception often trumps reality in advertising, after all--but will Oracle ever be able to back up its claims?