Google to buy Digg?

Google to buy Digg? Search giant Google is close to acquiring US-based social news aggregator Digg for around US$200 million, according to a report on US technology blog TechCrunch.

  • Unis tackle student shortage catastrophe

    Today 38 Australian universities held their first joint meeting to tackle what some have described as a "catastrophic" drop in the numbers of Australian students enrolling in information and communications technology courses.

    25 July 2008 05:22 PM

  • No Yahoo talks; Windows 7 on track

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday in the US that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo were firmly in the "off-again" phase.

    25 July 2008 07:36 AM

  • TomorrowNow confusion Down Under

    A lack of information from the global headquarters of software giants Oracle and SAP has left the pairs' Australian divisions completely in the dark about what actions to take in the wake of the closure of SAP's Oracle services subsidiary TomorrowNow.

    24 July 2008 05:45 PM

  • Google launches Wikipedia rival

    Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning, according to the Official Google Blog.

    24 July 2008 08:14 AM

Those lawyers are getting really anal these days.

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  • When do we declare Google a monopoly?

    I did a double take recently after listening to Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell acknowledge that his company was ready to lose even more money in online services in the near term, if that's what it takes to catch Google.

    23 July 2008 05:32 PM

  • Australia.com looks for new home

    Tourism Australia is looking for a two-year contract with a company to host, support and maintain Australia's digital face Australia.com.

    23 July 2008 02:14 PM

  • LinkedIn retrieves Australian domain

    US-based business social networking company LinkedIn has taken action to retrieve the Australian version of its internet address from local digital marketing agency Clear Blue Day.

    23 July 2008 10:39 AM

  • All's not well with UK NHS upgrade

    A British health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it had pulled out of the country's National Health Service e-health record program because it had lost confidence in the project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu.

    23 July 2008 07:11 AM

  • ING beefs up tech team

    ING Australia has dipped into its New Zealand operations to find its new head of technology services, Rod Greenaway.

    22 July 2008 05:55 PM

  • Reserve Bank denies eBay review

    The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today said it had not initiated a formal review into auction giant eBay's move to force sellers to offer PayPal as a payment method, despite complaints from a group which claims to be composed of disgruntled sellers.

    22 July 2008 04:59 PM

  • Objective tops Tower for SA Health deal

    ASX-listed software company Objective has won a new electronic document and records management (EDRMS) contract with SA Health, leaving rival firm, Hewlett-Packard-owned Tower Software, eating its dust.

    22 July 2008 04:40 PM

  • UXC buys into smart metering

    Diversified technology services firm UXC has bolstered its engineering division with the acquisition of billing and metering firm Datec Queensland.

    22 July 2008 11:20 AM

  • Hoffman out of Loop on mobile

    Martin Hoffman, former CEO of Ninemsn and Fairfax executive, has left his current role as CEO of Loop Wireless after only eighteen months in the role.

    22 July 2008 11:57 AM

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