billion
Review: BEC Technologies Billion BiGuard S6000
The BiGuard S6000 extends the network to the remote user with features such as Network Extender, Transport Extender, My Network Places and Application Proxy.
Jul 16 2008 3:42PM
Google sued for US$1 billion
Google is being sued for US$1bn by a technology start up that claims the search giant stole a migration tool it had developed..
Jun 27 2008 7:46AM
PC population reaches one billion
The total number of PCs in use today has broken the one billion mark says Gartner..
Jun 24 2008 11:52AM
Linkedin valued at a billion dollars
Rich friends
Jun 19 2008 3:35PM
Icahn aims to sell Yahoo for US$49.5 billion
Carl Icahn has promised to secure almost US$50 billion for Yahoo if his plans to oust the web giant's board are successful..
Jun 10 2008 2:13PM
Defence launches $1 billion communications satellite
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been granted the ability to communicate with defence personnel anywhere on Earth after the Department of Defence (DoD) announced operational capability of a new $1 billion satellite system.
Jun 5 2008 12:54PM
RFID sector to be worth US$9.7 billion by 2013
New forecasts predict that the total global RFID market will turnover approximately US$9.7 billion by 2013..
May 22 2008 7:45AM
Former AOL execs charged with US$1 billion fraud
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against eight former AOL Time Warner executives..
May 21 2008 2:41PM
CBS buys CNET for US$1.8 billion
US broadcasting corporation CBS has agreed to purchase web publisher CNET Networks for US$1.8 billion..
May 19 2008 12:03PM
Google Q1 profit soars to US$1.31 billion
Google's report on the first quarter of 2008 shows an unexpectedly strong start to the year for the search giant..
Apr 22 2008 7:36AM
Conroy calls for $4.7 billion Govt funded FttN proposals
Construction of the Federal Government’s proposed $4.7 billion National Broadband Network could begin as early as October after the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy issued a Request for Proposal late last week.
Apr 15 2008 1:31PM
Intel puts half a billion into Chinese tech firms
A subsidiary of chip maker Intel plans to invest US$500 million in Chinese technology firms, the company has announced. The funds will be invested in companies with interests including broadband wireless, media, telecoms and "clean technologies", the company's investment arm, Intel Capital, said..
Apr 11 2008 7:52AM
Conroy pulls the plug on $1 billion OPEL broadband project
Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has pulled the plug on the OPEL consortium’s billion dollar regional broadband network after the Government found the group had failed to meet the original terms of its contract.
Apr 2 2008 1:24PM
IBM sets aside US$15 billion for stock repurchase
IBM's board of directors has authorised US$15 billion in additional funds for use in the company's stock repurchase programme..
Mar 3 2008 2:48PM
Reed Elsevier acquires ChoicePoint in US$4.1 billion deal
ChoicePoint, whose watershed breach prompted a burst of state disclosure laws, has been acquired by LexisNexis information service parent, Reed Elsevier, for US$4.1 billion, the two companies announced Thursday.
Feb 22 2008 10:05AM
Telstra profit jumps to $1.9 billion as PSTN hangs on
Telstra has reported a 13 percent increase to $1.9 billion in its half-year profit report, attributing the gain to rising sales of high-speed Internet services which offset lower revenue from its fixed-line business.
Feb 21 2008 3:09PM
Microsoft offers US$44 billion for Yahoo
Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for US$31 per share, a 62 per cent premium on the closing price of US$19.18 on 31 January, equating to a total equity value of US$44.6 billion..
Feb 2 2008 1:36PM
French bank could have a thwarted US$7 billion insider fraud with better password
Societe Generale might have been able to prevent a year-long binge of fraudulent transactions by one of its mid-level traders simply by instituting stricter password controls and applying available software that tracks transactions to individual workstations, according to analysts.
Jan 29 2008 10:53AM
Sun snaps up MySQL for US$1 billion
Sun Microsystems has ended the public expectation of open source database vendor MySQL becoming a public entity by announcing it would purchase the company for US$1 billion.
Jan 17 2008 8:18AM
Oracle to buy BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion
Oracle has reached a "definitive agreement" to acquire BEA Systems for approximately US$8.5 billion..
Jan 17 2008 7:33AM
