Dominique’s Photo Book On Blurb

Readers, here’s a fun project for you to play with: Dominique Trempont is doing a photo book of travel pictures using Blurb. Some of you may recall that I profiled Eileen Gittins, CEO of Blurb, some time back. Blurb has become a thriving company since, and Eileen recently convinced Dominique to take this project on.

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Infineon (Part 2): Wireless Strengths

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Infineon is a formidable force in RF transceivers and is one of the predominant baseband suppliers. Forward Concepts ranks them #3 globally in total baseband (2G, 3G). Although Infineon’s visibility increased tremendously after design wins in the iPhone, it has been a longtime supplier of RF solutions to LG,

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Forbes Column 2009: The Education Solution

To teach, train and retrain millions of people, online education is the only scalable option. To see why, read this week’s Zero In: The Education Solution.

Hollywood’s Content Crisis: Robert McKee (Part 2)

SM: The film “Up” did well with more sophisticated audiences. RM: That is partly because “Up” was a family film. I think that even the more sophisticated audiences enjoyed “Up”. I enjoyed it a lot. Pixar is the most successful film company in Hollywood, and all of the creative staff from the CEO on down

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Cisco Buys Tandberg, HP To Buy Polycom?

There’s tremendous momentum in video conferencing right now, and I was sure Cisco was going to acquire either Polycom or Tandberg. Well, this morning, the news is that Cisco is acquiring Tandberg for $3 billion. This of course, puts Polycom in play in a big way, and the likelihood of HP acquiring them just went

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Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bound To Lift Drooping Spirits

Here’s a recent review of “Entrepreneur Journeys” from The Telegraph India: “Such advice, coming from a successful strategy consultant based in Silicon Valley, is bound to lift many drooping spirits, especially in this age of recession. Mitra not only brings together the testimonies of established entrepreneurs from across the globe, but also talks about her

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NetApp Gains Market Share

The storage industry recently witnessed another bidding war between the top vendor EMC and the No.4 vendor, NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP), over data de-duplication specialist Data Domain. NetApp had in May announced its plans to acquire Data Domain for $1.5 billion. EMC won the bidding warwith a $2.3 billion offer that is more than seven times Data

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Infineon (Part 1): Seeing Some Light

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Continuing with our detailed analysis of European players in wireless semiconductor space, let’s take a look at some recent developments at Infineon Technologies AG. Earlier detailed coverage of Infineon can be found in Vijay’s series. Infineon ranked tenth among top semiconductor suppliers in 2008. But of late, the company

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