Venture investing tops $7 billion in third quarter (CNET)

October 18, 2008
CNET - The final days of the third quarter may have marked the start of the freefalling economy, but the third quarter as a whole was a healthy one for venture capital investments.No tag for this post.













Axel Springer hit by new German data leak scandal (Reuters)

October 18, 2008
Reuters - The personal details of thousands of people who placed classified advertisements in newspapers owned by Axel Springer made their way onto the Internet in the latest data leak scandal to hit Germany.No tag for this post.













IBM’s next slogan: Sexy’s out, boring’s in (CNET)

October 18, 2008
CNET - IBM hasn't been cool or sexy for years. The Charlie Chaplin era was cute and yes, Big Blue did legitimate the PC as a business tool. But that's ancient history. This company--never the hippest cat around--turned utterly super square under Lou Gerstner in the 1990s when IBM began to de-emphasize its personal computer business in favor of services, consulting, and infrastructure.No tag for this post.