FamousAbout.com » Computer http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Tue, 22 May 2012 20:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Facebook shares could fall below IPO price: Barron’s http://famousabout.com/facebook-shares-could-fall-below-ipo-price-barrons http://famousabout.com/facebook-shares-could-fall-below-ipo-price-barrons#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 19:31:26 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/facebook-shares-could-fall-below-ipo-price-barrons (Reuters) – Shares in social media company Facebook Inc could fall below the initial public offering price of $38, Barron’s wrote in its May 21 edition.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/facebook-shares-could-fall-below-ipo-price-barrons/feed 0 Amkor Technology to build plant in South Korea http://famousabout.com/amkor-technology-to-build-plant-in-south-korea http://famousabout.com/amkor-technology-to-build-plant-in-south-korea#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 08:57:05 +0000 admin http://famousabout.com/amkor-technology-to-build-plant-in-south-korea Amkor Technology Inc., a specialist in packaging and testing computer chips, said Friday that it will build a $350 million semiconductor testing and packaging plant in South Korea.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/amkor-technology-to-build-plant-in-south-korea/feed 0 Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs http://famousabout.com/reports-hp-poised-to-eliminate-up-to-30000-jobs http://famousabout.com/reports-hp-poised-to-eliminate-up-to-30000-jobs#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 08:54:20 +0000 Samantha Sy http://famousabout.com/reports-hp-poised-to-eliminate-up-to-30000-jobs Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according to reports published Thursday.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/reports-hp-poised-to-eliminate-up-to-30000-jobs/feed 0 GM ad move followed failed Facebook pitch: sources http://famousabout.com/gm-ad-move-followed-failed-facebook-pitch-sources http://famousabout.com/gm-ad-move-followed-failed-facebook-pitch-sources#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:36:07 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/gm-ad-move-followed-failed-facebook-pitch-sources DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week. GM announced the decision to drop Facebook paid ads on Tuesday in what was the first highly visible crack in Facebook’s strategy and illustrated doubts about its perceived advantage over traditional media

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]]> http://famousabout.com/univision-launches-digital-network-for-all-content/feed 0 Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume: source http://famousabout.com/yahoo-ceo-says-he-never-provided-a-resume-source http://famousabout.com/yahoo-ceo-says-he-never-provided-a-resume-source#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 00:46:12 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/yahoo-ceo-says-he-never-provided-a-resume-source SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, he told top executives at a meeting on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter. Thompson held a meeting with his top people on Thursday to address a controversy over the educational background that erupted a week ago. Yahoo acknowledged last week that Thompson, the former president of eBay Inc division PayPal, does not have a computer science degree, despite what was stated in his official company biography and in regulatory filings with the U.S.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/yahoo-ceo-says-he-never-provided-a-resume-source/feed 0 Risk assets retreat on Greece bailout uncertainty http://famousabout.com/risk-assets-retreat-on-greece-bailout-uncertainty http://famousabout.com/risk-assets-retreat-on-greece-bailout-uncertainty#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:11:37 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/risk-assets-retreat-on-greece-bailout-uncertainty TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares, gold and oil fell and the euro remained pressured on Wednesday as Greece struggled to form a government two days after an election, heightening the risk that a hard-won bailout deal could be scrapped. Radical leftist Alexis Tsipras meets the leaders of Greece’s mainstream parties on Wednesday to try to form a coalition government, an effort seen as doomed after he demanded that pledges made in exchange for an European Union/International Monetary Fund rescue package be torn up. ..

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]]> http://famousabout.com/risk-assets-retreat-on-greece-bailout-uncertainty/feed 0 NASA to Test Air Force Drone for Quiet Supersonic Flight http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:55:07 +0000 Samantha Sy http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight A new U.S.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight/feed 0 Argentina’s YPF cuts computer links with Repsol http://famousabout.com/argentinas-ypf-cuts-computer-links-with-repsol http://famousabout.com/argentinas-ypf-cuts-computer-links-with-repsol#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:32:41 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/argentinas-ypf-cuts-computer-links-with-repsol LONDON (Reuters) – Argentine oil group YPF has cut computer links with parent Repsol , two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, following Buenos Aires’ plans unveiled last week to seize control of the leading energy company.

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