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30 January 2007
Computer Business Review Online
By Matthew Aslett
Open source database vendor MySQL AB is preparing itself for an initial public offering, and could even be ready to go public before the end of the year, according to its CEO Marten Mickos.
"We are planning to go public," Mickos told Computer Business Review in an exclusive interview, adding that the Uppsala, Sweden-based ..
30 January 2007
Palm Desert
By Palm Desert
WHISHER, a Spanish company launching the first social network powered by a Wi-Fi network, today announced it has received investment for an undisclosed amount, from Benchmark Capital Europe, the leading international Venture Capital firm and Swisscom. The new service enables people to quickly tap into the best wir..
30 January 2007
BUSINESS WIRE
By BUSINESS WIRE
Pageflakes Ltd. (www.pageflakes.com ), the community-driven personalised homepage, today announced the appointment of Dan Cohen as CEO and U.S. founding partner, effective immediately. Cohen joins Pageflakes from Yahoo!, where he was the head of the My Yahoo! business unit. In his new role as CEO of Pageflakes, Cohen wil..
30 January 2007
C/NET News.com
By Marguerite Reardon
It is also interested in some of the less popular sporting events, such as the England under-21 matches. The announcement will be a blow to the BBC, which will now have few leading live football games to broadcast on television. One of the issues for the corporation is believed to be the lower-than-expected licence fee settlem..
29 January 2007
BUSINESS WIRE
by BUSINESS WIRE
Growth in new accounts, installed base driven by industry demand for accurate, accessible and consistent information Kalido, the active information management company, announced today that the company achieved a record year in 2006 - the best in the company’s history. Among the achievements include a 36 percent increase in Kalido’s glob..
27 January 2007
ScanSafe
By ScanSafe
ScanSafe, the leading global provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, today issued its Annual Global Threat Report. The report is based on an analysis of more than 60 billion Web requests processed in 2006 by the ScanSafe Threat Centre on behalf of the company's corporate customers in more than 30 countries across five con..
23 January 2007
The Evening Standard
By Robert Lea
EVER wondered how the idiot sitting across from you got their job? Ever been shocked by the amount of money the headhunter got paid for placing the idiot? A new-style recruitment firm aims to revolutionise the shady world of job placement by rewarding workers who refer good candidates for new posts - and it has receive..
22 January 2007
Irish Times
By Irish Times
9 February 2007
MySQL distributes free software and still earns €40 million annually. Chief executive Marten Mickos hopes its latest offering will give Oracle a fright, writes Brian Skelly.
Marten Mickos is sitting in eerily deserted offices in East Point Business Park in Dublin. Deserted because it is a Satu..
14 January 2007
InfoWorld
By Ted Samson
Bebo has poached one of Google’s top dealmakers in an effort to boost advertising and sponsorship revenues, the social networking site will announce on Monday.
Joanna Shields, who was head of Google’s European strategic partnerships team and was behind its recent alliance with British Sky Broadcasting, the ..
21 December 2006
InfoWorld
By Ted Samson
MySpace, beware: You were outGoogled in 2006 by another social-networking site.
Bebo was the No. 1 searched term on Google in 2006, according to Zeitgeist, which provides search trends information about Google. But social networking wasn't all the dominated the minds of Googlers. 2006 also witnessed a rise in inte..
12 December 2006
EE Times
By Peter Clarke
LONDON — U.K. fabless chip company Newnham Research Ltd., which is developing a networked display technology, has changed its name to DisplayLink. The renamed company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with the main R&D and product development activities in Cambridge, England.
DisplayLink Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif..
11 December 2006
Business Wire
By Business Wire
With Rebtel's Call Home for the Holidays FREE program, everyone who starts using Rebtel between today and January 15, 2007 will get the first 30 days of service for free. No payments or contracts required to start calling. You pay for your local calls and Rebtel will connect them over the Internet free of charge for 30 d..
07 December 2006
PR Web
By PR Web
Pageflakes today announced the addition of two new widgets to its personalized startpage at www.pageflakes.com. "Setting up a calendar online and sharing it with friends and family has never been easier," said Christoph Janz, co-founder and CEO of Pageflakes.
Pageflakes, a leading player in the rapidly-grow..
05 December 2006
The Wall Street Journal
By Aaron O. Patrick
Moving to televise more American sports in Europe and expand ESPN, Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy a London-based cable channel that has rights to sports leagues including the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Hockey League. Disney said it agreed to buy NASN Ltd., also known as North American Sports ..
Disney-owned ESPN has purchased NASN, the European channel specializing in live broadcasts of major American sports.
Terms of the agreement between the Mouse House and NASN's owners, Setanta Sports and Benchmark Capital Europe, were not disclosed. Deal is expected to close early next year, subject to regulatory approvals.
"Growing our business in E..
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