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    Billionaire Time Warner shareholder Carl Icahn on Monday warned the media conglomerate's board against making a "disastrous" and "short-sighted" decision.

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    Telstra profit grew 13.3 per cent in the year to June 30, on a jump in mobile phone revenue as customers took up services with the Next G network.

  • Online advertising amounts to US$21 billion bonanza

    Online advertising revenues exceeded $US21 billion for the first time in 2007, although preliminary data compiled by an industry trade group also suggest growth is slowing.

  • Telstra transformation under microscope

    Investors will focus on Telstra's outlook for the next two years and particularly the progress of its "transformation" and the associated cost savings, when the company releases its results next week.

  • Chip industry growth stalls as prices plummet

    Semiconductor prices fell by more than 30 percent at the start of this year, which is "inordinate" because demand is so strong.

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  • Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

    After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

  • Why the iPhone rules Apple's roost

    The iPhone isn't just the third leg of Apple's business ... it's now the single largest contributor to Apple's bottom line.

  • Gershon: Easier said than done

    Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.

  • India to make US$50bn from tech in 2007/8

    Industry association Nasscom has predicted that India's booming tech economy will grow around 25 percent during 2007/8, which will push revenues past the US$50 billion mark.

  • Feature: Ad-supported software

    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

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  • Logitech mice number half a billion

    Logitech announces it has shipped half a billion mice, and celebrates with quirky mouse facts.

  • Aust mobile nos to hit 17m by 2007; IDC

    The number of Australian mobile phone users is expected to hit 17.2 million by 2007, up nearly 2.5 million from end-2003, according to analyst group International Data Corp.

  • Booming market seen for USB drives

    The market for flash memory-based USB storage devices is expected to grow rapidly over the new few years, reaching US$3.8 billion in revenue by 2006, according to a report released Monday by Semico Research.

  • Strong growth ahead for semiconductor industry: IDC

    The semiconductor market will grow at 18 percent in 2004, according to International Data Corp. The growth will be driven by stronger than expected mobile phone and PC shipments.

  • ATI puts 3D graphics in mobile phones

    Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies is jumping into the handheld market with a new line of processors aimed at mobile phones.

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