Peter Sayer

Articles by Peter Sayer

EBay drops 1,000 workers, buys two firms for US$1B

The acquisition of Bill Me Later, second only to PayPal in the e-commerce sector, will allow online auction firm to target larger enterprise businesses, according to executives

AMD splits into two companies

Spin off of chip fabrication seen as a move to let go of debt-heavy assets in order to raise funds

Oracle buys Advanced Visual Technology

Oracle enhances its retail offering by acquiring U.K.-based 3D visualization software for designing store layouts

Toxics still lurk in new ICT gear: Greenpeace

PC makers rapped the hardest for not being able to do without PCV insulation and brominated flame retardants. Also, for the first time manufacturers were rated for their products' energy efficiency

Collider switched on, but data will take months to flow

Scientists hope that their computers will find evidence for the existence of the Higgs Boson, a particle predicted by theoretical physics, when they comb through their observations of the collisions.

European court won’t stop U.K. hacker’s extradition to U.S.

It seems increasingly likely that accused hacker Gary McKinnon will be extradited to the U.S. to face trial. His last recourse is to Britain's Home Secretary for a repreive on medical grounds

Oracle buys Global Knowledge Software

The Redwood City, Calif.-based ERP giant said it would continue to support customers using Global Knowledge Software tools for non-Oracle applications.

High-profile execs leave Alcatel-Lucent

The company needs a personality of its own two years after its merger, so chair Serge Tchuruk is "leading by example" and stepping down

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