Globe Broadband Inconsistencies! Until now I’m still not gett’n any internet connection at home. As previously stated on this blog that most providers can’t provide the said connection because of various reasons. Anyway, I’ve resorted to asking Globe to provide me instead the internet connection because others can’t provide it. I completed all the transaction [...]

Microsoft confirmed its $100 million purchase of Powerset. Microsoft has announced that they’ve reached an aggreement with Powerset already where this aggreement highlights the purchase of the much-hyped search engine Powerset for $100 million.
According to Microsoft, “We’re buying Powerset first and foremost because we’re impressed with the people there. Powerset CTO and cofounder Barney Pell [...]

Starbucks Corp. closing 600 underperforming stores. The Seattle-based premium coffee company Starbucks Corp. announced that it will be closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States. On top of that they also announced that they’ll be opening a few more company-operated stores by 2009 and would accommodate those employees affected by the previous closure.
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Bill Gates last day at Microsoft. Bill Gates, the world’s most famous university dropout emulated by Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook will today leave his Seattle office. This time Bill Gates will formally give up his full-time job at Microsoft and concentrate on his charitable foundation.

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Morph Labs acquired $1.5-M pre-IPO fund. Morph Labs the leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies to simplify deployment, delivery and management of web based applications has acquired $1.5 million in investments from two foreign venture capital firms while proceeds from the IPO will enable [...]