Corporate Issues

Microsoft's Silverlight technology has streamed some high-profile live events lately, the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama and the 2008 Summer Olympics among them. But Silverlight's real promise for the business customer -- to improve user interfaces for day-to-day applications -- has been thwarted by tightening budgets.  read more »

Web security vendor Websense has acquired Defensio, a provider of Web services used to delete comment spam off of blogs and Web sites.  read more »

A union that is trying to organize workers at IBM is reporting that the company cut more than 2,800 jobs recently, but an IBM spokesman would only confirm that some layoffs have occurred.  read more »

After 35 years with the company, Craig Barrett plans to retire as chairman of Intel in May, the chip maker announced Friday.  read more »

IBM's Chinese subsidiary last week acquired a stake worth US$15.8 million in Chinese television set maker Changhong Electric, according to a company filing at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.  read more »

Following the announcement that Toronto-based Nortel Networks recently filed for bankruptcy protection, the network equipment provider assures its customers that it is still "very much in business."  read more »

The sudden announcement that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence has the Web abuzz with ominous predictions, abrasive judgments, and maybe even a few conspiracy theories. It would appear that the ongoing-and certainly sad-saga of the iconic Jobs' health battles has raised hackles of many a blogger, with much of the ire directed at Apple's handling of the affair.  read more »

The board of Satyam Computer Services has hired two accounting firms to restate the accounts of the scandal-ridden company.  read more »

Yahoo has been pushed around by outsiders and needs to chart its own course, incoming CEO Carol Bartz said Tuesday, though she hasn't yet determined what that course should be.  read more »

Julius Genachowski, who is expected to be President-elect Barack Obama 's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission , has a Washington insider's resume and a Silicon Valley attitude.  read more »