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SoftBank Vision Fund posts ¥3.5 trillion loss for last fiscal year

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said the company and its fund should be taking a defensive posture.

May 12, 2022 by Julian Bingley

Commonwealth Bank takes up quarter stake in Tangerine and More Telecom

Bank to offer discounted NBN services to customers.

July 21, 2021 by Chris Duckett

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Earth Day 2006: What's the tech?

From corporate innovation to personal action, there's plenty of chance to be green in the world of tech. Harry Fuller talks with CNET News.com cutting-edge reporter Michael Kanellos, Wayne Cunningham of CNET's Car Tech and CNET's Elsa Wenzel, who tracks ecological issues from energy to recycling, about what you can be optimistic about this Earth Day.

April 13, 2006 by ZDNet Staff

ANZ Bank kills screensavers to save power

The ANZ Bank last night switched off the screensaver function on 31,000 PCs, saying the simple move could shave some four percent off its annual electricity bill. The bank's desktops will now operate in sleep mode after 15 minutes of user inactivity rather than displaying their screensavers, according to a statement issued by the bank today.

February 22, 2007 by Renai LeMay

Two appointed to cybersecurity panel

The governor of Maryland and the CEO of Stanford Hospital have been selected to join a national advisory panel on cybersecurity. The White House on Monday announced that Gov.

March 25, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Doerr: Obama's tech focus and how tech companies can ride the storm

Venture Capitalist John Doerr, appearing at the Web 2.0 Summit, said that there are thing that the incoming Obama administration can do to help the tech industry, starting with a focus on energy, basic research and higher education - the recipe that started the Internet.

November 5, 2008 by Sam Diaz

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?

From Net Neutrality to H1B Visas to data privacy and other economic and policy issues, the next U.S. president will influence many important developments in the technology industry. See what we know about the stances of Barack Obama and John McCain on the tech issues.

November 2, 2008 by Jason Hiner

Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the way

Some things are clear. If Jerry Yang had merely been doing a lousy job at running Yahoo, there would have been no "mutual" decision that he should step down as CEO.

November 18, 2008 by Richard Koman

The future in review

Mark Anderson, founder and publisher of the Strategic News Service (SNS), opened his Future In Review (FIRe) conference Monday night in San Diego with a comparison to D3, a concurrent Wall Street Journal-sponsored conference featuring Steve Jobs, also happening near San Diego. FIRe has an incredible line up of presenters, and I will be blogging from the event this week.

May 23, 2005 by Dan Farber