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Larry Dignan
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Larry Dignan
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and finance editor at CNET News.com. Larry has covered the technology and financial services industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, The New York Times, and Financial Planning magazine. He's a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.
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Andrew Nusca
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Andrew Nusca
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Andrew J. Nusca is an associate editor at ZDNet and editor of SmartPlanet. As a journalist based in New York City, he has written for Popular Mechanics and Men's Vogue and his byline has appeared in New York magazine, The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Editor & Publisher, New York Press and many others. He also writes The Editorialiste, a media criticism blog.
He is a New York University graduate and former news editor and columnist of the Washington Square News. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has been named "Howard Kurtz, Jr." by film critic John Lichman despite having no relation to him. He lives in his native Philadelphia with his wife, cat and Boston Terrier.
Rachel King
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Rachel King
Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.
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Google's Chrome vs. Microsoft's IE: How's that halo effect?
Both Google and Microsoft are advertising their browsers—two pieces of software that are free. Why? There’s real ROI to driving platform usage.
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As Samsung looks to settle, Apple will fight on to the bitter end
Apple and Samsung are hours away from discussing a potential patents settlement. Samsung will still manage to walk away from the amicable talks with a bloody nose.
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Comcast, Cox, Time Warner partner on metro Wi-Fi
Bright House, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox and Time Warner Cable partner on free-if-you’re-a-customer wireless under the name “CableWifi.”
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Clarizen upgrades SaaS project management platform
In the latest version of its project management software, Clarizen gives managers more granular permissions and team members more control over their dashboards.
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Intuit completes Demandforce acquisition
Intuit has successfully acquired software-as-a-service application Demandforce for more than $420 million, in what is the company’s third-largest acquisition to date.
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Global mobile phone sales take a hit; Nokia yields to Apple, Samsung
Smartphones continue to show growth despite a decline in mobile phone shipments year over year — with Apple and Samsung widening their lead over Nokia.
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Six Degrees acquires Datahop; fiberoptic datacenter network
UK cloud services provider Six Degrees Group acquires Datahop, giving it a high-speed fiberoptic network connecting datacenters in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris.
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China clears Google, Motorola merger: Deal to close 'within days'
Following China’s approval of the deal, Google is set to acquire smartphone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion as soon as this coming week.
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Oracle v. Google loses another juror; patent verdict looks distant
Verdict deliberations in Oracle v. Google have been mixed up as the jury looks like it might be stuck on the question of infringement once again.
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Cloud meets hardware: The inevitable merger
The evidence is piling up: Hardware systems will increasingly work in tandem with the cloud.
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Twitter accused of 'tracking' users across the Web
Twitter was quick to act when it was accused of recording its users across the Web amid an announcement that it will allow users to opt-out of online activity tracking.
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Wireless carriers' revenue grab: How you're paying for the machines
Wireless carriers’ never-ending effort to preserve ARPU (average revenue per user) may begin to hurt. Will there be a pushback as consumers and business have to offset less profitable M2M...
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Oracle v. Google jury stumbling over tech terminology, illness
The Oracle v. Google jury is facing some tough times over highly technical terminology and even personal illness.
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Intuit rides taxes, SMB to solid Q3
Intuit’s tax business could have been better, but the company’s SMB business is healthy and QuickBooks Online is going global.
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Salesforce cruises in Q1; Eyes $3 billion in annual revenue
The results seem to indicate that Salesforce’s cloud efforts are paying off and large enterprises are on the bandwagon.
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HP's big layoffs will only go so far
HP will need to lay off workers to boost its profitability, but then reinvest the savings in more lucrative markets.
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AT&T mobile chief: Windows 8 can boost Windows Phone
Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, sees a possible Windows 8-Windows Phone juggernaut.
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Windows 8 will "disappoint": Analysts cut price targets on HP, Dell
HP and Dell have seen their target price lowered after Windows 8 was dubbed “a disappointment” in an analysts note.
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Iran to sue Google in map naming dispute
Google has removed the tag identifying the Persian Gulf from its popular mapping service, angering the Iranian government. Tehran says it will sue the search giant.
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Toshiba cuts TV production in operating profit return plan
Toshiba’s plan to double its operating profit in the coming years includes slashing its domestic flat-panel television production and focusing on electronic devices and chip sales.
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