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RIM reports 50 million BlackBerry subscribers

...subscriber accounts, bringing the total reported BlackBerry user base to more than 50 million — up 56 percent year over year. For more on this ZDNet... Read more

17 September, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn

Osborne puts £50m into UK graphene research

Chancellor George Osborne has promised £50 million for research into graphene, the carbon-based material tipped as a... Read more

3 October, 2011
Podcast: Educational Testing Service puts Oracle Advanced Security to the Test

Podcast: Educational Testing Service puts Oracle Advanced Security to the Test

ETS is a global leader in creating, managing, and evaluating over 50 million assessment tests in 180 countries including the GRE test and the... Read more

1 December, 2011
Ten computer viruses that changed the world

Ten computer viruses that changed the world

...times faster than Melissa, according to the US Army. With at least 50 million computers infected and many large organisations having to shut off internet... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Submarine cables tie the world together

Submarine cables tie the world together

...that criss-cross the planet's seabeds, capable of carrying more than 50 million phone calls simultaneously. Those cables have been around for about 150... Read more

22 January, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Larry Page's identity crisis: the dead weight of Google+

...how many people actively use Google+. Somewhat ominously, Google's claim of 50 million daily active users and 100 million monthly active users is based... Read more

7 April, 2012

RIM: when 35.7% margin looks bad

RIM has cash ($2.1 billion), and cash flow ($1.1 billion), and margin (33.4% -a figure PC OEMs can only dream of) that... Read more

30 March, 2012
XTNDConnect PC Desktop Synchronization null

XTNDConnect PC Desktop Synchronization null

...PC technology which boasts more than 9 years of market experience and 50 million distributed copies, XTNDConnect PC Data Synchronization is fast, flexible, and easy... Read more

28 February, 2012

RIM chiefs Lazaridis and Balsillie step down

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in favour of former chief operating officer and Siemens veteran Thorsten Heins, but analysts are not convinced this will turn the BlackBerry maker around Read more

23 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Book review: The Lean Start-Up

...you nowhere. Ries's current company, IMVU, provides 3D avatars to some 50 million users. In fact, vision can be the problem. When IMVU started... Read more

23 January, 2012

Salesforce eyes SMEs with Assistly buy

...more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Salesforce buys Assistly for $50 million on ZDNet.com. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Google launches paid web translation for businesses

...page, assuming the page contains 500 words. There is a limit of 50 million characters per month. Chin said developers who have already been using... Read more

25 August, 2011

HP kills WebOS, may sell off PC division

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest IT company, announced moderate financial results tonight -- quarterly turnover up... Read more

18 August, 2011
Why iPads may fall flat for PC users

Why iPads may fall flat for PC users

...their appeal and which will enable Apple to sell between 40 and 50 million of them in 2011. But techies and professionals who buy tablets... Read more

7 August, 2011 by Jason Hiner

Lytro camera lets you focus after you shoot

...known as co-founder of Netscape, and has helped Lytro raise around $50 million. Lytro was launched yesterday (June 21) as a new company. It... Read more

22 June, 2011

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