Microsoft was not able to slow the market share loss of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser in December. IE surrendered more than 1.5 points in December, according to Net Applications, while Firefox, Chrome and Safari posted substantial gains. Over the past 12 months, IE has lost almost 8 points, leaving the browser with the least amount of market share since 1999.
Read the article: IE falls below 69% market share, Firefox climbs above 21%
US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report on global trends. The National Intelligence Council (NIC) predicts China, India and Russia will increasingly challenge US influence.
Read the article: US global dominance ‘set to wane’
Citgroup executives, faced with a plunging share price, began weighing the possibility of auctioning off pieces of the financial giant or even selling the company outright, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Read the article: Report: Citigroup weighs potential sale
US bank Citigroup has announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made this year.
Read the article: Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000
“Scientists have shown what many have always suspected – that entrepreneurs’ brains are different to those of managers. A study at Cambridge university, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, found that entrepreneurs’ brains were more active in the region responsible for taking “risky or hot” decisions.
The researchers suggested that the type of risk-taking essential to the entrepreneurial process could be taught, or enhanced by drugs.” – FT
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While many of the world’s best business brains are exercising themselves over the current global banking and equities crisis, there is another issue which has the potential to dominate our lives far more in the longer term — energy.
Read the article: The future of energy – CNN.com
A new feature introduced today in Gmail allows free voice and video chat right from within Gmail. Nice!
Read the article: Official Google Blog: Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
“The global economy is entering a slowdown of epic proportions, comparable to the Great Depression, John Thain, chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch, warned on Tuesday.” – FT.com
Read the article: Merrill chief sees severe global slowdown
India is celebrating the arrival of its Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft at the Moon.
Read the article: Indian satellite orbiting Moon
Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free online service.
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