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Oct. 7, according to foreign media reports, SAP announced Monday the third-quarter results, due to the substantially reduced global business activities without warning, company software and related services revenue growth was 13% lower than expected.

It is reported that, SAP shares in Germany today in the stock market plunged 16.41 percent, to close at 28.84 euros per share (about 39.2 U.S. dollars); New York stock market crash of 14.1 percent, per share to close at 39.21 U.S. dollars only. Third quarter sales of software and related services in 1,970,000,000 euros (26.6 billion dollars) between -19.8 billion euros.

SAP chief executive Henning Kagermann said, SAP can not be spared from the financial crisis began in September, even though the company is still optimistic on reaching the revenue goal.

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Sept. 25, according to foreign media, the world's leading information-sharing site Digg has recently gained new 28,700,000 U.S. dollars of financing in order to further achieve its international plan of expansion.

Digg CEO Jay Adelson said his company received from Highland Capital Partners led the launching of the third round of financing in order to promote the expansion of the globalization of Digg, the site will support other languages other than English.
 
 The financing round investors include Greylock Partners, Omidyar Network and SVB Capital.

Web site Digg has been in operation for four years, it allows users to an online rating system to determine the ranking of news, has greatly enhanced user participation.

Digg said that the number of its international customers has doubled over last year, now has a month to visit the International 30,000,000 users. "Digg this" button now appears in the top half of the 25 U.S. news sites on, including The New York Times, Fox, BBC, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal Web site, and so on.

In addition to supporting the development of globalization, the investment will be used to achieve the company expansion plans, Digg's current staff of about 70 people, to the end of 2009will be expanded to 150 people, in order to become a larger enterprise.

Since the Web site four years ago by the creation of Adelson, it has received a total of 40,000,000 U.S. dollars of financing.

For a long time, the industry has been rumored Digg will be sold, it is reported that the media industry and Silicon Valley companies have shown interest in the acquisition. According to unconfirmed reports, Digg's valuation has been reached about 150,000,000 U.S. dollars.

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As Electronic Arts (Electronic Arts Inc.) (ERTS) announced the cancellation of acquiring video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Corporation (TTWO) proposed in the weekend, the stock of the latter were sold by investors, fell more than 25 percent on Monday morning.

Electronic Arts on Sunday announced its intention to withdraw Take-Two of the proposed acquisition. The video game company originally proposed to 25.76 U.S. dollars a share to buy Take-Two, and the latter to underestimate the value of its business reasons rejected the bid. But last month the U.S. Trade Commission approvedthe merger, the two companies announced the formal merger negotiations.

Electronic Arts did not provide specific reasons for the acquisition of abandoned, only that the due diligence process, "Electronic Arts decided not to Take-Two to offer and stay with the company discussion."

As of Monday morning trading 11:06, Take-Two fell 5.50 U.S. dollars to 16.39 U.S. dollars, or 25.1 percent, below the February Electronic Arts, the first time the United States to make public its intention to acquire before the 17.36 U.S. dollars; Electronic Arts fell 65 U.S. Points, to 44.34 U.S. dollars, or 1.4 percent.

If successful merger of the two companies, "Crazy football" (Madden NFL), "Need for Speed" (Need for Speed), "The Sims" (The Sims), and other Series game publishers and "Grand Theft Auto" (Grand Theft Auto ) Issued jointly to create a video game area of the aircraft carrier. At present, Electronic Arts is facing a major competitor from the company Activision (ATVI) threats. Early this year from the French company Vivendi Activision (Vivendi) acquisition of the hands of Blizzard Entertainment, will be popular online game "Magic World" (World of Warcraft) into its own, its own game "Call of Duty" (Call of Duty ) And "Guitar Hero" (Guitar Hero), and so on.

Take-Two said he was still "with other parties to actively carry out consultations," but did not provide further details. Electronic Arts in the United States and the first six months after the proposed acquisition, and no other buyers that are willing to buy Take-Two.

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According to foreign media reports, Apple released a new version of iPod that has a number of new features and new services on September 9, which had a considerable impact on Microsoft's Zune.

For Microsoft, the good news is Zune and Apple's new iPod Nano and iPod Classic pricing the same product line. The two companies of 120 GB hard drive version of both players at 249 U.S. dollars, and 16 GB and 8 GB flash player version of the prices are for 199 U.S. dollars and 149 U.S. dollars. But the bad news is that the new Apple iPod Nano recording and "Shake to Shuffle" (This feature allows users to sloshing players to reset player list), and other functions will create greater pressure on Microsoft. In addition, although Apple's "Genius" features not recommend the Zune features as complete, but it still made up less than Apple's one.

In the field of video, the Zune has no substantial advantage, so Apple is still ahead of Microsoft. The new iTunes can provide high-definition television programmes, but also to Apple and NBC reached a cooperation intention of making Zune in the video only point advantage lost.

Of course, the iPod Touch. Although Microsoft decided to give up more Web browsing, but are standard in all models of Zune Wi-Fi function. In other words, because their products through Wi-Fi to download music, Microsoft in the low-end market has certain advantages. But in high-end market, Apple's advantage is even more obvious. Moreover, as more applications to join the camp of the iPhone, iPod Touch will also benefit from it, so Apple's advantage will continue to expand. For example, Apple has confirmed the new iPod Touch will be able to run the famous game, "Spore" (Spore). Although the new Zune also increased by two games, but before Nano can support these two games.

In addition, to access iTunes stor through the Wi-Fi function of the iPod Touch is more convienient than that through Marketplace of Zune. Because the iPod Touch can be used in more places. In addition Zune can only download music through the Wi-Fi and can not ve used to browse web.

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