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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Acer, the world’s No.3 PC brand, said on Monday that it expected third quarter revenue to be up about 5 percent due to a rebound in tech demand as the global economy shows more signs of recovery. Acer also said it expected PC shipments to climb in the fourth quarter from the […]

SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) – PC maker Dell Inc has agreed to promote Salesforce.com Inc software products to its U.S. customers, as it tries to expand revenue from higher-margin services business. The tie-up, announced Friday, will allow Salesforce.com to reach Dell’s small- and mid-sized U.S. corporate customers, a market it wants to expand its presence in, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microblogging service Twitter is in advanced talks with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp about licensing its data feed to the companies’ search engines, a Web blog associated with the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Twitter’s discussions with Microsoft and Google are being conducted separately and would allow each company to […]

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dell Inc plans to launch a smartphone with Google’s Android mobile software on carrier AT&T’s network, a source said, marking the PC maker’s first foray into a cut-throat U.S. cellphone arena. Dell will become the latest tech manufacturer to try and establish a footprint in a fast-growing market dominated by […]

MUNICH (Reuters) – Microsoft’s release of its new Windows 7 operating system is expected to increase demand for personal computers only slightly, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told journalists in Munich on Wednesday. “There will be a surge of PCs but it will probably not be huge,” Ballmer said in answer to a question at a […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Palm Inc stepped up efforts to bolster their smartphone line-ups, as the tech industry’s key players increasingly move to challenge Apple Inc’s popular iPhone. In a flurry of announcements on Tuesday ahead of the holiday shopping season, the companies introduced new phones, wireless carrier partnerships and […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc will open its third-generation wireless network to third-party Internet voice applications on Apple Inc’s iPhone, clearing the way for services such as Skype. AT&T, which has exclusive rights to the iPhone, said in a statement that the company informed Apple and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission of its decision, which […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp introduced new software for mobile phones on Tuesday, promising a range of devices to compete with Apple Inc’s iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry. The world’s largest software company, in partnership with phone makers and phone companies such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, AT&T Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will develop and sell mobile phones and services using Google Inc’s Android operating system software. Google has been pushing into the mobile phone market to replicate the success it has in desktop computers. The ultimate idea is to sell targeted advertising on mobile phones, which […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp does not expect to make acquisitions to help the company challenge Google Inc’s dominance in the Internet search market, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Reuters on Monday. “No, I wouldn’t expect it,” he said when asked whether acquisitions would be part of the strategy. Microsoft recently agreed a search partnership […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – IBM is introducing an inexpensive Web-based corporate email service that will compete with Google Inc’s Google Apps, which has recently suffered several high-profile outages. International Business Machines Corp will likely try to capitalize on the damage that those outages have caused to Google Apps over the past year. Last month millions of […]

Microsoft said Thursday it has signed off on Windows 7’s add-on capability to provide Windows XP application compatibility and the code will be ready for download when Windows 7 ships later this month. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the news in a post on the Windows 7 Team Blog Thursday. “We expect to make the final […]