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LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) – Cisco has agreed to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion in cash, its latest big bet that video will drive demand for its core data transmission gear. The acquisition will fill the wide gap between Cisco’s high-end TelePresence video meeting service for executives and its WebEx tool used by millions […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp paid its chief executive Steve Ballmer 5.5 percent less for the last fiscal year as the world’s biggest software company suffered its first ever drop in annual sales. Ballmer, CEO since 2000, earned a total of $1,276,627 for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, according to a filing with […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc on Monday unveiled its latest high-end, ultra-thin personal computer, bringing some fresh design appeal to its enterprise models. Dell called the new Latitude Z the world’s thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop, at 4.5 pounds and less than one inch thick. However, the Latitude Z does not come cheap, starting […]

Tech Comics: “Programmers are Artists” Next Cartoon: “Steve Jobs Cares for Us (the Apple-Google iPhone app fracas)” Next Cartoon: “Steve Jobs Cares for Us (the Apple-Google iPhone app fracas)” The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Love on Twitter” […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s Web-based email service on Thursday suffered its second technical problem in a month as users reported difficulty accessing their contacts. The disruption, which took 2-1/2 hours to resolve, followed a two-hour outage of Google’s news website this week. Earlier this month, a majority of its email users were unable […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street’s expectations. The IT industry will return to growth in 2010, and HP should outpace that growth, Chief Executive Mark Hurd told an audience at the […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – So you’re moving from the United States to another country and the most important thing you can think of is how you can watch the new season of “American Idol”? You’re not alone — “placeshifting” is one of the hottest new areas in TV technology. People no longer need to live in […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel Corp rolled out a software developers’ platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost revenue from consumer electronics and other markets beyond its core, maturing personal computer business. Chief Executive Paul Otellini expects personal computer sales volume this year to “likely” at least match 2008’s, underscoring […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is developing a small tablet-style PC to rival a similar product that may be launched by Apple Inc, technology blog Gizmodo reported on Tuesday. The booklet-shaped device, called Courier, is in the “late prototype” stage of development, Gizmodo reported, without identifying the source of its information. Microsoft did not immediately […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Say goodbye to the “black brick” laptop. The era of the plain, dowdy PC is officially over. As computer makers roll out their new notebooks and netbooks ahead of the end-year holiday shopping season, razor-thin, sleek and colorful are most definitely in, as are arresting designs in an ever-expanding array of […]

MUMBAI (Reuters) – When Infosys Technologies, India’s second-largest IT firm, hired paramilitary troops to protect its sprawling headquarters in Bangalore, some observers might have thought they had gone overboard. But since the Mumbai attacks last year, India’s software exporters have bolstered security due to concerns that militants might target their headquarters as symbols of the […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google Inc said Apple Inc rejected its Google Voice application for the popular iPhone, contradicting Apple’s statement to regulators last month. The issue prompted the Federal Communications Commission to send letters to the companies and AT&T Inc, the iPhone’s exclusive carrier, demanding explanations. The issue over Google’s voice service could have far-reaching […]