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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dell Inc struck a deal to acquire computer services provider Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion, offering a steep 67.5 percent premium to its previous market value. The deal is the latest example of computer hardware makers pushing into the higher margin technology services business, which offers stable, recurring revenue […]

Tech Comics: “Love on Twitter” Next Cartoon: “Phones with Cameras” Next Cartoon: “Phones with Cameras” The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Smartphones vs. Humans” • Tech Comics: “Silent Unfriending” • Tech Comics: “Why Geeks Love Gadgets” • Tech […]

CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) – Publishers of general news would find it hard to charge for their content online because too much free content is available, the chief executive of Google Inc said on Thursday. Speaking to a group of British broadcasting executives via video link, Eric Schmidt said he could, however, imagine niche providers of […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Thursday filed five civil lawsuits in Seattle, Washington against alleged “malvertisers.” Malvertising is the term used to describe harmful online advertising and works by camouflaging malicious code as harmless online advertisements, Microsoft’s associate general counsel Tim Cranton wrote in a blog. “The lawsuits allege that individuals using the business names […]

Developers can now get their hands on Donut. The new SDK for version 1.6 of Google’s Android mobile OS — a release codenamed “Donut” — has made its debut today, offering developers improvements that will extend the reach of mobile apps written for Google’s open source platform to more wireless devices and networks. Android 1.6 […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The founders of Skype have sued owner eBay Inc and an investor group that has agreed to buy the Webphone service, accusing them of copyright violation and potentially disrupting the $1.9 billion deal. The lawsuit brought by Joltid Ltd, a Swedish firm owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp has ended a high-profile computer-building partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co as Oracle prepares to acquire Sun Microsystems Inc, a rival of HP. Sun, the world’s No. 4 server maker, and Oracle have jointly developed a second-generation version of a specialized database computer, dubbed Exadata. Oracle and HP launched the first version […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc has rolled out a new version of its Chrome Web browser and a version of the Mac browser for mainstream users will be available within months, as the company moves to double Chrome’s market share. Almost exactly one year into Google’s high-profile entry into the browser market dominated by […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook is making enough money to cover its costs and now has 300 million users, the world’s largest social networking site said on Tuesday, proving the Internet’s newest star industry can be a viable business. Facebook is now generating enough cash to cover its operating expenses, as well as the capital […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled several new products for the important fall season, including thin and light laptop PCs and an eye-catching new netbook. The world’s No. 1 PC maker has ably navigated a steep industry downturn in computer sales, managing to grow its global market share to 20 percent even as consumers […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Intel Corp, the world’s largest chipmaker, said on Monday it was restructuring its business to consolidate all of its major product divisions into a new Intel Architecture Group, and appointed Sean Maloney and Dadi Perlmutter as its leaders. The move comes after the announced departure of one of its executives, Pat […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Motorola unveiled on Thursday the first of many cellphones to be developed in partnership with Google, but analysts questioned if it could revive the once-dominant handset maker’s fortunes. Wall Street sees the phones as Motorola’s last big hope to regain the market share lost to rivals like Apple Inc, Nokia and […]