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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The major music labels are planning a new digital album format that will debut with a tablet-like personal computer from Apple Inc in September, people familiar with the plans said on Monday. The labels are attempting to revive the multi-track album format with new software that packages songs, traditional album liner […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A majority of workers say they concentrate better working off-site than in the office, but many say loading files and software remotely slows them down and affects their productivity, a survey said on Tuesday. Nearly half the workers questioned said they work off-site more often now than two years ago, and […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sprint Nextel Corp said it will buy Virgin Mobile USA in a deal that values the equity of the small wireless carrier at $483 million, including Sprint’s current 13.1 percent stake. Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, also agreed to retire all of Virgin Mobile USA’s outstanding debt when the […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Palm Inc has fired another volley at Apple Inc in their smartphone war, as the two rivals tussle over whether iTunes should be compatible with Palm’s new Pre smartphone. Palm, whose executive ranks include former Apple brass, released a software update for the Pre this week that allows it to sync […]

For the last several months, a tsunami of media hype has washed over Twitter. And yet, for all that saturation, many folks are left scratching their heads, wondering what, exactly, Twitter is. Well, it seems that Twitter’s senior management has realized that disconnect, and is planning to take the wraps of a redesigned main home […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The tech sector’s road to recovery just got a lot bumpier. Microsoft Corp’s billion-dollar-plus revenue shortfall in its fiscal fourth-quarter abruptly dampened hopes that demand for PCs was on the mend and sent a spate of tech stocks tumbling after-hours on Thursday. While Wall Street has rallied on better-than-expected quarterly results […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is releasing the code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, keeping the software company on track to have machines running its new operating system in the stores by late October. The move means Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, Acer Inc and other computer makers can start to […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM on Wednesday announced it was stepping up its partnership with Juniper Networks Inc, but said it was also boosting ties with other equipment vendors including Cisco Systems Inc, playing down suggestions it was aiming to keep an increasingly competitive Cisco at bay. International Business Machines Corp said it had agreed […]

BANGALORE (Reuters) – At Microsoft’s research center in a leafy lane in India’s tech capital, a new generation of researchers are being groomed half a world away from the software giant’s sprawling headquarters in Seattle. Complete with beanbags and coffee served in steel tumblers, the center is helping change the perception that India is no […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge Google Inc. The question for investors when the […]

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and European IT budgets are expected to fall 2 percent over the next year, less than the 5 percent decline expected three months ago, according to a survey of 100 chief information officers carried out by UBS. U.S. CIOs were less pessimistic, expecting a 1.3 percent decline in budgets, while their […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada’s privacy commissioner said on Thursday. “It’s clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook, and yet we found serious […]