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Source: Reuters Verizon Wireless will start selling a netbook — a cheaper, more basic version of a notebook — as early as next quarter, Bloomberg said, citing a person close to the project. The devices are being developed with more than one PC maker, the news agency cited the person as saying. Price and plan details […]

Graphics chipmaker nVidia countersued Intel for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine nVidia’s licensing rights. The suit seeks to terminate Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) license to nVidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) patents related to graphics processing and three-dimensional computing and comes in response to a related suit by Intel last […]

Internet start-up Twitter is taking a much-anticipated first-step in its quest to parlay its popularity into revenue by offering certain customers an expanded range of services. The company is preparing to offer commercial accounts in which corporations and other types of businesses pay a fee to receive an enhanced version of Twitter, a free service […]

Dell’s China sales grew 28 percent in unit terms in the year to January, accounting for about 5 percent of the company’s global business, CEO Michael Dell said on Thursday. The world’s second-largest personal computer maker also purchased about $23 billion of products last year from China, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest overseas market. “Last year […]

Linux software maker Red Hat reported profit ahead of Street projections on Wednesday , helped by cost cuts and a stock buyback, sending shares up 8 percent. Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) CEO Jim Whitehurst said that business sentiment has improved, with customers telling him they feel the economy is in a ordinary recession, rather than […]

Dell EqualLogic PS6000Source: Dell Dell is introducing new server and storage products aimed at cost-conscious companies, betting that its emphasis on value can help win market share as competition intensifies. The announcement on Tuesday comes as the corporate server market heated up considerably over the past week, with the much-anticipated entry of network equipment maker […]

A new video game company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a “cloud-based” gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time. The fledging company, called OnLive, said its service will allow users to play games on any TV and nearly any personal computer — even stripped-down netbooks […]

After years of gobbling up companies, Google is on a diet. The Internet giant has not announced an acquisition in six months, a significant slowdown considering its tally of more than 30 deals since 2005. Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the slowdown earlier this month, telling investors at a conference that prices are still too […]

Michael Dell speaking at a Tokyo press conference.Source: Reuters The chief executive of Dell said on Tuesday that talk of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems was providing an “enormous opportunity” to the world’s No. 2 PC maker in the corporate server market. Michael Dell said such talk created uncertainty over the future of Sun’s (NASDAQ: JAVA) […]

Dell faces an uphill battle in the corporate server market with new and powerful competitors, though shifting alliances in the field may not directly hurt the company in the short term. Network equipment maker Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) last week announced it would start selling computer servers — powerful computers that run networks — and […]

Dutch navigation device maker TomTom has filed a countersuit against Microsoft, accusing the U.S. company of violating three of its patents. The suit, filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the eastern district of Virginia, comes a few weeks after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) filed a complaint against TomTom for violating its patents related […]

The prospect of staid IBM merging with brilliant but troubled Sun Microsystems could spark a bout of antitrust scrutiny in the United States and abroad as customers and suppliers raise concerns about competition. The merger would give the combined company 65 percent of the $17 billion Unix server market, according to market researcher IDC. These […]