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Dell, for the second straight quarter, held its lead over Acer during the global PC market’s third quarter, market research firm iSuppli reported Dec. 7. The Texas PC maker, which remained in second place and was boosted by corporate PC sales, sold 11.3 million units, representing a growth of 7.2 percent over the 10.5 million […]

The growing popularity of Android-operated phones — made by companies including Asian vendors HTC Corp and Samsung Electronics — comes as handsets look set to overtake computers as the most used device for browsing the Web. Wireless operators are keen on raising revenue from Internet browsing and the social networking boom as revenue from traditional […]

Salesforce said it would pay $212 million net of cash. It also plans to issue $27 million in stock to Heroku employees and pay $10 million in cash for unvested Heroku shares as part of the deal. Salesforce expects the deal to hurt fourth-quarter adjusted earnings by 2 cents a share and by 12-13 cents […]

A new Twitter worm has surfaced that abuses Google’s goo.gl link shortening service. The worm has been seen spreading with the following links: "goo.gl/R7f68" and "goo.gl/od0az." Twitter is aware of the attack and stated in a tweet that it is pushing out password resets to anyone affected. The microblogging site also advised users to check […]

MasterCard was not immediately available to comment. The website did not appear to be available online. Web activists calling themselves Anonymous threatened earlier this week to launch denial of service attacks against businesses such as online payment firm PayPal that had blocked Wikileaks. It is described attempts to censor Wikileaks as part of the first […]

Google Dec. 6 formally introduced the Samsung Nexus S, the first smartphone fitted with the long-awaited Android 2.3 operating system. Google said the smartphone, which has a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen like the members of the popular Samsung Galaxy S family, will be available Dec. 16 online from T-Mobile for $199 with a two-year service […]

Juniper Networks announced today it has bought virtual security vendor Altor Networks for $95 million. The acquisition builds on an existing relationship between the two companies, and Juniper actually invested in the company earlier this year. Founded in 2007, Altor specializes in intrusion prevention, firewall and monitoring for virtual environments. With the purchase, Juniper seeks […]

Motorola Solutions is introducing the MC55A0, a WiFi-enabled enterprise handheld that the company is calling the industry’s most rugged. Designed for customer-facing applications, outfitted with government-grade security features and able to withstand 1,000 tumbles in a rotating tumble drum, the device strives to marry field toughness with office efficiency. Motorola developed the device for vertical […]

U.S. employment numbers released by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed a net gain of 4,400 IT-related jobs in November for the sixth straight month of net jobs gains in IT labor segments. Five bellweather IT job segments in the BLS data showed a net gain of 45,100 jobs from June […]

Salesforce — the world’s biggest maker of cloud-based software that its customers access over the Internet — announced its new Database.com service on Tuesday as it diversifies its lineup of software programs for businesses. The company has long generated the bulk of its revenue from selling software for managing corporate sales and marketing activities, but […]

Consumers are increasingly using smartphone and tablet PCs, such as the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, to monitor their own health. This, according to a Dec. 6 report from research firm Ovum, is leading to the consumerization of health care technology. The report "2011 Trends to Watch: Health Care Technology" discusses how consumer […]

Dec 6 (Reuters) – Network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) bought Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for "virtualization" technology, for $95 million. Virtualization technology allows multiple machines to run on a single host computer, and is increasingly popular among large corporations trying to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The […]