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Nov 15 (Reuters) – Google Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) next version of its Android smartphone software will support a technology that lets people use their handsets, instead of credit cards, to pay for goods at restaurants and stores. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt showed off a yet-to-be-released phone on Monday with a special chip that allows consumers […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Facebook rolled out an all-in-one messaging service that for the first time allows its half-billion members to communicate with people outside the social network, intensifying a battle with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) for users’ Internet time. Addressing speculation the world’s largest social networking site was planning […]

(Reuters) – Solid-state drives have struggled to become standard in PCs, but manufacturers could soon follow Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) lead and start using more of them as consumers warm to the benefits of flash storage. Increasingly used in smartphones, NAND flash storage is expensive but market leaders Samsung Electronics (KS:005930), Toshiba Corp (T:6502), SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) and […]

NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC), the world’s biggest corporate data storage equipment maker, plans to buy smaller data storage firm Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISLN) for about $2.25 billion, the latest in a series of multibillion dollar technology deals. The $33.85-a-share cash offer, announced by both companies on Monday, represents a 29 […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ingram Micro Inc (NYSE:IM) expects holiday season unit shipments to rise by 2 million units per week over last year as online retailers see orders for technology goods pick up. Ingram Micro, the world’s No. 1 technology distributor and services provider, said it expects to ship 6 million products […]

Nov 12 (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) has hired former Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) executive Mark Papermaster, who left that company weeks after it was rocked by the "Antennagate" controversy on the latest iPhone. Cisco said on Friday Papermaster has joined the networking giant as vice president of its silicon switching technology group. Papermaster, who […]

Apple’s iPhones are the most reliable smartphones in terms of failure rates, according to a new study from SquareTrade, a company that sells electronics warranties. SquareTrade reportedly conducted the study, which compared the iPhone, Android devices from Motorola and HTC, RIM BlackBerry handsets and “an aggregated pool of all other smartphones” by analyzing data from […]

Amazon Consulting, which specializes in matching up IT companies and alleviating frictions to build strategic partnerships, on Nov. 11 announced that it has acquired PartnerAlliances, a San Carlos, Calif.-based strategic alliance development company. Terms of the deal were not made available. Amazon Consulting, based in Mountain View, Calif., will now be able to expand its […]

Document solutions specialist Xerox, in partnership with Close the Loop, has launched a return and recycling program that simplifies the way customers return toner and supplies. Close the Loop, a recycler of imaging supplies that specializes in cartridge returns, will collect customers’ returns and manage the recycling on behalf of Xerox using a material separation […]

Nov 11 (Reuters) – Internet search leader Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is not building a social network to compete with Facebook, a company executive reiterated on Thursday, despite an intensifying rivalry between the two leading Internet groups. "We’re not working on a social network platform that’s just going to be another social network platform," Google’s head […]

(Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc’s (NASDAQ:CSCO) reliance on government spending for a big piece of its business was seen as a good thing — until governments stopped spending. Now, a sudden crunch in spending by debt-burdened European nations and U.S. state and local governments is partly to blame for a bleak forecast that rocked global […]

HONG KONG, Nov 10 (Reuters) – A return to profitability in mature markets helped Lenovo (HK:0992) beat expectations to post its best profit growth in a year, and it may follow rivals Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) in using M&A to fuel growth. The world’s No. 4 PC brand is looking for merger and acquisition […]