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The defending World Series champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, put up a good fight in defending their title, but just couldn’t hold off the irresistible force known as the New York Yankees. In the process of losing, the team hailing from the City of Brotherly Love let down one of their biggest fans – unified communications […]

(Reuters) – Intel Corp was sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who accused the world’s largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars in kickbacks to maintain its market dominance. The lawsuit accuses Intel of violating state and federal antitrust law through a "systematic worldwide campaign" of bullying and coercion […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. and Taiwan’s economics ministry said they plan to set up a research center on the island by next year, in the software company’s first Asian foray into the budding cloud computing industry. Cloud computing — the hosting and storage of services and data on remote centralized computers, is expected to cut […]

(Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) and EMC Corp (EMC.N) are teaming up to sell a new line of networking gear, computers and storage equipment designed for use with cloud computing, according to sources familiar with their plans. The line of products, dubbed vBlock, position the two companies to better compete against IBM (IBM.N) and […]

Vertical Systems Reseller Magazine – commonly known as VSR – this week held its first conference in Philadelphia, and Channel Insider was both a partner and participant. The event drew a small but respectable group of resellers that crossed the spectrum of the channel – the point of sales, mobility and data capture resellers that […]

The folks at Alteva, a Philadelphia-based unified communication solution provider, are really hoping that their Phillies can successfully defend their World Series championship against the dreaded Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees. A series loss would not only wound the Philly faithful, but force the Alteva staff to don Yankee pinstripes and deliver authentic Philadelphia […]

(Reuters) – Nokia Oyj and SAP said on Tuesday they would establish a new company providing brand owners technological services to fight multi-billion dollar counterfeit and pirate products business. "We see a big business opportunity in brand protection services," Nokia’s Antti-Jussi Suominen, general manager for Commerce, Corporate Development, said in a statement. The new firm, […]

(Reuters) – Apple faces the possibility of having to pay Nokia up to $1 billion for the technologies used in iPhones sold so far if it loses a lawsuit brought by Nokia, analysts said. The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia filed the suit in the United States on Thursday, saying Apple had infringed 10 patents […]

Wal-Mart offers tech support for shoppers (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is offering a new support service to help shoppers set up consumer electronics in their homes, posing a new challenge to rival Best Buy Co In (BBY.N). Wal-Mart said it began rolling out the service this month with privately held N.E.W. Customer Service […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit fell a smaller-than-expected 18 percent on Friday, as the world’s largest software company held up better than feared, sending its shares up 8 percent. The company, which released its new Windows 7 operating system this week, reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $3.57 billion, or 40 cents per share, compared […]

The anticipation is palitable at the Microsoft Window 7 launch event in Manhattan. At the Skylight Studios in SOHO, Microsoft has packed a small room with dozens of reporters from mainstream and technology media outlets.It’s literally standing room only. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to take the stage shortly with a special guest to […]

While keeping press and invited guest waiting for the start of the Windows 7 Launch event, Microsoft played a series of its commercials, including the “You find it, you keep it” ads. Funny, those ads all feature machines running Vista.