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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE) said on Wednesday it has signed a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) to expand corporate e-mail access to 80 million Nokia phones as the world’s top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM (RIM.TO). Nokia said it will enable access to Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync e-mail from all Nokia phones using latest edition […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Technology services company Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to launch the first brand advertising campaign in its 50-year history in a bid to boost its profile. Rivals IBM (IBM), Accenture Ltd (ACN) and Electronic Data Systems, which was acquired last month by Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ), […]

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – IBM (IBM) is making a major push to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations. The company is announcing more then 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a $2 billion […]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world’s fourth-largest PC maker, said on Tuesday it has no plans to buy computer factories from rival Dell Inc (DELL), its Chief Executive William Amelio said on Tuesday. Lenovo has enough capacity, Amelio told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Singapore. Dell is trying to sell […]

Solution and service providers across the country are strapped for IT and sales talent. Recent reports say that as many as 27 percent of the channel are struggling to find new talent and a near equal number is finding it harder to keep good people. Solution providers know the drill: find a diamond in the […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc’s "Mac vs. PC" ads. The first commercial of Microsoft’s new marketing push, being created by advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, aired on Thursday […]

(Reuters) – Dell Inc is trying to sell computer factories around the world in efforts to cut cost and improve profitability, the Wall Street Journal said. In recent months, Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants, the paper said, citing people familiar with the matter. One person briefed on the […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc is seeing mixed views from its customers around the world, Chief Executive John Chambers said in response to a question about global technology demand in an interview with CNBC. Chambers said on Wednesday that network equipment maker Cisco’s customers were still expecting an economic recovery in the first […]

By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich applications, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics. Google officials confirmed news of long-rumored plans to offer its own Web browsing software, entitled Google Chrome, […]

By Eric Auchard   SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is adding YouTube-like video communications features to its business application suite, looking to make video-sharing among office workers as easy as trading e-mails or instant messages. Unlike YouTube, which is aimed at consumers, Google Video for business is designed to be shared among designated users […]

By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc posted a surprisingly steep drop in quarterly earnings on Thursday and said companies around the world are cutting back on technology spending, sending its shares tumbling 10 percent and sparking fears of weakness in the whole tech sector. The world’s second-largest computer maker, which had cautioned […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares of copier and printer maker Ricoh Co Ltd jumped nearly 4 percent on its $1.6 billion acquisition of U.S. distributor Ikon Office Solutions, while rival Canon Inc slid to a four-month low on concerns the deal would hurt its business. Ricoh, which competes with Xerox Corp, Canon and Konica Minolta Holdings, […]