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  • Samsung Fascinate (Verizon)

    Samsung Fascinate (Verizon) This lightweight device is fast. With a 4-inch WVGA screen running Android 2.1, users also get 3G, Wi-Fi, GPSD, HD video playback and a 5MP camera.Retail: $579. Less with a contract and/or rebates. Apple iPhone 4 (AT&T) New features in the latest iteration of the iPhone include a higher resolution display and…

  • iPhone, Android Use Growing at Work

    (Reuters) – Smartphones such as Google Inc’s Android-based devices and Apple Inc’s iPhone are poised to become popular business tools, said an executive at the world’s biggest technology distributor. Increased use of Androids and iPhones for business, as consumers look to simplify their lives with one device for work and play, could hurt Research in…

  • HP Launches Cisco Trade-in Promotion

    Technology giant Hewlett-Packard, estimating that nearly $9 billion in Cisco networking equipment is approaching end of life or service in 2011, announced the HP Networking “A Catalyst for Change” Cisco trade-in promotion for qualifying U.S. customers. The program enables clients to upgrade from existing Cisco network gear to open standards-based HP solutions. To help facilitate…

  • Technology Merger and Acquisition Activity Heating Up for 2011

    LONDON (Reuters) – Big-name technology firms will compete to acquire niche software groups in 2011 as part of a growth plan they hope will cater to recession-hit clients clamoring for a wider range of services. Having learned the lessons of the dot-com bubble collapse in 2000, technology companies were quick to cut headcount — their…

  • Financial Firms’ Compliance Requirements Spur Software Sales

    (Reuters) – Heavier regulation in financial markets has pushed up compliance costs for wealth and asset managers, helping one software provider bump up sales in one key region by 50 percent this year, a company executive said. Private banks and independent wealth managers need more powerful compliance and risk management software to ensure sales and…

  • Cisco, VMware, EMC Coalition Spurs Rivals

    Egenera, a provider of converged infrastructure and unified computing solutions, has launched a new partner program designed to be a response to what it sees as issues in the VCE coalition, a data center alliance among vendors VMware, Cisco and EMC to create an end-to-end data center solution. The new program was designed as a…

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