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Canon to Start Business Services Subsidiary in U.S.
(Reuters) – Canon Inc will create a U.S. subsidiary next spring to provide services to businesses that use its office equipment, the Nikkei business daily reported. The new firm, to be set up in New York as a wholly owned unit of local arm Canon USA Inc, will begin operations with a workforce of 100-150,…
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Small Business Web Conferencing Expected to Grow
A report from IT research firm AMI-Partners found small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the U.S. are increasingly using Web-conferencing solutions like GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting and WebEx. According to the report, nearly half of U.S. SBs are using Web-conferencing solutions today, with penetration expected to grow to 80 percent in 2011.…
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Archos Debuts iPad Killers: Five New Android Tablet Computers
Samsung has nothing on rival gadget maker Archos when it comes to building Android tablets to challenge Apple’s popular iPad. While Samsung has captured headlines with its Galaxy Tab Android tablet, Archos said Aug. 31 it is launching five Android-based tablets priced from $99 to $349. The devices, which come more than four months after…
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HP Wins Bidding War for Data Storage Vendor 3PAR for $2.4B as Dell Bows Out
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc (NYSE:PAR) for $2.4 billion, after rival Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) bowed out from a drawn-out bidding war on Thursday. HP raised its offer by $3 to $33 per share, beating Dell’s latest $32-a-share offer and ending an exchange of bids…
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Cloud Fears: Quicken Online Users Shut Down
Image via Wikipedia Pointing to one of the dangers of putting all your eggs into one, uh, cloud, Intuit last weekend cut off all its Quicken Online users, encouraging them to set up Mint.com accounts instead. Intuit acquired the cloud-based personal finance application provider Mint.com a few years ago, acknowledging the momentum behind cloud-based solutions.…