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Symbian Sees Strong Growth in Smartphones
PARIS (Reuters) – Sales of smartphones are set to grow 12-15 percent in 2009, said Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation, the consortium of companies around the world’s most popular smartphone operating system. Smartphones are seen as a bright spot on the shrinking cellphone market this year, with some analysts forecasting above 30…
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Twitter Makes No Plans to Add Advertising
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said on Monday that the company is developing various add-on tools and services for the businesses and professional users of…
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SanDisk: Flash Memory on the Rebound
NEW YORK (Reuters) – SanDisk Corp Chief Executive Eli Harari said 2009 could turn out to be "significantly better" than anticipated at the start of the year as big cutbacks in flash memory production bring balance back to an industry stung by oversupply. Shares of SanDisk rose after Harari said prices for flash memory…
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Xerox Asserts Commitment to RandD Program
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eyeing a chance to bear down on its rivals, Xerox (XRX.N) plans to keep up the pace of spending on research and development, even if it means cannibalizing some of its products as customers rethink their choices about office equipment. Xerox President Ursula Burn is driving engineers at the printing…
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Printers and Enterprise Servers Expected to Drag on HP Sales
All eyes are on Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) this afternoon as the technology giant—a bellwether for other companies in the personal computer, server and printer spaces, among other technologies—announces its second-quarter earnings. And the news looks to be bleak for printing and enterprise servers and storage. As business and consumers continue to delay the purchase of new…