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T-Mobile Plans More Android-Based Devices
T-Mobile, the carrier that partnered with Google for the search giant’s mobile phone, based on Google’s Android operating system, is reportedly working on additional products that would leverage Google’s Android operating system. T-Mobile is planning a home phone and a tablet computer that will use the Android operating system, according to a report in the…
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Other Suitors for Sun Following IBM Deal Breakdown?
With Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) reportedly breaking off acquisition talks, what’s next for Sun? Are there other suitors waiting in the wings? Not according to Bernstein Research’s senior analyst Toni Sacconaghi, who says there are no other likely suitors to step in if IBM completely walks away from the deal. “[Sun] approached most…
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Tech Job Losses Slow in March
Despite signs that the U.S. economic downturn has found a bottom, companies large and small continue to shed jobs at a record pace. In March, more than 660,000 jobs were eliminated. While the job market news is grim overall, it’s not so dark in the technology market. In March,…
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Sun Stocks Sink Fast in Overseas Trading
Sun Microsystems stocks trading on the Frankfurt exchange in Germany fell nearly 25 percent this morning, a harbinger of the consequences the one-time Silicon Valley high-flier faces as a result of its failed talks to sell to IBM. Yesterday, reports surfaced that IBM withdrew from talks to acquire Sun in a deal many valued at…
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Trend Micro Asserts Channel Commitment in SAAS
As businesses continue their rapid adoption and migration to cloud-based services, Trend Micro is pledging to keep working with its solution providers in the delivery and management of software-as-a-service accounts. Demonstrating its commitment to working with channel partners on services, Trend Micro announced its Hosted Security for the Channel program, a new initiative to educate…