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Intel Vows to Appeal EC Antitrust Ruling, $1.5B Fine
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) fired back at the European Commission today and vowed to appeal after the EC ruled against Intel and levied a $1.5 billion fine against the world’s largest computer processor maker, saying Intel violated European antitrust laws. “Intel takes strong exception to this decision,” says Paul Otellini, president and CEO, in a prepared statement.…
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IT Reseller Economic Stimulus Opportunity: Hospitals and Doctors
One of the biggest buckets of money expected to trickle down into the IT market as a result of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package, or American Recovery and Reivestment Act, comes from the $20.4 billion directive to modernize hospitals and physician practices through the creation of electronic medical records and the end game of making…
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Acer Pulls Back on PC Builds
Acer may have passed Dell in netbook shipments in Q1, but supply chain checks indicate the PC maker is pulling back on manufacturing orders with ODMs. That could spell troubling news for netbooks in Q2. Already an IDC report earlier this week indicated that the computer processors behind netbooks — Intel Atom — saw shipments…
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Tapping into the Economic Stimulus Funds
Cashing in on the Economic Stimulus Package IT solution providers can cash in on the federal economic stimulus package—if they are ready for it. You need to know where the funds are headed, establish customer relationships and maybe even write proposals for grants. Stimulus Package Could Be Shot in the Arm for Solution Providers Don’t…
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IBM CEO (Almost) Says Why IBM Targeted Sun Microsystems Acquisition
IBM (NYSE:IBM) has upped its software and services game to become 80 percent of its business, a big increase from the 50-something percent that software and services used to contribute. But as IBM recounted its strategic moves towards emphasizing software and services putting less of a focus on hardware sales during its IBM Analysts Day…
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Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook Offers Bigger Keyboard, Instant-On Skype
Lenovo will release its IdeaPad S10-2, a thinner and lighter update to its IdeaPad S10 netbook, but featuring a bigger keyboard in answer to customer feedback. Like its predecessor, the IdeaPad S10-2 features facial recognition technology and QuickStart instant-on capabilities for applications such as Web browsing and Skype. The IdeaPad S10-2 starts at just over…