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Twitter Use Spurs Dell Sales
(Reuters) – Social media company Twitter is struggling to craft a profitable business model, but the Web-based service has helped Dell Inc. chalk up millions of dollars in sales. Dell said on Thursday it has raked in more than $3 million from Twitter followers who clicked through its posts to its Web sites to make…
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Microsoft Morro: A Potential Catalyst for Higher Level Security
The prospects of free, basic antivirus protection from Microsoft would have been enough to send shivers down security pros and PC users’ spines just a couple of years ago. Today, however, Microsoft’s plans for free, cloud-based virus scanning seem more a sign of the changing security times and the need to think about higher level…
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Integrators Target Digital TV Conversion Opportunity
Over the next few days people in 2.8 million homes will lose their television service. That’s how many households that The Nielson Co. reports are completely unready for the transition from analog to digital television. Friday, June 12 is the deadline for converting all full-powered U.S. television stations from analog to digital transmission. That…
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OnForce: Surge in Applicants for IT Contract Jobs
Online technology services marketplace OnForce has experienced a surge in applicants looking to become service professionals with OnForce in Q1 of this year. OnForce’s online technology marketplace matches up businesses and individuals looking to fill mostly short-term technology contract jobs with individuals who can fulfill those jobs. Currently, OnForce has a database of more than…
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Netbooks Brighten PC Sales Outlook
Worldwide PC shipments didn’t fall as sharply as expected in Q1 – dropping just 6.8 percent – 1.4 percent better than previously forecast. But the decline still marked the sharpest decrease since Q3 of 2001, according to market research firm IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. IDC notes that positive activity at the end of the…