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CSC launches first brand advertising campaign

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

BOSTON (Reuters) - Technology services company Computer Sciences Corp plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to launch the first brand advertising campaign in its 50-year history in a bid to boost its profile.

IBM reworks storage strategy to tame flood of data

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - IBM is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations.

Advertiser group objects to Google-Yahoo tie up

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday.

GeoEye launches high-resolution satellite

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GeoEye Inc said it successfully launched into space on Saturday its new GeoEye-1 satellite, which will provide the U.S. government, Google Earth users and others the highest-resolution commercial color satellite imagery on the market.

Napster faces challenges within and without

Friday, September 5th, 2008

DENVER (Billboard) - When Napster reported its fiscal first-quarter results in August, it tried to paint a positive picture to investors who were growing increasingly nervous about the company's future.

Peace laureate fights Telenor over Grameenphone

Friday, September 5th, 2008

OSLO (Reuters) - Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh turned up the heat in battle for control over Bangladesh's Grameenphone on Friday, warning Norwegian co-owner Telenor ASA it may face a lawsuit.

Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute

Friday, September 5th, 2008

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American factories at a good price.

Nokia losing market share as price war bites

Friday, September 5th, 2008

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj , the world's biggest cellphone maker, said it expects to lose market share in the third quarter as it fights to maintain profit margins, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower.

Samsung Elec mulls SanDisk buy; Toshiba shrs fall

Friday, September 5th, 2008

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , the world's top maker of memory chips, said it may buy flash memory maker SanDisk , which is valued at $3.2 billion, in a deal that could reshape a struggling industry.

Nokia warns on Q3 as price war bites, share drop

Friday, September 5th, 2008

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj said it had sacrificed market share in the third quarter to defend profits in the midst of a price war, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower on Friday.

Ruling in TiVo, EchoStar case could be delayed

Friday, September 5th, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday delayed ruling until as late as November on whether EchoStar Corp owes TiVo Inc more damages for infringing on its "Time Warp" digital video recorder, or DVR, technology.

Dell plans to sell computer factories: report

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

(Reuters) - Dell Inc is trying to sell computer factories around the world in efforts to cut cost and improve profitability, the Wall Street Journal said.

Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

Poignant lion video inspires movie project

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Millions have seen the YouTube video of "Christian the Lion" reuniting in Africa with the two men who bought him from a high-end London department store in 1969.

Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.