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CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to $999 and introduced a line of aluminum-clad machines starting at $1,299 in moves catering to budget-minded buyers at a time when recession fears loom over the global economy. But shares of Apple, which have risen about 20 percent […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Acer Inc surged past global champion Hewlett-Packard Co in European personal computer sales in the third quarter, in the clearest sign of the move toward cheap, small mini-notebook computers, research firm Gartner Inc said on Tuesday. Worldwide PC shipments rose 15 percent in the quarter, with HP in the lead, […]

Firefox … we use it all day, for everything from managing finances to socializing to playing games. But it’s a large and complicated programs. Are you getting the most out of your browser? In this series, I’ll offer some tricks you can use to spend less time getting more out of the web. I’ll concentrate […]

Mobile device maker Research In Motion rushes to meet demand for expertise as the popular hand-held continues to infiltrate enterprises. An early adopter of Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Smartphone, Salt River Project, one of Arizona’s largest utility companies, today supports 1,600 devices and adds 30 new accounts monthly. The company has about 5,000 employees. […]

HONG KONG — A string of potential deals between memory chip makers underscores the desperate need to consolidate as the global financial crisis threatens to squeeze an industry already struggling with plummeting demand and falling prices. But with most chip makers strapped for cash, and with credit markets drying up, the question is: Who has […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company’s drooping stock has already taken any change into account. “I think it’s already factored into the stock. People have been expecting this announcement for well over a month,” said Andy Hargreaves […]

What if there were a run on a bank and no one knew? In recent days, some U.S. media have focused on a “silent run” on the deposits of Wachovia bank, which is now being taken over, after a bailout plan stalled and its rival Washington Mutual was seized. Commentators including Nouriel Roubini, professor of […]

TORONTO — Research In Motion will roll out a touch-screen model of its BlackBerry smartphone later this autumn, thrusting it into direct competition with Apple’s popular iPhone. RIM said on Wednesday the BlackBerry Storm will be available exclusively to Verizon Wireless subscribers in the U.S. and Vodafone subscribers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. […]

FRANKFURT/BOSTON (Reuters) – German software maker SAP AG warned that its sales had abruptly dropped off in the last two weeks of September as companies cut back on computer-related spending due to the widening financial crisis. The announcement on Monday drove SAP shares down 16 percent, their biggest drop in nearly 12 years, and pulled […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has adopted a change in strategy with developer tools announcements. Now, it’s providing details in a slow, steady fashion rather than the “fire hose” method of providing a lot of information at once, as with prior launches. The change has to do with the latest Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010, code-named […]