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David Needle

David Needle is a veteran technology reporter based in Silicon Valley. He covers mobile, big data, customer experience, and social media, among other topics. He was formerly news editor at Infoworld, editor of Computer Currents and TabTimes, and West Coast bureau chief for both InformationWeek and Internet.com.

Google Touts ‘Industry First’ Service Level Agreement for Apps

Google's release today of an update to its Service Level Agreement (SLA) is the latest in a series of...

Mobile App Growth Challenges IT Managers in 2011: Survey

Deploy more mobile applications. Check. Figure out how to manage them. Check. Those are two key takeaways from a just-released...

Intel Reports Record Earnings, Forecasts Even Better 2011

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reported its third consecutive quarter of record revenue today, exceeding $40 billion ($43.6 billion) for the...

Is Intel’s ‘Connected Store’ Concept the Future of Retail?

If you build it, others will too? Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and several big name partners showed off some new,...

AMD Bombshell: Dirk Meyer Out as CEO

In a surprise announcement, AMD said today that CEO Dirk Meyer has resigned as president, CEO and director of...

PC Purchasing Set to Decline: Report

Personal computers down; smartphones, tablet computers and 3DTV sales up, way up. That's the forecast from a just-released report...

‘Do Not Track’ Rules Favored by U.S. Consumers: Gallup

A USA Today/Gallup poll released this week finds strong consumer sentiment in favor of keeping advertisers from tracking their...

LinkedIn’s Groups Opens Up to the Wider Web

Comedian Groucho Marx once quipped that he didn't care to "belong to any club that would have me...

Hurd’s HP Exit Gets SEC Scrutiny

Just when you thought the "HP CEO Resigns Amid Controversy" story had run its course, it looks like another...

Oracle Gunning for Former Close Ally HP

So much for coopetition. After reporting strong earnings that trumped analyst's expectation, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison gave...