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Payout the final chapter in bribery case involving two yachts and Superbowl football game
Reported attempt to keep employees loyal comes as rivalries with Microsoft, Facebook intensify
Motorola alleges that Microsoft has infringed 16 patents in its PC and server software, Windows mobile and Xbox products
IDC predicts double digit growth in PC systems and processor units in 2011
The development work points to growing interest in screens that can be bent, curved or flexed
Gap launches online store as other companies also try to cash in on China's growing e-commerce market
Reciprocity seems to be at the heart of burgeoning war of words between Internet giants
The agreement between the Microsoft joint venture and Sina comes as rival Tencent faces outrage from Internet users
The company is working with partners who will offer other business applications
Fixes 134 flaws with Mac OS X update, 55 in Flash alone
SC10: Big computers can tackle big problems with cloud computing, flash memory
New devices speed up applications and storage in public cloud networks
VENA goes up against Cisco FabricPath, Juniper Virtual Chassis, Brocade One
iPhone failure rate slashed by 62% in last two years, says warranty firm
iPhones, iPads and Android devices will be supported in a future version of the Kace products
An order prevents Oracle from claiming damages for lost up-sell and cross-sell sales opportunities, SAP says
Switches to Q&A plan and cuts 130 jobs in N.J., China
PAS 12 array scales to 400TB per rack, offers 15GB/sec throughput
Tudou, one of China's largest video hosting sites, is filing the IPO in the U.S. to help sustain its operations
The company’s profits slid on higher interest costs, and competition in India
A color e-book reader is also planned by a Chinese device maker but major e-reader makers are yet to bite
The screens could be used in offices, home and shops to overlay information on your view outside
All that's missing from Obama is a plan for the H-1B visa
The Apple iPhone is still selling well, but can't keep pace with Android's growth
Discloses four bugs in all Mac editions, but only fixes the flaws in Office 2011
The acquisition gives Talend a bigger play in middleware
The defendants from South Korea face prison terms of up to 10 years, plus fines
But a U.K trial to be conducted by O2, Orange, and Vodafone is delayed
Social media management company Sendible says it's working with Facebook on issue
GramercyOne is taking a SaaS scheduling platform built for spas into new markets
Hoping to keep employees happy and from moving to Facebook, everyone gets raise
Sybase joins Microsoft in offering a database to run on a massively parallel processing architecture
Arm announces Mali T604 graphics processor supporting DirectX 11 and OpenCL 1.1
Other U.S. carriers offer it, but analysts predict sales will lag behind Apple's iPad
Current users will be automatically upgraded from the current 2GB free service starting Wednesday
Adds the lightweight laptop to 'recommended' list
Oracle no longer specifically excludes the clusterware from its VMware support policy
Red Hat releases version 6 of its enterprise Linux distribution, gearing the OS for use in the years ahead
Similar card was approved for use in Europe; No U.S. banks are signed up yet
The acquisition could help it compete with IBM's mainframe storage business
The technology is fast becoming available to home users, but may raise patent concerns, Public Knowledge says
The company's revenue jumped 19 percent despite economic challenges, Cisco reported
Aerospace manufacturer turns to LifeSize tools to bring technology to 28 sites around the world
Defends move, but won't say when it will fix Office for Mac 2004, 2008
Startup XI3 launches a small desktop in which components can be easily swapped
Contractors working with the company gave gifts to school officials in Texas, two lawsuits alleged