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Article | 15/09/2010 Engineer fired for privacy violations, Google says

A Google engineer was fired for violating the company's privacy rules, Google said Wednesday, responding to a report that the engineer had improperly ...

Article | 14/09/2010 VCE coalition signs up first Asian operator

The Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition has signed up its first Asian operator customer -- Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) -- ten mon...

Article | 7/09/2010 Mark Hurd joins Oracle as co-president

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.

Article | 6/09/2010 Latest Skype beta offers group video calls for 10

The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.

Article | 1/09/2010 Internet access in emerging markets to double by 2015

The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consult...

Article | 26/08/2010 Server sales post biggest jump since 2003, IDC says

Worldwide server sales posted their biggest jump since 2003 during the second quarter as Hewlett-Packard outsold rival IBM to take the top spot among ...

Article | 20/08/2010 Dell Streak likely to hit Asia in early 2011

Dell is likely to bring its Streak tablet to Asia-Pacific markets early next year, a company executive said Friday.

Article | 20/08/2010 Executive steps down for review of Apple kickback charges

A top executive at JLJ Holdings, the parent company of a Singapore-based Apple supplier named in an alleged kickback scheme, has stepped down from his...

Article | 19/08/2010 Lenovo's sales surge in China and emerging markets

Lenovo Group's sales in China rose 50 percent and sales in emerging markets doubled during the company's fiscal first quarter ended June 30, it said T...

Article | 15/07/2010 Gartner says Dell still lags behind Acer

The race for the No. 2 spot among PC vendors may be to close to call, with analyst firms disagreeing over whether or not Dell lagged behind rival Acer...

Article | 12/07/2010 Apple opens Shanghai store, the company's second in China

Apple opened a retail store in Shanghai on Saturday, the company's second in China.

Article | 9/07/2010 Intel says its Celeron brand is here to stay

Intel has no plans to shelve its Celeron processor brand in 2011, the chip maker said Friday in response to a Taiwanese press report.

Article | 7/07/2010 No slowdown for rising semiconductor sales, IDC says

After seeing chip sales decline in 2009, the semiconductor industry's fortunes are looking brighter in the coming years, according to IDC.

Article | 6/07/2010 Lenovo 'lucky' Apple not focused on China, says exec

Lenovo is "lucky" that Apple CEO Steve Jobs isn't focused on the Chinese market, according to reported comments by Lenovo's chairman.

Article | 25/06/2010 Battle lines drawn over parallel processing

Intel tried to push back at coverage of a recently published paper that found its Core i7 processors couldn't match the parallel processing performanc...