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Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its Glass wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, wh... ...Read More »New Xbox more than a game console for MicrosoftBy Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gamin... ...Read More »Intel to Push Competitiveness in Mobile ArenaBy Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's new CEO Brian Krzanich said on Thursday that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals. ... ...Read More » |
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Nvidia targets enthusiasts with hand-held game gadgetBy Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chipmaker Nvidia said it will start shipping a hand-held gaming device in June, a bid to use its appeal with PC game enthusiasts to challenge console makers like Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp. SHIELD, which was announced in J... ...Read More »U.S. judge orders Hewlett-Packard to face shareholder lawsuitBy Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co <HPQ.N> must defend against a lawsuit accusing former management at the world's largest personal computer maker of defrauding shareholders by abandoning a business model it had long touted, causing more than $16 ... ...Read More »AT&T revenue disappoints as it loses cellphone subscribersBy Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc reported a net loss of cellphone subscribers in the first quarter as it lost market share to bigger rival Verizon Wireless, sending its shares down about 2 percent. As a result AT&T's revenue missed Wall Street expecta... ...Read More »Stock futures signal gains; GE eyedPARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday with stocks set to recover some of the sharp losses made earlier in the week. S&P 500 futures were up 0.6 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.6 percent at 4:18 a.m. ET.ASML picks finance chief Wennink as new CEOBy Sara Webb AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML <ASML.AS>, the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment, has named finance chief Peter Wennink as CEO, and pledged to stick to its strategy to develop technology used to make the next generations of smartphones and tablets... ...Read More »Amazon gains against Apple's iTunes in music downloadsBy Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has grabbed more than a fifth of the market for digital music downloads, helped by the launch of its own tablet computers and aggressive pricing, according to an industry study released on Tuesday. AmazonMP3, t... ...Read More »Samsung woos less affluent phone users to beat seasonal gloomBy Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the iPhone's main adversary, is expected to post a 46 percent jump in first-quarter earnings as sales of mid-tier smartphones helped tide the South Korean giant over the off-peak season. Samsung, due to ... ...Read More »Exclusive: Linux users file EU complaint against MicrosoftBy Sarah Morris MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish association representing open-source software users has filed a complaint against Microsoft Corp to the European Commission, in a new challenge to the Windows developer following a hefty fine earlier this month. The 8,000-m... ...Read More » |
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