International Business News - DELL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/michael-dell-buys-100-million-in-stock.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:40:44 EDT Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/microsoft-to-sell-office-onecare-for-70-a-year.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:01 EDT Dell Inc. gave its former chief financial officer $300,000 last week for helping manage the company's responses to investigations of its accounting practices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/dell-gives-300-000-bonus-to-outgoing-cfo.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:02:28 EDT Dell Inc. is joining a long list of other computer makers that offer a service designed to track lost or stolen laptops and delete sensitive data if the finder connects the machine to the Internet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/dell-says-it-will-delete-data-from-stolen-laptops.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:48:50 EDT Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82453-microsoft-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/microsoft-to-stop-selling-windows-xp-on-monday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/microsoft-to-stop-selling-windows-xp-on-monday.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:47:28 EDT Dell Inc. says it will offer more services to help companies manage data storage and protection. The computer maker, which has been trying to expand its sales of storage and other products for several years, on Wednesday said the new offerings would help companies manage the increase in digital file content from so-called Web 2.0 technologies in business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/dell-says-it-is-simplifying-services-offering.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:04:40 EDT A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million in damages and interest, letting stand a jury's decision that the software maker infringed on two patents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/microsoft-to-pay-alcatel-lucent-500m-for-patents.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:55:24 EDT Xyratex Ltd.'s shares jumped Tuesday after an analyst upgraded the U.K.-based computer storage products company, saying its improving hard drive equipment orders and new storage customers could boost fiscal 2009 profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/xyratex-shares-jump-after-bmo-upgrade.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:47:36 EDT A senior vice president of Dell Inc. sold 12,123 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Andrew C. Esparza reported he sold the shares Friday for $24.38 apiece. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/dell-senior-vice-president-sells-shares.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:09:40 EDT A director of computer maker Dell Inc. sold 3,230 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed Friday with the SEC, Thomas W. Luce III reported he sold the shares Tuesday for $23.66 apiece. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/dell-director-thomas-luce-sells-common-shares.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:31:29 EDT Low-cost laptops have attracted a lot of attention from investors and philanthropists as a possible solution to the technology gap in developing countries. But for now, the gee-whiz image of children e-mailing their homework from the African savannah remains more fiction than fact. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/market-spotlight-low-cost-laptops.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:41:45 EDT "Once again, it is one step forward and two steps back" for Sonic Solutions, according to Canaccord Adams analyst Steven B. Frankel. Sonic late Tuesday reported it swung to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter ended in March, but the maker of software for Blu-ray DVD players and other media products also projected fiscal first-quarter results below Wall Street expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/sonic-solutions-shares-hit-low-on-weak-1q-guidance.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:16:55 EDT Dell Inc. spent $460,000 in the first quarter to lobby on a variety of issues, including export control rules, proposals to overhaul the patent system and trade measures. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/dell-spent-460-000-lobbying-government-in-1q.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:32:14 EDT Computer maker Acer Inc. said Monday that it has settled a yearlong patent infringement battle with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. Details of the agreement with the American computer maker were "confidential," Acer said in a statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/66931-taiwan-acer-hewlett-packard.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/hp-acer-settle-patent-infringement-claims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/hp-acer-settle-patent-infringement-claims.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:16:35 EDT The Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of companies to collect multiple royalties on their patents, the latest step by the justices to scale back the power of patent-holders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/high-court-rules-against-multiple-royalties.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:45:55 EDT Michael Dell received compensation that the computer company he founded valued at just under $2 million last year, when he returned as CEO, but the leader of Dell Inc.'s consumer business received more than $33 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/new-dell-executive-got-compensation-valued-at-33m.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:10:51 EDT In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/60669-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/microsoft-signs-search-distribution-deal-with.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/microsoft-signs-search-distribution-deal-with.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:09:01 EDT Investors examine the same key economic reports at the start of every month--on manufacturing, the service sector and employment. This week, they'll be looking at these indicators for inflation clues as much as they will for insight into economic growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080601/inflation-watch-continues-this-week-on-wall-street.htm Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:55:12 EDT Wall Street closed out a winning week with a narrowly mixed performance Friday after the government reported that Americans' spending rose in April to keep pace with rising costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/58972-correction-earns-tiffanys.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080531/wall-street-wavers-after-economic-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080531/wall-street-wavers-after-economic-data.htm Sat, 31 May 2008 02:23:11 EDT United-US Airways consolidation effort called off CHICAGO (AP)--United Airlines scrapped its latest attempt to combine with US Airways and create the world's largest carrier, formally backing away Friday from a deal that likely would have meant fewer routes and higher ticket prices for consumers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/business-highlights.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 18:32:34 EDT