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IBM, Sun talks seen continuing to next week: sources

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IBM is still in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc and discussions could take several more days as IBM studies various parts of Sun's computer server and software businesses, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Xerox shares plummet after profit warning

Xerox Corp chopped its first-quarter earnings forecast by as much as 85 percent, as the slowdown in office equipment spending badly hurt revenue and thwarted its cost-cutting efforts.
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Xerox warns profit will fall short

Xerox Corp, the world's top supplier of digital printer and document management services, warned on Friday that first-quarter earnings will fall far short of its earlier expectations, as a slowdown in technology spending undercuts revenue.
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TomTom sues Microsoft on patent infringement

Dutch navigation device maker TomTom said on Friday it had launched a court case against Microsoft Corp a few weeks after the American software giant launched a patent lawsuit against it in the United States.
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Sony Ericsson warning stuns ailing mobile sector

Sony Ericsson sparked fresh fear of crumbling consumer demand on Friday when the world's No 4 handset maker said it would sell barely half of the phones it sold last quarter.By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
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Satyam board meets as bid interest deadline nears

The board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd began a meeting on Friday as the deadline neared for suitors to submit their expressions of interest in acquiring a majority stake in the fraud-hit Indian outsourcer.
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U.S. video game sales up 10 percent in February

U.S. video game sales rose 10 percent in February to $1.47 billion, led again by Nintendo's blockbuster Wii console, as gaming continued to show resilience despite an economic downturn that has sapped consumer spending.
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Palm says Pre on track as revenue plummets

Palm Inc on Thursday said its upcoming Pre phone needs more polishing but that it was on track to start selling the high profit device in the first half of the year as it looks to grab back smartphone business from rivals.
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IBM talks with Sun Micro not just about servers

An IBM takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc would raise the prospect of creating a clear leader in computer servers, but gaining market share might not be what's behind IBM's expensive overtures in hard economic times.
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Cisco buys Flip Video maker

Cisco Systems Inc is buying Flip digital camcorder-maker Pure Digital Technologies as it seeks to expand in the consumer market amid a slowdown in its traditional routers and switches business.
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Online travel agencies duke it out

Online travel agencies, eager to spur spring bookings in the recession, are locked in a price battle that has some of them cutting fees and reimbursing customers if the price of their trip falls after they book.
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Microsoft's Ballmer hopes for Yahoo talks

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the only discussion he's had with Yahoo Inc's top executive was a single phone call, but is holding out hopes for further talks.
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Online travel agencies duke it out for bookings

Online travel agencies, eager to spur spring bookings in the recession, are locked in a price battle that has some of them cutting fees and reimbursing customers if the price of their trip falls after they book.
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Cisco flips for 'flip'

Cisco Systems Inc is buying digital camcorder-maker Pure Digital Technologies as it seeks to push further into the consumer market.
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China Mobile growth slows, warns of tough 2009

China Mobile missed forecasts with its slowest quarterly profit growth since 2005 and warned a deepening financial crisis will pressure subscriber growth as local competition gets tougher.
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Sony Reader taps Google's public domain books

Sony Corp is making available public domain books from Google Inc to users of its electronic book reader, Sony said on Wednesday, vastly increasing the amount of available content on the device.
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Loss-making Sony freezes wages; others may follow

Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp said on Thursday it would freeze workers' salaries this year as the company tried to recover from a record loss, and its rivals may follow in the face of a global sales slump.
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Nokia to shutter its Mosh success story

To spearhead its push into Internet services, Nokia put users in charge when it opened in 2007 the networking site Mosh, which lets people post anything they want.
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IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems: sources

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets.
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Consumers want unrestricted Internet access: survey

Nine in 10 people expect their Internet service providers to offer open and unrestricted access to the Web, a survey showed on Wednesday. The survey, commissioned by Google, Yahoo and Web telephone company Skype, came as the European Parliament and EU states hold talks on a joint deal to reform the bloc's telecoms rules to boost competition.
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Discovery sues over Amazon's Kindle

Media company Discovery Communications Inc has sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology.
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IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server market.

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