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Microsoft Adding 75 Retail Stores in U.S.

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Microsoft abandoned the retail store strategy in 2001, but after Apple's success with retail stores, Microsoft plans to aggressively expand, adding 75 retail stores in the U.S. in two to three years.

HP TouchPad 4G With 1.5GHz Processor Coming to AT&T

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Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) said it has planned a new tablet HP TouchPad 4G that will be available exclusively in the United States on AT&T. The current version of TouchPad is a Wi-Fi one and sold at $499.99 for a 16GB version and $599.99 for a 32GB version.
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Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell delivers his keynote address at Oracle Open World in San Francisco, September 22, 2010.

Dell Facing Challenge from Tablets, Cloud

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has longer-term disadvantages in a tablet and cloud world as Dell is not focused on tablets and is well behind Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) in developing a full cloud stack, Jefferies said in a note to clients.
Google chairman to testify at Senate hearing

Google's Crime: Great Services Offered Free!

The Federal Trade Commission has finally got Google chairman Eric Schmidt to testify in September in a hearing that will address fundamental questions of business operations (of Google) rather than merely legal issues. The federal regulators will investigate into the allegations that the Internet giant has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising.
Google+ Will Make Changes This Week: What Would You Like to See?

Google+ on a flying start but is it good enough to beat Facebook?

Google+ (or Google Plus), the beta version of Google’s new ambitious social networking service is off to a flying start with 4.5 million people reportedly using the service, having signed up via the current invite-only basis, but is Google+ good enough to beat the king of social networking sites - Facebook?
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Google+ Sparks Social Networking Wars

The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in the new battle for the social media space.
Skype CEO Tony Bates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pose after a news conference in Palo Alto, California

How Facebook and Skype are Changing Social Media

The partnership between Facebook and Skype is a natural, and it will likely change social media in a very big way -- integrating phone calls and video conferencing seamlessly into Facebook's social network.

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