Business

Verizon offers small Businesses unlimited Wireless

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Wednesday launched an unlimited wireless calling service for small businesses, amid growing competition with AT&T Inc to grab corporate customers.
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Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:16:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rohm to buy Oki Chip Business: Report

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Rohm to buy Oki chip business: report

By Mariko Katsumura

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rohm Co plans to buy Oki Electric Industry Co chip operations for about $959 million, the Nikkei business daily said, sending Oki's shares 5 percent higher and pointing to a further shakeup in Japan's microchip industry.
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Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 00:46:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Social Network Ad Business ''improving'': Brin

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Thursday advertising on social networking sites was improving but "still had a long way to go."
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Posted on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:48:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IBM to offer Business Intelligence via BlackBerry

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BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM said on Wednesday it has started selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices.
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Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:23:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RIM's BlackBerry Bold aims at business Users

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By Wojtek Dabrowski

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek new smartphone will also catch on with the broader retail market.
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Posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RIM's new BlackBerry Bold targets Business Market

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek device will also catch on in the broad retail market.
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Posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Acer Adds Business & Value Series LCDs

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Acer announced two new families of LCDs recently called the Business Series and the Value series. The B-series displays range in size from 17 to 24-inch and include several models. All B-series displays have black bezels and a black base. The B-series also uses Acer’s FlxArm technology for height adjustment, tilt and swivel as well as rotation. B-series interface options include VGA and DVI with HDCP support.

The B-series displays have 5ms response times and 2000:1 to 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratios. It seems that other than the FlxArm technology the two series of displays are very similar. The displays are available now at dealers across America. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 08:37:48 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

NEC Launches NP3151W Business Projector

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NEC announced a new projector today for use in the business and education environments. The projector is called the NP3151W and has 4000 lumen brightness and a 1280 x 800 WXGA resolution. The projector also includes built-in wireless connectivity for wireless sharing of the projector from networked computers.

NEC says that the projector uses advanced HQV processing and detail enhancement to help improve picture quality. Optional quick-mount lenses allow the projector to throw images from 40 to 500 inches. The projector also supports Windows Network Projector functionality with Windows Vista. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:57:01 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Motorola committed to Mobile Phone Business

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By Sinead Carew

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Monday it is "fully committed" to its mobile phone business and its strategic review is aimed at bringing about a "product-led" recovery for the loss-making division. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:00:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Apps adds Work Group features for Businesses

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Network administrators, the custodians of an organization's passwords and privileges, may want to find another job as Google Inc helps business users set up and manage their own work groups. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Integrates Digital Camera and CE Business

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Samsung announced today that it plans to integrate two arms of its business in March of 2008. The integration will be of Samsungs digital camera and consumer electronics business. According to Samsung the consolidation of the two units will add new competitive advantages.

"Bringing the digital still camera business into the fold of our broader consumer electronics operations is the next logical step in the evolution of our digital imaging business," said Tim Baxter, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Samsung Electronics America. "Both groups bring inherent strengths and relationships to the table that will allow us to elevate our presence and offer a more comprehensive suite of digital lifestyle solutions to retailers and consumers." Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:16:55 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Kyocera Buys Sanyo's Mobile Phone Business

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Kyocera Corporation announced today that it has reached an agreement with SANYO Electric Co to take over Sanyo’s mobile phone business. The agreement was approved today and will go into effect April 1, 2008.

"This transaction will yield great synergies and economies of scale in areas such as technology portfolios, R&D, procurement, design, marketing and sales," said Makoto Kawamura, president of Kyocera Corporation, the group's global parent. "Furthermore, the Kyocera and SANYO product portfolios are highly complementary, and will allow us to offer a broader lineup of handsets and data devices to all of our carrier customers." Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:23 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Acer Introduces Budget Extensa Business Notebooks

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Acer announced a new line of notebook computers today called Extensa. The Extensa 4620 notebook is now available in North America and is aimed at business users. The Extensa uses the same chassis as the TravelMate notebooks.

The screen size is 14.1-inches and the system runs on Windows XP Pro, but is Vista capable. Available processors include Intel Centrino duo or Pentium dual-core components and hard drive capacities of up to 120GB are available. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:12:38 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Music Titles boost Video Game Business in 2007

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By Antony Bruno

DENVER (Billboard) - By all accounts, 2007 was a great year for the video game industry, driven largely by the rising popularity of music-based titles.

Total video game sales (hardware and software) through October was $10.5 billion, compared with $7 billion for the same period last year, according to data from NPD Group. Read more

Posted on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:23:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

TomTom and Google team up on Business Information

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch navigation systems company TomTom said on Wednesday it was teaming up with Internet search leader Google Inc so users can find and send business addresses to their portable devices. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:23:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell to offer Google search Devices to Businesses

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday it will sell Google search devices to help companies find information on their networks. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Slate may start Business News Web Site: Source

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Slate, the online news and opinion magazine owned by The Washington Post Co , may launch a business news and opinion Web site, according to a source familiar with the matter. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:01:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Madonna, Promoter near $120 million Business Deal

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna is close to leaving her long-time Warner Bros. Records label for a wide-ranging $120 million deal with concert promotion firm Live Nation Inc., a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:13:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony forms In-Game Advertising Business Unit

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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Inc. today announced the creation of a new in-game advertising business unit.

SCEA announced a partnership with Nielsen Media Research in July. Together the companies are working to develop measurement systems for game network advertising. SCEA will share its game network data from PLAYSTATION 3 as well as PLAYSTATION Network including PLAYSTATION Home. Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SAP to aquire Business Objects for $6.8 billion

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SAP announces to acquire Business Objects for $6.8 billion. This is the largest aquisition for the German business software maker.

Under the terms and conditions of the tender offer agreement, SAP will make a cash offer of € 42.00 per ordinary share and for American Depositary Shares (ADS) at the US$ equivalent based on the EUR/US$ exchange rate as of the settlement of the tender offers. The transaction volume taking into account the transaction costs will be slightly above €4.8 billion (~$6.8 billion). Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 02:25:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alcatel-Lucent may lose some Business with AT&T: Report

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PARIS (Reuters) - Alcatel-Lucent may lose some business with AT&T to Ericsson as its Swedish rival capitalizes on its difficulties in bolstering its leading position in mobile phone infrastructure deals based on 3G wireless technology, the Financial Times reported. Read more