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Obama's tax plans raises high-tech hackles
President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies. more
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Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Nokia in Advanced Talks to Sell Security-Appliances Unit
Nokia is in advanced talks to sell its security-appliances business to a financial investor as it concentrates on consumer Internet services, such as push email. more
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Dell Warning Hints at Technology Giants' Vulnerabilities
Dell's warning Tuesday is the latest indication that overseas spending on information technology is slowing - right at the time when the U.S. market is expected to feel increased pressure from the turmoil on Wall Street. more
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Majority of IT Buyers Interesting in Going "Green" - if the Price is Right
Do "green" products and marketing matter in the enterprise technology industry? According to GreenFactor, - a global "green" enterprise IT study released by Strategic Oxygen, GCI Group and Cohn & Wolfe, "green" products are not only highly important for the environment, they are potentially profitable: More than 70 percent of the global respondents said they "probably" or "definitely" would increase their preference for a brand's "green" products if they were convinced of the positive impact on the environment and business. Almost 60 percent said they would expect to pay a premium for "green" products. more
Related Tags: microsoft, intel, alcatel-lucent, nortel, dell
Sprint Expands Range of Phones That Get Corporate E-Mail
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel plans to give a number of its non-smartphones access to corporate e-mail accounts in an effort to entice subscribers and stave off customer defections. more
Related Tags: microsoft, mobile-email, samsung, smartphones, sprint-nextel, motorola, lg, blackberry, personal, touchscreen, 3, sprint, nextel, USA