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CHICAGO (Reuters) – A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager at technology company Apple since 2005, was accused by federal authorities of accepting kickbacks […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc. in the fast-growing mobile market. Microsoft said on Wednesday it had canceled plans to sell its “Kin” phones […]

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters)-U.S. challengers BMW Oracle won the 33rd America’s Cup on Sunday, beating Swiss holders Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a triumph of superior design and technology. Software mogul Larry Ellison’s giant trimaran, featuring a towering wing-shaped sail, beat Alinghi by more than five minutes in the […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. does not expect to make acquisitions to help the company challenge Google Inc’s dominance in the Internet search market, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Reuters on Monday. “No, I wouldn’t expect it,” he said when asked whether acquisitions would be part of the strategy. Microsoft recently agreed a search partnership […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, on Friday said it played no role in a decision by Apple to reject Google’s voice application on the popular handset. “Let me state unequivocally, AT&T had no role in any decision by Apple to not accept the Google Voice application for inclusion in the […]

(Reuters) – MySpace, the social network owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, said it plans to cut about two-thirds of its international work force and close at least four of its offices outside the United States. The proposed move comes a week after it said it will cut 30 percent of its staff. Roughly half […]

McAfee announced Friday it will buy privately held SolidCore Systems Inc, a maker of software to protect automated bank tellers and other specialized computers. The software maker announced the acquisition as executives met with analysts in New York in presentations that were broadcast over the Internet. Chief Executive Dave DeWalt gave an advance view of […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp., the world’s No. 2 business software maker, plans to expand its small line of programs that companies access via the Web, said a person familiar with the strategy. The person, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the plan, said that Oracle is developing Internet-based programs to help businesses manage […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for what the EU executive called a failure to keep people’s online details confidential. EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said the action related to how Internet service providers used Phorm technology to send subscribers tailor-made advertisements based on websites visited. Britain has […]

BEIJING-Acer Inc., the world’s third-largest computer maker, said on Wednesday it expects its PC shipments to grow 25-30 percent in the current quarter from the year before, fuelled by a surge in portable computing devices. The company said it expects its notebooks and low-cost netbook PC shipments to rise 35-40 percent, even as its desktop […]