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Friday, October 28, 2011 9:07 AM PDT

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News: Acer sees Q4 sales dip, lifts prices on Thai floods RIM sets up facility in India to help with surveillance: report Baidu sees strong Q4 sales driven by ad spend BlackBerry maker parts ways with another top manager EA raises forecast less than expected, shares fall Samsung Q3 profit down HP ditches costly PC unit spin-off Baidu Q3 beats, sees strong Q4 sales FCC shifts subsidy fund to broadband Motorola Mobility revenue misses, net loss narrows EA raises forecast less than expected, shares fall Google makes big changes to daily deals business Cybersecurity mainly male domain, geek image deters girls ARM unveils 64-bit architecture suited to servers Olympus sticks to defense of deals despite skepticism Acer sees Q4 sales dip, lifts prices on Thai floods Fri,28 Oct 2011 01:49 AM PDT Reuters - TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc expects fourth quarter sales to fall as much as 10 percent from the previous three months and will raise prices as flooding in Thailand disrupts supplies of hard disk drives for PCs. Full Story Top RIM sets up facility in India to help with surveillance: report Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:39 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Research In Motion has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. Full Story Top Baidu sees strong Q4 sales driven by ad spend Thu,27 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters)- Top Chinese search engine Baidu Inc forecast strong sales that topped Wall Street estimates, after reporting robust quarterly earnings, shrugging off concerns that a weak economy could hit advertisers. Full Story Top BlackBerry maker parts ways with another top manager Thu,27 Oct 2011 07:07 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion has parted ways with a senior executive involved with the company's move into "cloud-based" services, adding to a string of high-level departures from the BlackBerry maker. Full Story Top EA raises forecast less than expected, shares fall Thu,27 Oct 2011 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates and the video game maker raised its earnings forecast because of the upcoming holiday title "Star Wars: The Old Republic," which it expects to be a hit. Full Story Top Samsung Q3 profit down Thu,27 Oct 2011 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit, as the stellar performance of its handset business was overshadowed by a slump in its mainstay chip division. Full Story Top HP ditches costly PC unit spin-off Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:48 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co ditched a plan to spin off its personal computers unit, a month after the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker whose idea would have cost billions of dollars in expenses and lost business. Full Story Top Baidu Q3 beats, sees strong Q4 sales Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese search engine Baidu Inc surged more than 7 percent on Thursday after the company topped Wall Street financial targets, shrugging off concerns that a weakening Chinese economy could hamper its growth. Full Story Top FCC shifts subsidy fund to broadband Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators agreed on Thursday to change an $8 billion national communications subsidy program to put more emphasis on providing high-speed Internet access to rural areas. Full Story Top Motorola Mobility revenue misses, net loss narrows Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc's third-quarter revenue rose at a slower pace than Wall Street estimates as it shipped fewer smartphones than expected. Full Story Top EA raises forecast less than expected, shares fall Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates and the video game maker raised its earnings forecast because of the upcoming holiday title "Star Wars: The Old Republic," which it expects to be a hit. Full Story Top Google makes big changes to daily deals business Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Google Inc unveiled big changes to its fledgling daily deals business on Thursday, as rival Groupon Inc pitches its IPO to potential investors. Full Story Top Cybersecurity mainly male domain, geek image deters girls Thu,27 Oct 2011 10:30 AM PDT Reuters - * Women earn 18 percent of computer science degrees Full Story Top ARM unveils 64-bit architecture suited to servers Thu,27 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British chip designer ARM has unveiled details of its first 64-bit architecture, which it said would expand its reach into enterprise applications such as servers currently dominated by Intel. Full Story Top Olympus sticks to defense of deals despite skepticism Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:31 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp on Thursday stuck to its defense of the deals that have come under fire since it axed its British CEO in a bitter boardroom battle, but the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) warned that investors might not be convinced. Full Story Top

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