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The chief executive of Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 PC maker, said on Tuesday rumors of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems were creating an enormous opportunity for Dell.

Sun Microsystems Inc, the darling of the dot-com boom, never really recovered from the bet it made on high-powered computers used to run the first generation of Internet datacentres.

IBM is still in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc and discussions could take several more days as IBM studies various parts of Sun's computer server and software businesses, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

An IBM takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc would raise the prospect of creating a clear leader in computer servers, but gaining market share might not be what's behind IBM's expensive overtures in hard economic times.

Stocks leaped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve surprised Wall Street when it said it will buy long-term Treasury bonds for the first time in four decades in an effort to revive the recession-hit economy.

Stocks shot higher on Wednesday in a brisk rally after the Federal Reserve said it will buy long-term U.S. Treasuries in its push to revive the recession-hit economy.

The Dow industrials slipped and the S&P 500 was up slightly on Wednesday as news that International Business Machines Corp was in talks to buy Sun Microsystems pulled IBM's stock lower, more than offsetting a rise in financials.

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets.

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for a proposed $6.5 billion cash offer, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Stocks fell on Wednesday as lower oil prices hurt energy shares and caution before the Federal Reserve's policy decision offset optimism from a report of a potential takeover in the technology sector.

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server market.

Stock futures were little changed on Wednesday as a report that IBM was in talks to buy computer maker Sun Microsystems offset caution before the Federal Reserve's policy decision.

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for at least $6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster their computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co.

Oracle’s said on Monday that its virtualization software racked up the world’s fastest performance on an industry standard benchmark.

Cisco Systems Inc will start to sell computer servers targeted at data centers, a move that pits the company against partners such as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM.

Physicians at Thy-Mors hospital in Denmark and IBM have developed patient record software that uses a three-dimensional computer model of the human anatomy to visualize a patient's medical information.

IBM Corp.'s chairman and chief executive, Sam Palmisano, received a compensation package that is calculated to be worth nearly $21 million in 2008, slightly higher than the year before, according to reports.

In ranking of the 100 best corporate citizens by CRO Magazine, IBM ranked No. 3 overall outranking all other information technology companies on the list.

IBM created a software allowing people to meet in a virtual world face to face. The new software called Sametime 3d allows people to meet, exchange instant messages, chat verbally and share presentations and ideas in private, prefabricated, reusable meeting spaces located in a variety of virtual worlds.

IBM affirmed its full-year profit outlook on Thursday and forecast growth in its services business in the first quarter, in sharp contrast to many technology companies that have scaled back expectations.

Top technology services company IBM affirmed its full-year earnings outlook and said results in January signaled growth in services contract signings in the first quarter, lifting the shares nearly 3 percent. Contract signings for its business services have grown so far this year, IBM said in the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Recognizing that it is stil...

Top technology services company IBM affirmed its full-year earnings outlook and said results in January signaled growth in services contract signings in the first quarter, lifting the shares nearly 3 percent.

Stocks fell on Wednesday as President Barack Obama's first address to Congress shed little new light on how he plans to stabilize the economy and shore up banks, and gloomy home sales data fed the negative sentiment. Obama said in his speech on Tuesday night the United States would emerge stronger from the ongoing crisis, but investors found little in what he said to spur buying after the market...

Wall Street slumped to a 12-year low on Monday as investors lost faith that the U.S. government will be able to stabilize the financial system. The S&P 500 and the Dow both posted their lowest closes since the spring of 1997 as reports the government may convert its stake in Citigroup into a big common stock holding fell short of what many see as necessary to fix big banks. It is generally...

Wall Street slumped to a 12-year low on Monday as investors lost faith that the U.S. government will be able to stabilize the financial system. The S&P 500 and the Dow both posted their lowest closes since the spring of 1997 as reports the government may convert its stake in Citigroup into a big common stock holding fell short of what many see as necessary to fix big banks. It is generally...

The Dow Jones industrial average fell to an 11-year low on Monday as investors dumped shares on uncertainty about the latest potential U.S. government action to shore up beleaguered banks. Making matters worse, worries about a fall-off in business and consumer spending on technology hurt the biggest names in the tech sector. IBM and Hewlett-Packard were the top drags o...

IBM unveiled Tuesday its cloud computing technology, which stores information and runs applications in shared computing facilities to users over the Internet, and announced the new head of the cloud computing division.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced software designed for reducing cost.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced software designed for reducing cost.