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Google Inc is moving to attract big business users to its Google Apps service just a year after entering the software market, as the company said on Tuesday it is offering stepped up e-mail management services at no additional cost to paying users.

IBM said on Monday that it will set up a joint venture company that will run services for two counties in South West England, handling areas from computer systems to human resources, procurement and finance.

Adobe Systems Inc plans to acquire Virtual Ubiquity, makers of Buzzword, an innovative word processor, in a surprise move that competes with Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.

Over 100 American multinational companies and a number of trade organizations petitioned Congress to reject protectionist legislation against China in Thursday.

Japan's Hitachi Ltd is mulling options for its ailing hard disk drive business including bringing in a strategic investor to turn the business around, sources close to the matter said.

Business Objects, a French-American business intelligence software maker, is looking for a buyer and has appointed Goldman Sachs to find an investor, Le Figaro newspaper said.

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's third-largest PC maker, said on Thursday its nascent overseas consumer market will grow eventually to match the dominate position it enjoys in its home market.

Imagine cramming 30,000 full-length movies into a gadget the size of an iPod.

Taiwan's Acer will buy Gateway for $710 million, creating the world's No. 3 PC maker and doubling its U.S. presence while dealing a blow to arch-foe Lenovo's efforts to grow in Europe.

Once upon a time, people went to libraries to find books instead of surfing the Internet. Computer giant IBM now wants you to walk into three-dimensional Web worlds to browse virtual libraries.

The top executives of Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that they would ensure their products work together, seeking to prevent customers from putting off buying decisions.

IBM has agreed to sell Sun Microsystems's Solaris Operating System software to IBM's customers in a deal that pits the competing computer hardware makers against shared rival Hewlett-Packard.

Nokia said 46 million batteries used in its phones could overheat and it would replace them free to consumers while negotiating with battery maker Matsushita over who would bear the costs.

Lenovo, the world's third-largest personal computer maker it will begin offering the Linux-based operating system on some of its notebook computers, joining other computer companies adopting open-source systems.

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world’s third-largest computer maker, announced on Tuesday that it is in talks to acquire Netherlands-based Packard Bell.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is giving a boost to its information services business, announcing it has agreed to acquire privately held data management company Princeton Softech for an undisclosed amount.

Image problems will force out weaker firms and prepare savvy ones for the global marketplace, experts say.

China's Lenovo Group, the world's third-largest computer maker, is expected to post a six-fold rise in quarterly profit on Thursday on strong corporate demand but faces unrelenting price pressure at home.

One in four Americans think China will beat the United States in the next decade as the world leader in innovation, according to a survey released on Sunday by Zogby International.

Stocks rose sharply on Thursday as multinational companies such as IBM and Juniper Networks Inc. reported earnings that beat forecasts, shifting investors' focus back to corporate profits and away from subprime credit worries.

Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) rose more than 4 percent in pre-market trading on Thursday, a day after the company expressed optimism for its full year outlook and reported a higher second quarter profit.

IBM will open in France its first nuclear consultancy center in July, at a time when utilities are looking to build new reactors and stretch the old ones' lifetime, an executive said on Monday.

The next big thing in computing could be systems to save the world from drowning in a rapidly rising sea of data, the head of deep computing at IBM told Reuters in an interview.

Web search leader Google Inc. and semiconductor maker Intel Corp. launched a broad-based program on Tuesday to introduce more energy-efficient personal computers and server systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) was downgraded from a Buy to a Neutral rating by a Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) analyst after the firm reported its earnings for the first quarter on Wednesday.

Semiconductor firm Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and technology solutions provider International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) announced separately this weekend that both companies have solved a puzzle that will allow the semiconductor industry to keep making ever smaller computer chips.

Fourth-quarter profit at International Business Machines Corp. rose 11 percent and beat Wall Street expectations Thursday, and the company also delivered a blockbuster figure in services contract signings, an important measure of future revenue.

Information technology provider IBM (NYSE: IBM) and shoemaker Ecco announced a partnership Wednesday potentially worth over $12 million as the companies cooperate in infrastructure modernization.

IBM says its researchers have built a device capable of slowing down the flow of light, opening the door towards faster computing chips in the future.