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Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer brushed off concerns that the PlayStation 3 video game console is too expensive, and said the company is unlikely to sell parts of its business amid the recession.

U.S. antitrust regulators have approved a Nokia Siemens bid for a portion of Canada's bankrupt Nortel Networks Inc, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.

U.S. antitrust regulators have approved a Nokia Siemens bid for a portion of Canada's bankrupt Nortel Networks Inc , the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.

Dell Inc, the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, launched a package of hardware, software and services on Tuesday designed to help police convict more criminals as digital evidence proliferates.

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market.

Telefonica's O2 and Movistar have won exclusive deals to sell Palm's new Pre smartphone -- regarded as the closest rival to Apple's iPhone -- in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Spain.

Telefonica's O2 and Movistar have won exclusive deals to sell Palm's new Pre smartphone -- regarded as the closest rival to Apple's iPhone -- in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Spain.

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market.

Dell Inc., the world's second-largest PC maker, will devote more resources to the small-and medium-sized business (SMB) market in China as it considers the segment will be the first to climb out of the recession, said a senior company executive.

Nokia and Singaporean mobile service provider MobileOne (M1) have entered into a contract to offer the Nokia Messaging service.

National Semiconductor Corp on Monday introduced its Powerwise LMX2541 chip, equipped with integrated VCO, the industry's fully integrated lowest –noise frequency synthesizer.

NEC Corp, grappling with a steep drop in mobile phone sales in Japan, said on Monday it could resume overseas sales of cellphones next year, three years after losses forced it to pull out of China and Europe.

Best Buy, known as a vendor of giant televisions, is moving towards a new market by selling electric-powered scooters, bicycles and Segway transporters.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics , the world's top maker of memory chips and flat screen TVs, forecast second-quarter earnings well above market estimates, driving its shares up more than 4 percent on Monday.

U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.

Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology.

Intel Corp's former chief executive and chairman, Craig Barrett, said on Thursday it would take a few years to see whether Intel's technology partnership with Nokia succeeds.

Alcatel-Lucent still expects the global telecoms equipment market to fall 8-12 percent in 2009 at constant currency exchange rates, the chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent France said on Thursday.

It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.

As the worldwide IT markets took a major plunge in the current downturn, markets for Green computers and servers will grow $190 billion in 2013, according to analyst.

Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment, the second largest music company in world, said on Wednesday it made a strategic investment in IODA, a digital distributor of independent music.