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Amazon, labels to meet for locker talks: sources

Amazon.com Inc is due to meet with music label executives on Thursday to hash out deals over the online retailer's controversial cloud-based media locker service that has sparked a music business uproar.
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Level 3 To buy Global Crossing

Salesforce.com To Acquire Radian6 for about $326 mln

Salesforce.com said it agreed to acquire Radian6, a social media monitoring platform, for about $326 million in cash and stock deal a move that will help Salesforce to effectively market its cloud-based products.
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Amazon launches cloud music player

Amazon.com Inc has launched an online service that would enable its customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Android phone, Android tablet, Mac or PC, wherever they are.
Leo Apotheker

What HP's Leo Apotheker May Say Next Week?

Léo Apotheker, the Chief Executive Officer of PC giant Hewlett-Packard, is expected to hold an investor briefing in San Francisco where he may unveil his much anticipated vision for HP.
Google Android reigns smartphone market:

Grumblings In Google's App Marketplace

Some app developers are expressing discontent with the way Google operates the Android Market for apps, and at least one has decided to call out Google in public.

Global Tablet Revenue to Grow to $70 bln by 2014

RBC Capital Markets expects tablet market to reach 185 million units in calendar 2014, up 83 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 17 million in calendar 2010. RBC Capital forecasts global tablet revenue to increase from $11 billion in calendar 2010 to nearly $70 billion in calendar 2014.
IBM to provide Microprocessors to Nintendo as the core of Wii U

IBM Analyst Day Likely to Focus on 2015 Roadmap

IBM would be hosting its Analyst Day today at its Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York at 10 am EST that is likely to focus on 2015 roadmap, according to Barclays Capital.
Obama's 2014 Budget Proposal

Federal IT Budget Backs Growth in Cloud Plays

U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The budget outlines the adoption of cloud-computing and virtualization technologies to lower IT spending costs and increase agility.
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ClickSoftware sees revenue growth accelerating

Workforce management software firm ClickSoftware Technologies expects annual sales growth to surpass 20 percent in coming years and profit to improve on new mobility and cloud computing products.

MPAA warns Google on infringement notices

Google stands the risk of being disconnected from its primary source of bread and butter, the internet, if there is any bite to Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) warning that chides Google for copyright infringement.

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