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Speaking to a group of international and U.S. journalists, Michael Dell recently discussed his company’s opportunities in emerging markets. About half of Dell’s revenues come from outside of the United States, he said. Like most other tech vendors, Dell sees the potential in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, countries with huge populations […]

Google recently announced a new Genome Cloud that will be used to store thousands of human genome files. Google will charge $25 per genome annually, which sounds fairly expensive for cloud storage. However, each genome file contains about 100GB of data. This is particularly exciting for researchers and doctors, since not only will sizable databases […]

AT&T officials announced plans to release four new smartphones on Nov. 7 from Kyocera, Microsoft-Nokia and HTC as the wireless service provider continues to expand its product lineup. What’s more, AT&T is also launching a longer AT&T Next 24 installment plan to let buyers make monthly payments on new phones rather than pay for them […]

Microsoft is coming close to a release date for Dynamics CRM 2015. According to the company, the newest version of its on-premise and cloud-based customer relationship management software will ship sometime in December. Dynamics CRM 2015 will feature integration with Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-enabled digital assistant for Windows Phone 8.1. The upcoming release also leans on […]

Dell’s complex security strategy will once again a major topic at the annual Dell World show Nov. 4 to 6 in Austin, Texas. According to the show’s agenda, more than a dozen breakout sessions will touch on such subjects as mobile and email security, security for the Internet of things and firewalls. Dell officials also […]

Samsung is launching its new Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 smartphones in China in November following a recent disappointing third-quarter earnings report. The handsets are the company’s slimmest-ever phones, and are being launched first in China, the world’s largest smartphone market. The phones will arrive in the United States and other world markets later, though […]

Lenovo officials announced Oct. 30 that the company has completed its $2.91 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, making the Chinese systems maker the world’s third-largest smartphone vendor. This comes 10 months after announcing its intent to buy Motorola from Google and less than a month after completing its $2.1 billion acquisition of IBM’s x86 server […]

Hey there, here are your top news stories from eWEEK, sponsored by Dell and Intel. Hewlett-Packard unveiled the Sprout immersive computing platform on Oct. 29. This brings together a scanner, depth sensor, high-resolution camera and projector to create an integrated device that officials said will enable users to merge physical objects into a digital workspace. […]

Just one week after Apple Pay went into operation on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, national drug store chains CVS and Rite Aid have turned off their near-field communication terminals to block its use. This action also blocked Google Wallet, which the two chains had been supporting for several months along with other forms […]

Sanford Russell, director of marketing for Nvidia’s Grid Business Unit, sees the virtual desktop space as a a wide-open market for the company. According to Russell, as VDI rolled out it was hindered by having to rely on CPUs, which delivered the compute power these environments needed, but not the graphics abilities. But now that […]