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A Dell laptop computer is seen in New York August 26, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute

Fri Sep 5, 9:13 PM ET

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American factories at a good price.

  • An United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services, blasts off at 11:50.57 PDT (2:50.57 p.m. EDT) with the GeoEye-1 satellite from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, September 6, 2008. The successful launch concluded approximately 75 minutes later with signal acquisition from the satellite in its proper orbit. (Carleton Bailie/The Boeing Company/Handout/Reuters)
    GeoEye launches high-resolution satellite Sat Sep 6, 7:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GeoEye Inc said it successfully launched into space on Saturday its new GeoEye-1 satellite, which will provide the U.S. government, Google Earth users and others the highest-resolution commercial color satellite imagery on the market.

  • A recalled Sony Vaio laptop is seen in an undated handout photo. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)
    Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern Thu Sep 4, 1:06 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T) has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

  • Screengrab of the Napster program used for downloading music from the Internet. (file/Reuters)
    Napster faces challenges within and without Sat Sep 6, 12:13 AM ET

    DENVER (Billboard) - When Napster reported its fiscal first-quarter results in August, it tried to paint a positive picture to investors who were growing increasingly nervous about the company's future.

  • Nokia losing market share as price war bites Fri Sep 5, 1:07 PM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest cellphone maker, said it expects to lose market share in the third quarter as it fights to maintain profit margins, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower.

  • Poignant lion video inspires movie project Fri Sep 5, 2:09 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES/TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Millions have seen the YouTube video of "Christian the Lion" reuniting in Africa with the two men who bought him from a high-end London department store in 1969.

  • A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)
    Ruling in TiVo, EchoStar case could be delayed Thu Sep 4, 10:01 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday delayed ruling until as late as November on whether EchoStar Corp owes TiVo Inc more damages for infringing on its "Time Warp" digital video recorder, or DVR, technology.

  • Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)
    EA's Spore aims to create new worlds, businesses Thu Sep 4, 6:21 PM ET

    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds -- and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker.

  • Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh speaks during a news conference in Oslo September 5, 2008. (Kyrre Lien/Scanpix/Reuters)
    Peace laureate fights Telenor over Grameenphone Fri Sep 5, 9:30 PM ET

    OSLO (Reuters) - Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh turned up the heat in battle for control over Bangladesh's Grameenphone on Friday, warning Norwegian co-owner Telenor ASA it may face a lawsuit.

  • Employees of Samsung Group walk in front of the company's logo at its headquarters in Seoul April 22, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was considering 'various opportunities' regarding SanDisk, in response to reports it was interested in bidding for the U.S. flash memory maker. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
    Samsung Elec mulls SanDisk buy; Toshiba shrs fall Fri Sep 5, 11:51 AM ET

    SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, said it may buy flash memory maker SanDisk , which is valued at $3.2 billion, in a deal that could reshape a struggling industry.

  • Windows Vista logo decorates downtown Bucharest January 31, 2007. (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)
    Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push Thu Sep 4, 9:33 PM ET

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.

  • A screenshot of LinkedIn.com, taken on September 4, 2008. (www.linkedin.com/Reuters)
    LinkedIn lands CNBC deal Thu Sep 4, 10:59 AM ET

    (Reuters) - CNBC has entered into an alliance with LinkedIn under which the financial news channel will air content generated by the professional networking site's 27 million members.

  • Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and managing director for Grameen Bank, speaks at the 'Business Innovations That Are Changing The World' panel at the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Nobel prize winner may sue Norway's Telenor: report Thu Sep 4, 6:24 PM ET

    OSLO (Reuters) - 2006 Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus may take legal action against Norwegian telecom group Telenor , in a bid to gain full control over Bangladesh operator Grameenphone, news agency NTB reported on Thursday.

  • The Nokia Research and Development Centre is seen in Helsinki April 11, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
    Nokia warns on Q3 as price war bites, share drop Fri Sep 5, 11:50 AM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE) said it had sacrificed market share in the third quarter to defend profits in the midst of a price war, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower on Friday.

  • A screenshot from the videogame 'CSI: NY.' (Ubisoft/Handout/Reuters)
    Prime time goes virtual Thu Sep 4, 2:02 PM ET

    RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - Why watch TV when you can be the star? Digital video recorders have done away with the notion of prime time for millions of gamers. Now game publishers are offering interactive TV stories that have ushered in virtual prime time entertainment.

  • French issue call to storm "electronic Bastille" Thu Sep 4, 11:06 AM ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - Opposition to a new security database is gaining momentum in France as people return to work after a summer break during which the government authorized the state to store personal information on people as young as 13.

  • Globalive seeking wireless partnerships, investors Thu Sep 4, 11:17 AM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Privately held Globalive Communications Corp is starting talks with other service providers about forging a wireless partnership and reaching out to investors, after winning spectrum in a government auction this summer.

  • A man looks at Sony Vaio laptops at a showroom in Singapore September 5, 2008. Sony shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on Friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers due to possible overheating that could burn users. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)
    Sony shares hit 3-yr low after Vaio laptop recall Fri Sep 5, 12:42 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T) shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on Friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers due to possible overheating that could burn users.

  • A model poses with a laptop fitted with the new Intel Centrino 2 processor during its launch in Taipei July 15, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)
    Collins Stewart starts Intel, AMD with buy Thu Sep 4, 10:43 AM ET

    (Reuters) - Collins Stewart began coverage of Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices with a "buy" rating and said Intel's revamped processor product portfolio should enable the company to grow market share and offset macro headwinds.

  • In this file photo a Chinese worker tests mobile phones at a production line of Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd in the eastern port city of Ningbo February 19, 2004. Asia will continue to deliver strong growth in the mobile phone market due to sustained demand from China and India, the world's two biggest markets of such services, industry officials said. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)
    Asia leads mobile growth, but lags on Internet Thu Sep 4, 3:44 AM ET

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Asia will continue to deliver strong growth in the mobile phone market due to sustained demand from China and India, the world's two biggest markets of such services, industry officials said.