UPDATE 7-Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion - Finanz Nachrichten
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to buy Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion, paying a steep 67.5 percent premium to expand its technology services business and compete with Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM. Perot Systems, a

A Year Later, H.P. s Bet on E.D.S. Looks Like a Winner - New York Times
After Hewlett-Packard bought the computer services company last August for $13.9 billion, it immediately began hacking the work force. Led by a master cost-cutter, Mark V. Hurd , H.P. laid off 25,000 E.D.S. workers, and cut the salaries of some by

The Hunt for a Hidden Bomb Factory - Newsweek
Days after local police and federal agents busted up an alleged terror plot targeting public transportation in the New York area, law enforcement and counterterrorism officials still aren’t sure if they have captured all of the suspects who might

Intel CEO Paul Otellini says PC sales could rise in 2009 - Los Angeles Daily News
SAN FRANCISCO The worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday. Otellini’s comments at a conference Tuesday were more bullish than

Bill Gates Dedicates New Computer Center At CMU - KDKA
Andrew Carnegie’s mills once made Pittsburgh into a world-recognized industrial power with a ready immigrant work force, but that is in the past. Carnegie Mellon University, with its internationally ranked reputation for science and technology, is

Hewlett-Packard upgraded at Credit Suisse as printer business bottoms - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) Credit Suisse upgraded Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday, calling a bottom to its printer business and pointing out improving demand for computer hardware. In a client note, Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope upgraded the stock to

Grant opens window into mid-century Anniston - Anniston Star
In the late 1940s, public scenes around Anniston were captured on photographic film by a forward-thinking mayor. Six decades later, those images are available for study by anyone with access to a computer. [ view slideshow ] You might even see