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02/19/2010

Dell's sales up, but profit dropped in fourth quarter
Dell Inc. saw sales jump in the fourth quarter, with a big boost from its purchase of Plano-based Perot Systems Corp. last year.

AT&T releases 2010 plans
The Dallas-based company released its 2010 wireless network investment plans for Texas, unveiled its first wireless phone that will run Google Inc.'s Android operating system, and announced plans to build three "innovation centers" to accelerate the process of bringing new technologies to market.

02/18/2010

Hewlett-Packard 1Q results exceed expectations
When Hewlett-Packard Co. bought Plano-based Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 2008 for $13.9 billion, HP predicted the acquisition would be a huge boost to its services division and the company overall.

02/17/2010

Verizon will bundle Skype with top-tier phones
Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will bundle the voice-over-Internet program Skype with several of its high-end phones starting in March.

Ad distributor DG FastChannel says profit rose 81% in quarter
Shares of Irving-based DG FastChannel Inc. soared almost 14 percent Tuesday after the company said its fourth-quarter profit rose 81 percent.

02/16/2010

Microsoft unveils upgrade of smart phone software
The new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system unveiled Monday at a mobile trade show in Spain is a drastic overhaul of the aging Windows Mobile platform.

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02/12/2010

MetroPCS again considers acquiring Leap Wireless
MetroPCS Communications Inc. has hired financial advisers to examine a potential acquisition of rival mobile carrier Leap Wireless International Inc., said two people familiar with the situation.

02/10/2010

AT&T to buy 4G equipment from Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent
AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it will buy equipment from Ericsson AB and Alcatel-Lucent to build out its 4G wireless network starting later this year.

02/08/2010

AT&T reaches tentative deal with 30,000 workers
AT&T Inc. reached a tentative agreement with a union representing about 30,000 workers in the Southeast, the company said Monday.

02/07/2010

TI says vision sharpened in R&D cuts
Texas Instruments Inc., a legendary font of innovation, cut its budget for research and development by almost half a billion dollars in 2009.

02/05/2010

Irving's DG FastChannel rushes Super Bowl ads to the end zone

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In Kia’s Super Bowl commercial, children’s toys, including a teddy bear and a sock monkey, go joyriding. They go bowling, get a tattoo and party in Las Vegas.

DG FastChannel Inc. is the clearinghouse for most of the multimillion-dollar ads that will be shown on CBS during Sunday’s game. Advertisers shoot their spots and send them to DG, which digitally transmits them to broadcasters.
This year's ads go goofy and frugal
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01/30/2010

Dallas-area software developers churning out mobile applications

Mike Hall is vice president of product development at Frisco's WorldLink Inc., which developed the iTalk to God app.

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Whether it's scanning bar codes at a store or getting a pep talk from God, WorldLink's Mike Hall and other local developers help make sure there's an app for that.
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01/28/2010

Despite 3G complaints, AT&T adds 2.7 million wireless customers

AT&T touted its growing "emerging devices" division, which includes netbooks and e-readers with wireless connections.

Dallas-based AT&T also said it activated 3.1 million iPhones, the second-highest quarterly total so far, demonstrating the continuing allure of the Apple's phone.
AT&T wins Apple iPad network deal
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