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03/12/2010

Praised and pricey, 3-D TV has arrived

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The sets are expensive and require glasses, but experts are confident the future for 3-D is so bright we'll all soon be wearing the shades.
Blog: Technology

Speculation fuels spike in trading of GameStop shares
Grapevine-based GameStop Corp., the world's largest video-game retailer, gained the most in almost a year Thursday and trading of its bullish options jumped to a record on speculation that the company will be acquired.

03/09/2010

Texas Instruments narrows estimates of profit
Dallas-based TI has been gradually reducing its reliance on low-cost baseband chips used to connect cellphones to wireless networks, and instead focusing on embedded processors and analog chips used in portable devices for more sophisticated tasks like video.

03/11/2010

Texas Instruments, GetFugu to announce $100,000 investment in MobileLab at University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. and Los Angeles-based GetFugu Inc. are announcing a joint $100,000 investment in the MobileLab research group at the University of Texas at Dallas today.

03/01/2010

Dell to sell services for American Medical Association's new e-records
Dell Inc. hopes to expand a key part of its business through a deal to sell computer hardware and technology consulting to medical practices that want to use new electronic medical records and related services from the American Medical Association.

02/26/2010

MetroPCS's low-price focus helps wireless carrier beat expectations
If Wal-Mart hadn't already staked out the "Always low prices" slogan, it would perfectly describe MetroPCS Communications Inc.'s business strategy.

Holiday blockbusters were ticket to profit at Cinemark
Consumers returned to the movies in droves last year, and Plano-based Cinemark Holdings Inc. was one of the biggest beneficiaries.

02/25/2010

Nortel accepts bid from Plano's Genband for VoIP group
Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it has accepted a bid from Plano-based Genband Inc. to buy nearly all of bankrupt Nortel's Internet-calling group.

GameStop CFO leaves for Wal-Mart post after barely six months
GameStop Corp. chief financial officer Catherine Smith has resigned after barely six months on the job for a position with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

02/24/2010

Ahead of earnings report, Blockbuster faces another challenge

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.

Blog: Technology