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• Dell's net income drops 63 percent in Q1

  Dell on Thursday reported a 63 percent fall in net income during the first quarter of 2010, triggered partly by reduced PC sales and a restructuring charge related to cost cutting.

• AT&T to sell 3G netbooks across U.S.

  AT&T says its trial selling netbooks in company stories in a couple of cities has been successful so it will begin selling the small laptops nationwide in a few months, the company said on Tuesday.

• Dell gets touchy over new netbooks

  Dell has today released its first of what will be a series of durable touchscreen netbooks in Australia in the lead up to Windows 7.

• Dell puts low-power netbook chip in new server

  Dell on Friday announced an "ultra-light" server that will be powered by low-power processors designed for use in low-cost laptops.

• Apple, Dell, HP laptop owners sue Nvidia over faulty graphics

  Owners of Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard laptops have combined their lawsuits against Nvidia in an attempt to force the graphics chip maker to replace allegedly flawed processors, according to court documents.

• Dell offers WiMax option on three laptops

  Dell is offering WiMax support as an option on three laptop models sold in the U.S., the company said Tuesday.

• Dell announces Dick Smith as its third retail partner

  PC giant Dell has inked its third retail partnership in Australia, forging an agreement with the Woolworths-owned Dick Smith stores.

• Dell cuts take-away repairs

  Dell has scrapped its return-to-base warranty services for on-premises support.

• Apple clobbers Windows PC makers in customer service survey

  Apple beat rival computer makers such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell by wide margins in a recent customers satisfaction survey, an analyst said Monday.

• Dell's outlet stores go down in US and UK

  Some of Dell's online outlet stores, where it sells refurbished PCs, were unable to process orders Saturday due to an apparent technical error.

• Many IT pros find inappropriate material on employee laptops

  Nearly three-quarters of corporate security and IT professionals in the U.S. have found "inappropriate" pictures, videos or browser cache links on employee laptops, a survey released Wednesday shows.

• Samsung, Dell provide data encryption for SSDs

  Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it is boosting security on solid-state drives by bundling data encryption software with SSDs it ships.

• Analyst: Dell in smartphone talks with China Mobile

  Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday.

• IBM, HP, Dell aim to cut costs with Xeon servers

  The world's top server vendors on Monday updated their product lines, launching new servers to coincide with the release of Intel's next-generation Xeon processors.

• IBM, HP, Dell aim to cut costs with new Xeon servers

  The world's top server vendors on Monday updated their product lines, launching new servers to coincide with the release of Intel's next-generation Xeon processors.