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Google sets sights beyond smartphones at annual developer conference
Google Inc (GOOGL.O) (GOOG.O), whose Androidsoftware reigns as the world's dominant smartphone operating system, will step up efforts to make inroads into cars, televisions and other devices at its annual developer conference this week, sources familiar with the matter said.
Micron earnings beat forecasts, better PC sales fuel memory chip demand
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc posted fiscal third-quarter results above expectations and said pent up demand for personal computers is bolstering demand for its DRAM chips.
Tech moguls raise cash to fight Washington's 'big money problem'
A group of influential Internet moguls aim to fix what they refer to as the "big money problem" in Washington politics by, well, raising cash, forming a Super Political Action Committee (PAC) called Mayday
Private equity buyouts in Asia take old risks with new money
A little over a month ago, a Texas power utility at the centre of the biggest leveraged buyout in history filed for bankruptcy, sunk by billions of dollars of debt that it took on after being acquired by a trio of top private equity names in 2007.