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H-P Releases Its $800 Slate, the Latest iPad Rival

in News on October 22, 2010 at 10:58 am PT

Hewlett-Packard Co. released a touchscreen tablet computer Friday that runs Windows, becoming the latest computer maker to jump into the fray following Apple Inc.’s debut of the iPad earlier this year.

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Galaxy Tab to Cost $600 at Verizon Wireless

in News on October 20, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab, one of the first tablets to rival Apple Inc.’s iPad, will hit Verizon Wireless stores Nov. 11 and cost $599.99. The Samsung seven-inch tablet will run on Verizon’s 3G wireless network. Apple’s iPads capable of 3G service, running on AT&T Inc.’s network, start at $629.

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Visa to Pay $2 Billion for CyberSource

in News on April 21, 2010 at 8:05 am PT

Visa Inc. has agreed to pay $2 billion for CyberSource Corp., a provider of electronic-payment security services to online merchants. Visa will pay $26 a share using cash on hand, a 34 percent premium to CyberSource’s closing price Tuesday. CyberSource’s price was last at that level a decade ago, when the stock traded above $65 at the height of the Internet bubble.

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Online Shopping Up From Last Year, but Well Below Trend

in News on November 25, 2009 at 9:27 am PT

Internet researcher comScore said consumers spent more shopping online in the first 22 days of the holiday season than they did during the same period last year. But even though they are expected to spend more this season than during last year’s downtrodden holiday season, consumers are likely to keep their online spending tempered, the group said.