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05.06 10:43 PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's chief software architect said on Thursday the profit margins on providing online services -- broadly known as cloud computing -- would likely yield a lower profit margin than the company's existing software business.

05.06 07:17 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sales of disk storage systems -- which contain much of the world's digital information -- fell 18 percent in the first three months of this year, hit by deep cuts in technology spending, according to industry research firm IDC.

05.06 05:17 LONDON (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd tried and rejected the motion-sensing technology that Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp are counting on to catch up in the video games wars, the company's president told the Financial Times.

05.06 04:31 LONDON (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd tried and rejected the motion-sensing technology that Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp are counting on to catch up in the video games wars, the company's president told the Financial Times.

05.06 04:07 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent.

05.06 03:13 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will join the online music video service being developed by Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group.

05.06 02:59 BOSTON (Reuters) - A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.

05.06 02:49 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Americans on Thursday who have not prepared for the June 12 transition to digital television that their TVs could go dark if they do not get a converter box soon.

05.06 02:37 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc kicks off its annual developers' extravaganza on Monday under a tight lid of secrecy, with investors expecting the electronics maker to unveil new or cheaper versions of its popular iPhone.

05.06 00:24 HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks Inc said on Thursday they plan to create a joint venture aimed at the carrier Ethernet market, one of the remaining growth pockets in the shrinking telecommunications equipment market.

04.06 22:43 TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's telecoms watchdog will continue to keep Internet and cellphone-based broadcasting services out of its regulatory reach, the agency announced on Thursday.

04.06 21:58 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pre smartphone from Palm Inc received mostly positive reviews and predictions it will be a tough competitor to Apple Inc's iPhone, sending Palm's shares up more than 10 percent.

04.06 21:02 TORONTO (Reuters) - Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc, a startup carrier created after Canada's wireless spectrum auction last year, has signed a roaming agreement with heavyweight T-Mobile USA, it announced on Thursday.

04.06 18:33 MOSCOW/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Russia's state anti-monopoly service launched a probe of Microsoft Corp over cutbacks in supplies of the Windows XP operating system in Russia, it said on Thursday.

04.06 12:41 (Reuters) - Google Inc's YouTube will premiere a movie, the first simultaneous Internet and theater debut, as the popular video-sharing site aims to lure advertisers and reach profitability, Bloomberg reported.

04.06 09:43 HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled on Thursday two handset models it said are more eco-friendly, adding that the company will push greener features across its product line in the next two years.