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UNITED STATES COMPUTERS Dell to close 140 shopping mall kiosks

Despite losing at Midland Lee Tuesday, the Abilene High girls remain in second place in District 3-5A with an 8-2 record.

Wednesday, January 30th

(RTTNews) - Wednesday evening, computer manufacturer Lenovo Group (LNVGY.PK, LNVGF.PK) reported net income for the third quarter that almost tripled.

MIAMI TWP. - At a meeting of the Miami Township Central Committee Jan. 29, Ed Humphrey overwhelmingly received the endorsement for Clermont County commissioner.

MIAMI TWP. - At a meeting of the Miami Township Central Committee Jan. 29, Ed Humphrey overwhelmingly received the endorsement for Clermont County commissioner.

An unfamiliar brand name sits atop the Amazon.com bestseller list for notebook computers. This hourly-updated popularity contest has recently been dominated by Taiwan’s Asus rather than Silicon Valley’s Apple . Five of the top 10 at one point this week were Asus machines, compared with three Apples, one Toshiba and one Hewlett-Packard unit.

Qimonda's new SO-DIMM modules consist of 1Gbit DDR3 components manufactured in 75nm technology and promise a significant reduction in terms of power consumption, as they take full advantage of DDR3's 1.5V supply.

Colorado Springs-based software developer XAware landed $7.4 million in venture capital last week in the biggest such investment locally since 2006. XAware plans to use the money to finance its switch to an open source business model in which the company will make its software available at no cost and generate revenue by offering service and support to users, said Tim Harvey, XAware's chief ...

SAP aims to have 1,000 customers for its hosted midmarket ERP service, Business ByDesign, before the end of the year. It plans to roll out the service in 20 more countries, including India, in that time. "We will go after the biggest markets first," said deputy CEO Leo Apotheker. "India is a very important market for a product like  Business ByDesign ," he said. The subscription-based ...