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This morning, HP chairman and CEO Mark Hurd reinforced his reputation for fanatical attention to efficiency with his admission that HP still has a long way to go to strip all the unnecessary costs from its business.

Also making news, when it comes to customer satisfaction and loyalty in the Unix server market, IBM is at the top of the list this year, Sun Microsystems made huge strides, and HP is struggling, according to a new survey.

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HP CEO: We have more cutting to do
Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd reinforced his reputation for fanatical attention to efficiency at his meeting Tuesday with financial analysts in New York, where he said HP still has a long way to go to strip all the unnecessary costs from its business.


Unix users prefer IBM, Sun
When it comes to customer satisfaction and loyalty in the Unix server market, IBM is at the top of the list this year, Sun Microsystems made huge strides, and Hewlett-Packard is struggling, according to a new survey.


Chambers maps out Cisco's key growth markets
Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers on Tuesday anointed converged video, data center virtualization, the connected home and the next-generation service provider infrastructure as key growth markets for the networking vendor in the coming years.


Eclipse challenges Visual Studio .NET
Study shows that development environment snapping at Redmond's heels.


Google 'looking to buy' Microsoft Office clone
But developer claims he doesn't want to sell.


China tightens control on network music - Xinhua
SHANGHAI - China's Ministry of Culture has said it must approve all imported network music distributed in the country, the official Xinhua news service reported on Tuesday.


Hitachi's China sales to grow 70 pct by 2010/11
TOKYO - Hitachi, Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate, said on Tuesday sales in China would surge 70 percent in four years to US$12 billion on demand for construction and energy gear to support a booming economy.


LCD cartel probe goes global, LG.Philips shares sink
SEOUL - Shares of South Korean LCD panel maker LG.Philips LCD fell to historic lows on Tuesday as a probe into possible price-fixing by screen makers went global and spread to more firms.


Microsoft starts test of new VoIP server
SEATTLE - Microsoft has started testing a new computer server software that allows corporate customers to make Web-based phone calls through its Office suite of business software.


Dell's display sales dip while rivals see big gains
Dell's display shipments have tailed off while the rest of the market has seen double-digit growth, according to research firm DisplaySearch.


Google open-sources AJAX toolkit
Google, one of the most admired practitioners of AJAX Web development, is now sharing its development secrets. The company on Tuesday released its Google Web Toolkit (GWT) for free under the open-source Apache 2.0 licence.



Yahoo opens Panama ad system upgrade to newcomers
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has said it is opening up its new advertising system for testing by newcomers and potential converts from rivals, marking progress in its long-awaited upgrade.


HP sees sales edging up
IT giant Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday projected that revenue will top $100 billion for the first time in fiscal 2008, with growth driven by its computer hardware and printing business and cost-cutting.


Microsoft rolls out (private) beta of Office Communications Server
Beta of Microsoft Office Communications Server, son of LCS, is going to 2,500 beta testers.


Dell hires new services chief
Struggling to keep up with sales growth by rivals like Hewlett-Packard, Dell on Tuesday named a new chief of global services.


Microsoft issues Trio of critical patches
In its December patch release, Microsoft issued seven fixes, including three critical patches that address remote execution vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Visual Studio 2005 and Windows Media Player.
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