Technology Report: Dell revenue slightly above Wall Street view

02/21/2012 Dell revenue slightly above Wall Street view SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc reported revenue that was slightly higher than Wall Street expectations, partly due to strength in its enterprise business. Alibaba bids to take listed unit private for $2.5 billion SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Jack Ma's Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group has offered around $2.5 billion to take its Hong Kong-listed Alibaba.com unit private, stressing the move was unrelated to any possible deal to buy back shares owned by Yahoo Inc. RIM's PlayBook gets email with software upgrade TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion on Tuesday gave its PlayBook tablet computer the ability to handle email as easily as a BlackBerry does, with new software that eliminates a shortcoming that has throttled sales since the PlayBook launched last April. Alcatel boss yearns for his rivals' margins PARIS (Reuters) - Despite giving up his stock options for missing some of last year's targets, Alcatel Chief Executive Ben Verwaayen still believes the telecoms equipment maker will one day match rivals three or four times more profitable. Supreme Court won't hear Hynix appeal on Rambus WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc to take up the question of whether chip designer Rambus Inc illegally sued for patent infringement. Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers. SBA Communications buys tower sites for $1 billion (Reuters) - Wireless tower operator SBA Communications Corp will buy more than 2,300 tower sites and some antenna assets from Mobilitie LLC for about $1.09 billion, as it looks to benefit from an explosion in data traffic and arm itself better against larger competitors. Ericsson buys BelAir to boost WiFi offering STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish telecoms gear maker Ericsson is to buy privately held WiFi technology company BelAir Networks to boost its mobile broadband offering. Apple's China trademark battle moves to Shanghai SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city. Google offers live London stock prices for free LONDON (Reuters) - Google is to bolster its Google Finance service by giving retail investors free access to real-time London Stock Exchange share prices. Related Video Catalytic paint a pollution solution for Manila street artists Crab shell pyjamas on trial in eczema treatment test Mediafile Lisa Richwine Denzel Washington's 'Safe House' grabs box office crown Lisa Richwine Cage, Witherspoon feature in box-office battle A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend