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ArcSight posts higher fiscal 1Q profit

CUPERTINO, Calif. – ArcSight Inc. stated Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit tripled as the cybersecurity software and services company’s sales jumped 39 percent. The company stated net income rose to $3 million, or 8 cents a share, in the three months ended July 31. That compares with net income of $1 million, or 3 cents a share, in the same period last year. Excluding one-time charges, adjusted earnings amounted to $6.6 million, or 18 cents a share, the company said.

Dell’s enterprise challenge remains after 3Par

SEATTLE – Dell Inc. doesn’t have to begin over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker. But it will not be easy, either, for Dell to shake its “Dude, you are getting a Dell” image and move into the more profitable business of selling powerful behind-the-scenes technology to other companies. Dell, which launched the bidding contest for 3Par Inc.

Mexico digitalizes TV for wireless space

MEXICO CITY – Mexico wants to auction more spectrum for wireless communications, including 4G standard, and boost competition in the TV market as it frees up capacity by digitalizing television. In a decree published in Mexico’s official gazette on Thursday, President Felipe Calderon ordered to free up the 700 MHz band — currently used by broadcasters Televisa, TV Azteca and other regional companies — by 2012, the year he concludes his administration. The transition will allow Mexico to “offer more ...

Windows Phone 7 Goes To Mobile Device Makers

Finishing touches complete, Microsoft sent its latest Windows Phone 7 operating system to equipment manufacturers Wednesday, paving the way for a round of Windows-based mobile devices to debut in time for the holiday season. “While the final integration of Windows Phone 7 with our partners’ hardware, software and networks is under way, the work of our internal engineering team is largely complete,” wrote Microsoft’s Terry Myerson on the company’s Windows 7 blog. Bold Promise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows ...

Sony Shows Prototypes of a Planned 3-D VAIO Laptop

A laptop computer with 3-D video and games. Sony, hoping that could be the Next Big Thing, showed prototypes Wednesday of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channel. The laptop, with a 3-D button and active-shutter glasses, will formally debut in the spring, according to Sony CEO Howard Stinger. The prototypes use a frame-sequential technology that alternates between left- and right-eye views, with blank ...

Toshiba Will Offer Android-Based Folio 100 Tablet

The rapidly growing category of tablets has a new family member. On Thursday, Toshiba announced that its Folio 100, a 10.1-inch, Android 2.2-based tablet computer, will be on sale in Europe by the end of October. The tablet could capture as much as 15 to 20 percent of that market in Europe by the end of next year, according to Gianluca Dianese, Toshiba’s head of marketing for digital products in that region. He made the prediction at the IFA 2010 ...

Rapper Young Buck files for bankruptcy after raid

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rapper Young Buck has filed for bankruptcy after an Internal Revenue Service raid on his Hendersonville, Tenn., home. The Tennessean newspaper reports that a judge has accepted the rapper’s proposal to dock his monthly pay from Cashville Records by $12,500 over 60 months for a total of $750,000. The rapper, whose name is David Darnell Brown, could save a massive portion of the $164,000 in property the IRS seized Aug. 3. The IRS states he owes the ...

Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows

SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire. On Wednesday, Apple unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of Apple TV, which connects to a high-definition tv and can show rented movies and TV shows from Apple’s own service, plus content from Netflix, pics on Flickr, YouTube clips and more. The new $99 gadget marks a slight improvement over Apple’s first tv set-top box, which went on sale in 2007.

At a glance: Apple unveils new iPods, Apple TV

Apple Inc. refreshed its iPod media player lineup and unveiled software updates Wednesday: • Apple TV. The device for streaming movies and tv shows over the Internet and into the living room is now smaller and cheaper. People can only rent, not buy, content. Price: $99, down from $229. • TV episode rentals. Apple is now offering rentals of high-definition TV shows for 99 cents on Apple TV and iTunes. People can also rent first-run, high-definition movies for $4.99.

Amazon Eyes Move Into Subscription TV and Movies

Amazon.com is readying a digital subscription service that would let consumers watch tv shows and movies online, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Apple is alsolaunching a TV-show rental service, setting the stage for a showdown between the two consumer electronics giants. According to the Journal, Amazon has been in speaks with several major media companies, including NBC Universal, Time Warner, News Corp., and Viacom, about a web-based subscription service that would compete with Apple, Netflix and ...