Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results

NEW YORK — Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.

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Intel to report 2Q numbers

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel Corp. is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings after the market closes Tuesday. Below is a summary of analyst opinion and key developments related to the period.

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India's Infosys says quarterly profit up 1.6 pct

MUMBAI, India — Indian outsourcing bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight rise in quarterly profit and warned of a steep drop in revenue as its global clients struggle to cope with the economic slowdown.

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Review: Need advice? Aardvark can sniff it out

NEW YORK — I like to get advice from friends on all sorts of things, and love to give it even more. In the past few years, instant messaging, e-mail and Twitter have sped up the process, but there's still room for improvement.

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Andreessen making leap from entrepreneur to VC

SAN FRANCISCO — Having built and sold two technology startups for a combined $11.7 billion, Marc Andreessen is ready to take a stab at, well, finding the next Marc Andreessen.

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NAIROBI - Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business and boost the East African nation's struggling economy.

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LONDON - Popular social networking site Facebook is being criticised for planned changes to its privacy settings.

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Mozilla's updated Web browser Firefox 3.5 comes with a host of new functionality and features as reviewed in our blog. But things are not running smoothly for the latest Firefox version. Well, I come across these titles Firefox BugDay, Catch Missed Blocker, Critical, and Major 3.5 bugs! in Mozilla's forum. There's much noise over the buggy behavior of the Firefox 3.5. To down the raised eyebrows Mozilla would be releasing a patched version of its browser, renaming it as Firefox 3.5.1. However, the bug fixes would take several weeks. In the meantime, host of bloggers are annoyed over the bug- prone Firefox suffering from slow load time, crashes caused by TraceMonkey JavaScript engine and more than 50 other foul-up.

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Media on standby for Jackson memorial plans

NEW YORK — The mysteries that continue to surround Michael Jackson's death include a frustrating and potentially costly one for news organizations: how and when the fallen pop idol will be laid to rest and where a memorial service would be held.

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Poker players finding tougher game at World Series

LAS VEGAS — Things have gotten tough at the tables.

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