Acer eclipses Lenovo ... BEA, Oracle haggle over price ... Why I Gmail ... Tech's 10 most mortifying moments

In this issue:

Acer eclipses Lenovo, takes aim at Dell

Technology's 10 most mortifying moments

Why I Gmail

Oracle calls BEA's price 'impossibly high'

Apple's Leopard pounces on Tokyo

Nissan adds a robot helper to its concept car (video)

Microsoft beats Street, reports strongest Q1 in years

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IN THE NEWS

Acer eclipses Lenovo, takes aim at Dell
Acer passed Lenovo as the world's third largest PC vendor with its purchase of Gateway, and now it's gunning for Dell.

Oracle calls BEA's price 'impossibly high'
Oracle has rejected BEA Systems' proposed purchase price of $21 per share, calling it 'impossibly high' for Oracle or any other company to pay.

Apple's Leopard pounces on Tokyo
The update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system, called Leopard, went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo on Friday evening, part of a global launch that will unfold around the world over the next 24 hours.

Microsoft beats Street, reports strongest Q1 in years
Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in seven years, with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that beat analyst expectations.

Wall Street Beat: EMC, Apple, Microsoft shine
Microsoft, EMC and Apple cheered IT investors this week even as macroeconomic concerns linger.

CTIA: Search startups vie for position in mobile market
Startups in the mobile search market explained why operators might not want to partner with Google or Yahoo.

AMD tuning out distractions to bring ATI on board
Worldwide lawsuits against Intel and four straight quarterly losses have distracted AMD during its integration of ATI Technologies, but the merger remains on track, according to industry analysts.


FUTURE TECH

Nissan adds a robot helper to its concept car
With data showing that happy drivers are less accident-prone, Nissan has mounted a robot passenger in the dashboard of its Pivo2 concept car whose job is to keep the driver happy, give spot-on directions, and even check your e-mail.

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OPINION

Why I Gmail
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com

I recently closed an email account that I had been using since I moved to the Delmarva peninsula nearly seven years ago. I have switched to Gmail. Had the account I closed not been a local provider for most of the years that I was a customer and had I not put a good deal of value of electronic stability (I'd been sandra@ that provider for many years), I would never have hung on so long. Gmail is everything I need and then some.


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