Technology Report: Analysis: Take HP's slide personally, CEO Whitman tells employees

	Click to View in Browser 10/8/2013 Analysis: Take HP's slide personally, CEO Whitman tells employees SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Hewlett-Packard Co was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average a month ago, Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman sent an impassioned email to the company's 300,000-plus employees. Microsoft awards hacking expert, repairs browser bug BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is paying a well-known hacking expert more than $100,000 for finding security holes in its software, one of the largest such bounties awarded to date by a high-tech company. U.S. ban on some Samsung products to go into effect WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some older Samsung Electronics Co smartphones and tablets could be taken off store shelves in the United States after the U.S. Trade Representative opted not to reverse a ban ordered because the devices infringe Apple Inc patents. Intel talks up chips for growing wave of connected gadgets SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp talked up new chips on Tuesday aimed at medical equipment, automobile entertainment systems and other devices far from its shrinking core market of personal computers. U.S. court rules in favor of Amazon in CIA contract dispute (Reuters) - A U.S. court ruled in favor of Amazon.com Inc in the online retailer's dispute with IBM over a $600 million cloud computing contract awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency, a court notice showed. Insight: At Twitter, global growth tests free speech advocacy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When a Brazilian state prosecutor last year set out to silence anonymous Twitter messages that were revealing the location of drunk-driving checkpoints, he served the social media company's just-opened Sao Paulo office with a lawsuit. File-sharing company Egnyte expects profit next year, eyes 2015 IPO (Reuters) - Online file-sharing service provider Egnyte, whose products include a program that helps companies prevent snooping by the U.S. government, expects to become profitable from the third quarter of next year ahead of a possible IPO in 2015. Retailers see 'click and mortar' as way to beat Amazon PARIS (Reuters) - Traditional stores can take on e-commerce and keep their major role by reinventing themselves faster to best combine shopping in stores and online, top retailers said on Tuesday. Deutsche Telekom offers T-Mobile USA bonds worth $3.1 billion FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom said on Tuesday it is offering for sale a portion of the T-Mobile USA bonds from its holdings worth $3.1 billion. Nest Labs gets into talking smoke detectors SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nest Labs has a new gadget to sell and it's another little-noticed, pedestrian home device: smoke detectors. Related Video Scientists go with their gut for bacterial bio-fuel Fishing net technology a big catch for New Zealand Mediafile 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