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Dell launches digital forensics service in a bid to glean service revenue

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), which could be looking at any area to try and stoke sales, will be making available a digital forensics service that aims to cut down on the time it takes to inspect and audit digital evidence. In other words, it's becoming a computer hard drive examination and recovery service. Don't we already have those?

Yes, digital evidence proliferates in the digital age, and Dell's stated goal is to help close the delay gap between recovery of digital evidence and presentation of that evidence to help in criminal cases. Dell's service is different, though -- it will enable customers to manage their own forensics efforts with miniature data centers Dell will advise on and help build.

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Dell developing a pocket Web pal?

According to The Wall Street Journal, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is developing a pocket-sized electronic device to be used for connecting to the internet. The "gadget" would use Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android software. Reportedly, the device will be slightly larger than Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod touch, and Dell may start selling the device later this year. That said, the story's source noted that the plan could be delayed or scrapped entirely.

The importance of this potential device should not be lost, as it is one of the first experiments by a major PC maker in the world of mobile internet devices (MID). These devices are seen as bridges over the gap between smartphones and laptops.

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Dell wants to ramp up acquisitions to jumpstart growth

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), which has been arguably pummeled in recent years by larger competitor Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE: HPQ), is moving right along every quarter but definitely is not growing like HP is. The Round Rock, TX-based computer behemoth doesn't have the product and services portfolio HP has, and although it has launched into retailers in the last 18 months to great applause, it hasn't been enough. Dell is simply another brand of PC on the retail shelf. There is very little to no value proposition there. What to do?

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Should you buy Dell on its Q1 report?

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) reported first-quarter numbers earlier in the week. It wasn't an awesome report by any stretch of the imagination. On a reported basis, every important metric was down. Revenues down 23%. Earnings per share down 61%. On an adjusted basis, Dell did beat expectations by a penny, coming in at $0.24 per share.

Now, what should we make of this? Indeed, I'm in something of a tough position over Dell. I was pretty bearish on the stock back in November. I still feel bearish, to be honest. Who wouldn't? A one-penny beat in this case just doesn't encourage me. PC sales have been challenged, and as my colleague Jamie Dlugosch pointed out, Dell just can't be considered a best-of-breed company. When you think best-of-breed computer stocks these days, you probably will think of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) first.

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Earnings highlights: AutoZone, Costco, Dell, Heinz, Staples, Tiffany, Tivo and more

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

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Earnings preview: Dell's Q1 profit expected to fall on weak sales

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is scheduled to discuss its fiscal first-quarter 2010 results today in a conference call featuring CEO Michael S. Dell and CFO Brian T. Gladden at 5:00 PM ET. You can catch the live webcast of the call on the company's website.

For the quarter in which the leading supplier of PCs and related hardware saw a change to its board of directors and new distributor relationships, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the Round Rock, Tex.-based company to report earnings of $0.23 per share, down 39.5% from the same period of the previous year. Revenue for the quarter is expected to have fallen 21.1% to $12.7 billion. Dell's earnings have beat estimates in three of the past four quarters.

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Dell tops corporate sustainability index

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) started making an impact on eco-sustainability over a year ago by announcing how green the PC retailer would become. Low and behold, it recently showed up in first place at the first ranking of the Corporate Sustainability Index (CSI) Benchmark Report. Dell was rated along with a slew of other companies from the computer hardware, software, professional services, and network and telecommunications sectors. In other words, a pretty large field.

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Dell formally stops waste exporting to developing countries

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has finally done something that all consumer electronics companies should do -- stop the exporting of broken and garbage products to developing countries for disposal.

Well, at least the PC maker made its stance publicly known rather than keeping its strategy private. What really happens when the company received damaged or waste LCD monitors and PC circuit boards back into its hands? Not dump them into the hazardous waste-recycling universe for one.

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Should Dell buy Acer to expand its PC sales?

Although Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is still the second-largest PC maker in the world, the company still seems to be working through a re-invention of itself after founder Michael Dell returned over two years ago. Larger competitor Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ) and a re-invigorated Acer have trampled on Dell's struggles to really turn itself around from a rather disastrous 2005 - 2006. So the question remains: what else can Dell do?

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Hewlett-Packard tops Dell in Q1 PC shipments in ths U.S.

Although Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has lost the top spot for global PC sales to its rival Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) for a few years now, the company has kept the top spot in the U.S. That is, until now.

Hewlett-Packard outpaced Dell in the first quarter of the year based on increased consumer spending in the PC segment in the U.S. This was due to hotter-than-hot price competition as well as the red-hot segment of PC sales from the netbook category. Even in a recession, PC price drops and an unexpected new category are causing sales to increase.

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Dell teams with China Mobile for its new wireless handsets

Looks like Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) will be entering the wonderful world of wireless handsets. But, with wireless carriers in the U.S. shunning the company's newer wireless phones, Dell will have to go to China to sell its wares this time -- right out of the chute.

Dell, which is so late to the wireless game that it's amazing it didn't just stop before it started, will supply China Mobile -- the largest wireless operator on the planet -- with its newer wireless handsets. One of the upcoming handsets will have a slide-out keyboard, and the other will have a touch screen. Wow -- those are really not new concepts, and with the intense competition in wireless phones at this time, why even bother, Dell?

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A Q2 recovery for consumer electronics, or just Apple?

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was up yesterday, but so was almost everything else. The company is getting special attention from investors because Credit Suisse upgraded its view of the firm's prospects for the second quarter.

Apparently, demand for iPhones and Macs is better than expected.

According to the Associated Press, "In a client note, Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope increased his target price to $133 from $120." What is not clear is whether the potential improvement in Apple's business is due to an overall upturn in PC and smartphone purchases or if the better results are restricted to Apple.

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Is the market wrong about Dell?

Most investors consider Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL) a dog of a company. Since the firm's founder, Michael Dell, took over as CEO, his only real skill seems to be cutting costs. The firm has lost market share in the PC category and is behind companies like Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) in the server business.

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IBM deal off: Sun's shares head back down to $5

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has walked out on its deal to buy Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) -- or could just be using hardball negotiations to have its way on the price it is willing to pay. Word is that Sun's board is divided over the value of IBM's offer.

In either case, the value of Sun's stock is likely to go back to where it traded before the IBM buy-out rumor hit the street. That would be under $5. The stock closed at $8.49 on Friday.

According to Reuters, "The collapse of the talks, if final, would come as a surprise to Wall Street, which had seen the deal as a means for Sun's survival, as well as a way for IBM to compete more effectively against rivals like Hewlett-Packard." It would also leave Sun, one of the worst-managed tech companies in America, to fend for itself in a recession that has cut sharply into IT spending.

Sun has survived the last three years through cost cutting. In a good quarter over that period it has lost a modest amount of money. Since there are several larger companies competing with it for market share in the global server business, Sun's losses could grow considerably if another suitor does not come along. That is not likely. The only other company which could use Sun as a way to buy market share is Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), and it has not had any appetite for large acquisitions.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 24/7 Wall St.

Twitter the next fad in consumer marketing? Doubtful

Private microblogging service Twitter Inc. continues to make headline after headline. Like MySpace did in 2005 and Facebook has in recent years, the service is attracting scores of consumers, marketers, and now corporate clients wishing to catch the fad and sell more stuff. How can anything be sold when "tweets" of 140 characters are being bandied about by the millions?

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