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Technology Report: Top shareholder demands Dell open books as buyout looms

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Top shareholder demands Dell open books as buyout looms
(Reuters) - Dell Inc's largest external shareholder is demanding that the PC maker open its books, signaling it could become more active in opposing founder Michael Dell's proposal to take the company private for more than $24 billion.
Leading proxy firms seek ouster of HP chairman, directors
(Reuters) - Two leading proxy advisers on Tuesday urged Hewlett-Packard Co shareholders to oust several board directors for their role in the ill-fated 2011 acquisition of British software company Autonomy.
Verizon, Vodafone mull Verizon Wireless options: report
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has weighed several options involving its relationship with Vodafone Group Plc and its joint ownership of Verizon Wireless ranging from ending its wireless venture with the European company to a full merger with Vodafone, Bloomberg reported.
Venture capital kingpin Kleiner Perkins acknowledges weak results
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Blue-chip venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers expressed frustration with poor fund performance and promised to do better at gatherings for investors last month, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Universal Display to bank on smartphones until OLED TVs take off
(Reuters) - Universal Display Corp, a provider of organic light-emitting diode display technologies, said it expects OLED televisions to take off in 2014 and will bank on smartphones until then.
E-tailers embrace same-day delivery, but U.S. shoppers shrug: survey
(Reuters) - Same-day delivery, one of the hottest e-commerce trends, is too expensive for most U.S. consumers, raising the risk that this could become another online shopping fad that goes cold, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Apps use brainwaves to guide, improve meditation
TORONTO (Reuters) - A new smartphone app aims to ease stress and guide users through meditation by monitoring brain waves that change as people become more relaxed.
Qualcomm raises dividend, increases share repurchase
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc, the world's leading supplier of chips for cellphones, said it was raising its quarterly cash dividend by 40 percent and introduced a new $5 billion stock repurchase program, sending its shares higher in premarket trading.
Google services should not require real names: Vint Cerf
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the face of increasing government-led crackdowns on social media, Google Inc should not force Internet users to reveal their real names for some services, including its Google+ social network, said Vint Cerf, a senior Google executive known as a "father of the Internet."
Google controls too much of China's smartphone sector: ministry
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has too much control over China's smartphone industry via its Android mobile operating system and has discriminated against some local firms, the technology ministry said in a white paper.
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