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Switched On: Cisco's hard-luck hardware Jun 3rd 2012, 20:44 Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. When you think about companies that dominate specific technology markets, alongside names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Intel. SAP and Oracle, you would no doubt include Cisco Systems. Founded in 1984, the networking giant, which has grown largely via acquisition over the years, earned $43 billion of revenue in 2011. That placed it at #64 on the 2011 Fortune 500. Cisco has a current market value of about $113 billion. Linksys, acquired in 2003, has remained among the top-selling home networking brands, and Cisco recently moved to bolster its TV service provider business -- formerly known as Scientific Atlanta -- with the acquisition of NDS. But for all the success that Cisco has had building connections among network endpoints, the company has had a tough road when it's come to selling end-user devices directly to end-users over the last few years. Continue reading Switched On: Cisco's hard-luck hardware Switched On: Cisco's hard-luck hardware originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Canonical tag teams with Humble, wraps up Indie Bundle installation with bow (video) Jun 3rd 2012, 20:02 Love your Linux games, but hate painful installs? Ubuntu maker Canonical understands, and has kicked the usual, less snappy, procedure to the curb creating a new approach for the Humble Indie Bundle. The company already expanded Linux gaming, recently adding EA titles to its Ubuntu Software Center, and now you can download the Humble quintet from there as a single file, and install it in one go. In true open source style, you can pick the price you'd like to pay at Humble's site and even juggle how that sum is distributed to the games' developers and charities. So with the install obstacle gone, trundle on past the break and see if the promo video seals the deal. Continue reading Canonical tag teams with Humble, wraps up Indie Bundle installation with bow (video) Canonical tag teams with Humble, wraps up Indie Bundle installation with bow (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  ExtremeTech  | Email this | Comments We're liveblogging Nintendo's pre-E3 press event today at 6PM ET! Jun 3rd 2012, 19:35 Are you ready for E3? Too bad, it's already here, a couple of days early, thanks to the overzealous folks at Nintendo, who just couldn't wait until Tuesday to hold their press event. The company is holding a pre-E3 event, helmed by president Satoru Iwata today at 6PM ET. The broadcast will likely revolve around games, but perhaps Nintendo had more surprises than it could contain in a single event. Find out by following along here. We're liveblogging Nintendo's pre-E3 press event today at 6PM ET! originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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