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In a blog post last month, I chimed in on how some tech companies - notably Dell and Cisco - were using video as a marketing tool to promote their technologies, not just their brand names.

After all, if networking comes across as cool, then maybe you’ll buy a Cisco product, right?

Dell said the global economic slowdown has consumers and businesses pulling back on technology spending, when it reported third-quarter results Thursday.

Dell’s third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected.

The outlook was “challenging” as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of $15.16 billion.

The good news: Earnings handily topped estimates of 31 cents a share.

Dell's third-quarter earnings results aren't expected to be nearly as impressive as rival HP's.

The company intends to preload computers with more subscription-based functions over the next few months in an expansion of its cloud-computing ambitions

Dell’s fiscal third quarter isn’t expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell’s quarter falls on the ugly scale.

The company’s first shot at an outlook for the quarter unraveled just a few weeks later amid weak PC demand.

A fast growing city in Central Texas is taking a financial hit. Dell has been a huge source of tax revenue for the city of Round Rock, but a sagging...

Of those in the U.S. looking to pick up a new laptop this holiday season, two-thirds say they want either a Mac or a Dell.

The PC company calls the measure "targeted cost reduction" during a slowing economy.

Round Rock-based Dell announced plans to freeze hiring globally and offer employees a voluntary seperation program if they choose to leave the company.