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U.S. computer maker Dell Inc. announced Thursday it will slash its Irish work force and shift its European manufacturing operations to Poland in a move certain to undermine Ireland's recession-hit economy.

Two top executives at Dell Inc are leaving the No. 2 PC maker as part of a reorganization designed to boost sales as it struggles to regain share from bigger rival Hewlett-Packard Co.

Dell said that marketing chief...

Dell Inc is trying to sell computer factories around the world in efforts to cut cost and improve profitability, the Wall Street Journal said.

Stocks declined unevenly Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed.

A disappointing profit report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on technology stocks.

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Magma Design Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA) 16% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.02, 3 cents better than the analyst estimate of ($0.01).

Revenues for the quarter were $45.7 million, versus the consensus of $44.93 million. Sees FY revs of $158-$160M, versus the consensus of $210M.

Force Protection, Inc.

(NASDAQ: FRPT) 15% LOWER; to Restate Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for First and Second Quarters 2007

Dell, Inc.

(Nasdaq: DELL) 10% LOWER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.31, which may not compare to the analyst estimate of $0.36.

StreetInsider.com After-Hours Movers:

Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) 17% LOWER; to Restate Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for First and Second Quarters 2007

Magma Design Automation, Inc.

(Nasdaq: LAVA) 10% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.02, 3 cents better than the analyst estimate of ($0.01). Revenues for the quarter were $45.7 million, versus the consensus of $44.93 million.

Sees FY revs of $158-$160M, versus the consensus of $210M

Dell, Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) 10% LOWER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.31, which may not compare to the analyst estimate of $0.36.

Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by lower prices and restructuring charges.

The earnings were short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged.

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, Inc. announced Friday that it is now offering the latest Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy Heron) released in April of this year on some of their popular consumer grade laptops and desktop models.

Currently available in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico and Colombia. You may purchase the following computers with Ubuntu 8.04: XPS M1330N, the Inspiron 1525N notebooks, and the Inspiron 530N desktop.

Ubuntu is an easy-to-use Linux distribution with superb hardware detection and Linux stability. A boxed version of Ubuntu is available...

Tom Wolfe once wrote that “you can’t go home again.” In the computer world, at least, Wolfe has been proven wrong.

Prodigal son Steve Jobs was shown the door at Apple and returned to strike gold with the PowerMaC, the iPod, and the iPhone.

Now it’s Michael Dell’s turn to rule the roost for a while – Dell Inc. investors certainly hope so.

Dell, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of personal computers, has never been a particular favorite of mine.

The company’s computers are mediocre, service (once a linchpin of the Dell brand) has suffered, according to recent consumer...