Round Rock, TX - Computer maker Dell is looking to enter the smartphone market with phones based on Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems, reports the Wall Street Journal.

New York - PC and peripherals maker Dell (NASD: DELL) has abandoned plans to launch a digital music player in time for the holiday shopping season, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The company acquired Zing, a maker of wireless-enabled software for portable devices, last August. The Journal's source said that while Dell has decided to shelve plans to launch a music player indefinitely, it will go ahead with plans to release the Zing media jukebox software.

Round Rock, Texas - PC maker Dell (NASD: DELL) on Thursday announced a deal with Universal Music Group, to offer pre-loaded MP3 bundles on select new purchases on Dell.com. A "curated selection" of 50 and 100-song MP3 bundles will be available starting at $25 -- which Dell pointed out is approximately half of current standard per-track pricing.

Round Rock, Texas - PC maker Dell (NASD: DELL) on Tuesday announced a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment (NYSE: VIA) that will see a copy of the movie "Iron Man" pre-installed as an option on newly purchased computers. For an extra $20, consumers can order a special digital edition of "Iron Man" with a bonus featurette that will come pre-loaded on select Inspiron, Dell Studio and XPS laptops and desktops.

New York - Following an unsuccessful foray into the MP3 player market in 2003, Dell (NASD: DELL) is planning to release a new line of portable digital music players and an accompanying subscription service as early as September, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Washington - Microsoft plans to submit a filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday, that disputes the agency's recent finding that prototype devices designed to receive Internet service beamed over unused TV spectrum will cause interference, the Washington Post reported.

Round Rock, Texas - Dell announced that it will acquire ZING Systems, a developer of Wi-Fi access technology for portable digital audio and entertainment devices.

Washington - Several prototypes of devices that can transmit broadband Internet service over unused portions of the TV broadcast spectrum, developed by companies including Google, Microsoft and Dell, have failed a Federal Communications Commission interference test, the Associated Press reported.

Washington - The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) said that it has launched a national campaign against cybersquatting -- the fraudulent abuse of domain name registration.

Washington - A coalition of large technology firms -- including Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP, Intel and Philips -- have asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow unused TV channels ("white space") to be used for distribution of Internet access into homes and offices, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

New York - Microsoft has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $1.52 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent, for infringing on the company's digital music patents.