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Vocal Laboratories has published the results of a study that shows Apple leads other PC makers in telephone-based tech support. The study said that 58 percent of Apple customers reported that they were "very satisfied" with the results of their call, compared to 46 percent of Dell customers and 43 percent of HP customers.

– Reliance Globalcom, a leading global provider of enterprise, wholesale, consumer and managed services, today announced that international law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings) selected its Managed WAN Ethernet and Managed Premium Internet services across offices in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Paul Hastings is leveraging Reliance Globalcom’s expertise in plug-and-play Ethernet technology and control of the world’s largest privately owned fiber backbone to support projections for continuation of its 20 percent year-over-year growth.

Microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast with competitive products that eventually become dominant once those markets begin to pay out.