New research also reveals companies rely too heavily on gut instinct versus data when making budget decisions … ultimately at the expense of the customer experience.

Mobile applications often don't warn users before a call is made, which a developer says could be abused.

Growth comes mainly at the expense of RIM's BlackBerry platform.

Margins were however hit by the SuccessFactor acquisition, severance expenses, and new hires.

Cisco beat analyst estimates with its second-quarter earnings, posting revenue of US$10.4 billion and earnings per share, excluding expenses, charges and other items, of $0.37.

Advanced Micro Devices gained share in worldwide processor shipments at the expense of rival Intel during the fourth quarter of 2009, IDC said in a study released on Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. expects to take an earnings charge of over US$1 billion for the quarter that ended in June related to expenses it will incur fixing faulty Xbox 360 machines.

With Internet Explorer, Microsoft has increased its share of the global Web browser market to 85.85 percent, a gain that comes at the expense of Mozilla's Firefox and Apple Computer's Safari browsers.