The FINANCIAL -- FRAMINGHAM. Many of the trends that influenced the worldwide PC market in 2009 will continue to resonate in 2010, but their impact will change as new market forces come into play.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, the Treasury Department has allowed U.S. hi-tech companies to export online services and social media software to Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help people in those countries communicate with the outside world.

The FINANCIAL -- HP on March 8 announced that Equitable Life of Canada, one of Canada’s largest mutual life insurance companies, is implementing HP Exstream enterprise document automation software to help streamline the design and management of customer communications and improve production efficiencies.

The FINANCIAL -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), one of the leaders in measuring the digital world, on March 8 released January 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that nearly 173 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month.

The FINANCIAL -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) on March 8 unveiled the Motorola PartnerEmpower(TM) Program, which brings together all Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) partners under a single channel program framework.