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Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc. fell $3.27 or .7 percent, to $439.66. Dell Inc. fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $13.39. Hewlett Packard Co. fell $.07 or ...

Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. ...

It's pretty close to the same relationship with Amazon.

Don't get rid of your old console.

A major coup for VMware.

One of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's initiatives to boost government partnerships with industry and academia is dishing out $850,000 to projects designed to boost Idaho's economy and create jobs. ...

Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Don Mattrick, Microsoft's ...

Shares of some top telecom companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: AT&T Inc. fell $.32 or .9 percent, to $36.90. Sprint Nextel rose $.10 or 1.3 percent, to $7.39. Verizon Communications Inc. fell $.56 or 1.1 percent, ...

Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Apple Inc. rose $1.89 or .4 percent, to $444.82. Dell Inc. fell $.01 or percent, to $13.41. Hewlett Packard Co. fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $21.16. ...

Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years ...

A clever way to see if the U.S. knew the identities of Chinese spies.

Shares of some top telecom companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: AT&T Inc. fell $.13 or .3 percent, to $37.09. Sprint Nextel rose $.09 or 1.2 percent, to $7.38. Verizon Communications Inc. fell $.15 or .3 percent, ...

Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Apple Inc. fell $6.07 or 1.4 percent, to $436.86. Dell Inc. rose $.00 or percent, to $13.41. Hewlett Packard Co. rose $.16 or .8 percent, to ...

Here come the Watson apps.

Will Xbox mark the spot once again for Microsoft? The company is set to reveal the next generation of its Xbox entertainment console during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. ...

Apple chief Tim Cook faced a grilling Tuesday by US lawmakers on "sham" subsidiaries and "convoluted" strategies to shift profits offshore, but denied the company uses "gimmicks" ...

Of the thousands of stocks one can invest in, there are only a handful that you can reliably invest in and plan to hold for life.  Google  (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one of those companies. The world’s largest ...

Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets. A tented stage has been set ...

After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online ...

Yahoo Inc confirmed Monday that it will pay $US1.1 billion ($A1.13 billion) for the popular blogging service Tumblr, in a bold but risky move that chief executive Marissa Mayer called a "game-changer" ...

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading ...

Singapore Telecommunications Group (ASX: SGT), owner of Optus, has said it will launch a new 4G frequency that will challenge Telstra’s (ASX: TLS) 4G network. Head of networks Gunther Ottendorfer said ...

If Yahoo's flagging business still had one strength, it was supposed to be brand advertising. But social-media stars are stealing its thunder—a big reason it wants to own blogging tool Tumblr. Online advertising ...

Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here's a list of the top 10 tech mergers ...

UK newspaper latest victim for notorious hackers.

Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users. The ...

A BMO analyst downgraded Red Hat Inc. shares Monday after their rally this month, and the software company's shares dropped. Red Hat is the company behind the Linux open-source operating system. BMO Capital ...

A BMO analyst downgraded Red Hat Inc. shares Monday after their rally this month, and the software company's shares dropped. Red Hat is the company behind the Linux open-source operating system. BMO Capital ...

Naturally, the tech mogul is full of conspiracy theories.

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest ...

Yahoo has reached a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the latest acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer. Yahoo is paying mostly cash for Tumblr and expects to complete the deal by ...

Reinvigorated technology player Yahoo! unveiled a dusted-off design of its Flickr photo platform only hours after the company's dramatic acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. Yahoo chief executive Marissa ...

They're trying the same type of display used in fancy TVs.