Former Hewlett-Packard Co chief and Silicon Valley star Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday that she would run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, taking on liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer.

The main rival to Sun's MySQL database has always been Oracle not Microsoft, the creator of MySQL said, as Europe nears an antitrust decision on Oracle's proposed $7 billion purchase of Sun.

Yahoo Inc said it has fixed various shortcomings that have plagued the Internet company in recent years and touted its large online audience and ties to advertisers as keys to its comeback.

IBM said its board approved an additional $5.0 billion in share repurchases, bringing the company's total stock buyback program to $9.2 billion in a reflection of the company's strong cash flow.

IBM said on Monday that James McNerney, chairman and chief executive of plane maker Boeing Co, was elected to its board.

Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com Inc and its recently listed gaming unit Changyou.com warned on their fourth quarter revenue outlook coming in below Wall Street estimates, sending their shares down.

U.S. microchip designer Marvell Technology Group Ltd raised its third-quarter revenue outlook on Monday, citing better demand from customers in a number of markets.

Intel Corp assured Clearwire Corp it is closely guarding its investment information on the wireless-broadband company after an insider-trading scandal surfaced last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Clearwire chief executive Bill Morrow.

Acer Inc, the world's No. 2 PC maker, expects revenue to grow about 70 percent to $30 billion in three years, helped by growth in the PC and handheld devices sector, the company's chairman said on Thursday.

The European Union told Oracle Corp on Wednesday that it has failed to produce hard evidence to placate concerns that its purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc would hurt competition.

Toshiba Corp will likely beat its own estimate to post a first-half operating profit of 1 to 2 billion yen ($11 million-$22 million), helped by cost cuts and solid earnings from its chip and nuclear power businesses, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.

Chip gear maker Lam Research Corp posted a surprise profit as it cut costs and benefited from strong shipments, and forecast second-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations, sending its shares up 4 percent.

Infrastructure software maker Citrix Systems Inc posted quarterly profit that marginally beat estimates, but revenue from its key segment fell 8 percent, dragging its shares down 5 percent.

U.S. business software maker VMware Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday due to strong sales to the federal government and gave a revenue forecast that beat Wall Street estimates.

Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have sealed separate agreements to access real-time content from Web phenomenon Twitter, intensifying their battle for a search market that Google now dominates.

A management revamp at Nokia following a record loss has given 51-year old chief financial officer Rick Simonson a shot at becoming the first non-Finnish chief executive of the world's largest handset maker.

EU regulators should block Oracle Corp's plan to buy open source database MySQL via its takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc as Oracle may hinder MySQL's development, two technology and consumer groups said.

Shares of Apple Inc rose above $200 to a new all-time high after the closing bell on Monday as the company reported earnings and revenue results that beat analysts' estimates.

Apple Inc's profit and revenue blasted past analysts' expectations, fueled by record sales of the iPhone and Mac. Shares shot up 7.5 percent to more than $204 in extended trade.