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More technology leaders introduced products for the $2.5 trillion U.S. retail sector at the National Retail Federation show.

Times were Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) could do no wrong, as sales and earnings grew and grew. However, harder times have come.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Monday were Globecomm Systems Inc, Dell Inc, Skullcandy Inc and PDC Energy Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Monday were Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc, Gordmans Stores Inc, InterMune Inc, Fiserv Inc and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

A report that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, might be considering a management buyout sent its shares surging 18 percent Monday.

Intel showcased some recent additions to the Windows Store at CES 2013 that bring touch enabled media editing to Windows 8.

If 2012 wasn't a great year for technology, it also wasn't a great year for venture capital acquisitions and public offerings.

Five top themes were technology highlights of 2012, from low chip demand to online security.

Influitive, the latest venture of Canadian entrepreneur Mark Organ, raised $7.3 million in new venture capital.

Sharp Corp. (TYO:6753) said Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) agreed to invest as much as 9.9 billion yen (US $121 million), in it.

Shares of Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, soared nearly 9 percent Monday after an analyst suggested the company might go private.

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Dell, Rio Tinto, Boston Scientific, Facebook, Dynavax Technologies, Research In Motion and Bankrate Inc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.

Here are 20 technology questions to ponder before this muddle-through year expires.

Windows 8, the latest OS from Microsoft, isn't a barn burner, market researcher NPD Group determined.

Windows 8, the latest OS from Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), the No. 1 software company, isn't a barnburner, market researcher NPD Group determined.

At Lattice Engines, CEO Shashi Upadhyay believes his salesPRISM software will be the foundation that unlock new sales leads.

Apple is poised for even bigger success in the tablet sector, because its iOS is the new Windows, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich said.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reported fourth-quarter results below estimates and announced an even bigger writedown than expected.

We should have known: 2012 has been the Year of the Dragon. Too bad it's followed by the Year of the Snake.

Can it rebound? Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares Friday set a three-month low of $505.75, $200 below their record high of $705.07 set on Sept. 21.

Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) reported lower-than-expected third-quarter results and warned of slow growth ahead.

When he was 22, Michael Dell was the guy to sell you a PC or laptop by mail. Now it's services.

Shares of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the top provider of Internet equipment, rose as much as 8 percent after the company reported robust first-quarter results.

Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the No. 1 maker of Internet switches and routers, reported first-quarter results that modestly beat estimates.

Haiti Fashion Week 2012 is the first for the Caribbean island.

Microsoft Corp., the world's top software company, ousted Windows VP Steve Sinofsky, 47, only weeks after shipment of Windows 8.

When Cisco Systems reports 1Q results Tues., investors will likely wonder if it's signalling another quarter of slower growth.

Living on Long Island for the past two weeks has been a nightmare. Put simply: There's no power. There's got to be a better way.

The earnings calendar for the week ahead will be comparatively light, but we will still be hearing from a number of household names.

It's an open secret that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is being probed over search. But Android could be a target, too.