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Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., and other online commerce companies had a strong Black Friday, but the industry's growth rate lagged last year's surge in online buying on the traditional first day of the holiday shopping season.

Hewlett-Packard, the No. 1 computer company, will phase out an older Intel chip on high-end servers in favor of a newer one. Besides offering more power, another goal could be to battle rival Oracle.

Hewlett Packard's new Chief Executive, Meg Whitman, passed her first test with investors, calming nerves and assuring Wall Street that the technology giant will be disciplined with its investments and focused on core operational improvements.

Now that we’ve announced HP’s full-year results for 2011, here’s what we have to do to get back on course: Focus on a united company and other aspects of my plan.

Deutsche Bank has lowered its profit estimates of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) saying that profit centers of the company's major businesses are structurally handicapped and turnaround will be long and slow.

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest computer company, reported fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations even as sales of PCs and printers fell. As well, the company wrote off a record $3.3 billion of the failure of its TouchPad in the tablet sector.

Corporate IT managers don’t have clue about their employees’ mobile devices and how they could potentially kidnap proprietary information, Citrix VP Elizabeth Cholawsky told IBTimes.

Octogenarian billionaire investor Warren Buffett arrived on his first visit to Japan on Monday, fanning speculation about his possible investments in the country's battered stock market.

When Ray Lane took over as chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co a year ago, he was looking forward to working with longtime associate Leo Apotheker, who had just been appointed CEO to repair the damage done by the messy departure of Mark Hurd.

Hewlett-Packard, the No. 1 computer services company, has elected Ralph Whitworth, a well-known activist investor to its board, its first election since new CEO Meg Whitworth was elected Sept. 25.

LANDesk Software, the venerable desktop management systems developer, is tapping into the burgeoning market of mobile platforms with new security systems.

Apple elected Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson as its second Chairman, following the Oct. 5 death of Steve Jobs.

Shares of Dell feel 2 percent despite the company's report of higher-tha-expected results.

BMO Capital Markets has raised its profit estimates for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), a day after the PC maker reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits.

Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, reported third-quarter net income rose nine percent, or 49 cents a share, ahead of estimates largely due to stronger sales to enterprise clients.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Netlist, ChinaCast Education, Siliconware Precision Industries, Apple, and Makita. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Activision Blizzard, Aixtron, Urban Outfitters, and Logitech International.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Netlist, 21Vianet Group, Cytori Therapeutics, Swisher Hygiene, Acxiom, and Symantec. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Gulf Resources, Urban Outfitters, Zillow, Arris Group, and Take-Two Interactive Software.

Warren Buffett has always made his distaste for technology investments clear, but on Monday he changed his ways in spectacular fashion.

Shares of Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, rose slightly Monday, ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings report scheduled for Tuesday. Investors await news on Dell’s moves upscale as well as supply shortages caused by floods in Thailand.

Warren Buffett has always made his distaste for technology investments clear, but on Monday he changed his ways in spectacular fashion.

So now we know one reason why shares of IBM, the No. 2 computer services company rose nearly 13 percent over the past three months: Warren Buffett has been buying.

Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has accumulated a 5.5 percent stake in IBM, the billionaire investor's biggest bet in the technology field he has historically shunned.

Cloud computing could be key for Oracle's (NASDAQ:ORCL) future and the company's recent acquisition of RightNow implies it is making the right moves in this space.

Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated a 5.5 percent stake in IBM, Warren Buffett said on Monday, his biggest bet on the technology field that he has historically shunned.

Shares of Cisco Systems, the world’s biggest supplier of Internet equipment, kept up their two-day upward spree after the company reported first-quarter results that slightly beat expectations.

IBM said it will sell a new security software patch to enterprises to ensure mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are secure. The move is part of a new emphasis on computer security.

China's Suning Appliance Co Ltd, the country's biggest electronics retailer has signed an agreement with IBM to build a multi-billion e-commerce platform, both companies said in a statement on Friday.

Shares of Cisco Systems, the world’s biggest supplier of Internet equipment, soared nearly seven percent Thursday after the company reported first-quarter results that slightly beat expectations.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) registered another difficult day Tuesday, plunging 389 points to 11,781 on institutional investor concern that Italy will not be able to service its debt, and that one, and possibly more countries may leave the Eurozone. What's the prudent stance for the typical investor?