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Steve Ballmer gives a keynote address at the CES going over Xbox, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 capabilities.

The South Korean electronics giant introduces a slew of new products at the CES.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, DryShips, Capitol Federal Financial, Netflix, Intel, Amkor Technology, IMAX, GSI Commerce, and Ctrip.com International.

Here are the ten best-performing stocks of the S&P 500 for 2010.

According to a recent survey from Foresee Results, Amazon.com and Netflix gave its consumers the highest satisfaction this holiday season.

More than one in five TVs shipped this year were in some way connected.

LOS ANGELES - Sears and Kmart are entering the digital-movie rental and sale industry with the new online video store Alphaline Entertainment.

Sony Corp. has filed a patent suit against LG Electronics, seeking to stop its import of mobile phones to the US. It is the latest in a series of patent complaints that have plagued the technology industry.

TORONTO - Maybe it's all those Justin Bieber fans: Canadians log more time on the Web and social media, including Facebook and YouTube, than any other nation.

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen added details to the patent infringement lawsuit filed against Google, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, AOL, Yahoo!, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples in August.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Rightnow Technologies, Cardiome Pharma, DepoMed, Subaye, Ceragon Networks, Hutchinson Technology, XOMA, AudioCodes, Alvarion, and AgFeed Industries.

U.S. stocks advanced in a thinly traded session on Wednesday with the S&P 500 eyeing its best December in nearly two decades as investors remained optimistic about the prospects for equities next year.

The new service will use the RoxioNow platform to provide a download option for movies, same day as DVD rentals.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Banner, Eurand, Ascent Media, Baidu, Prospect Capital, NVIDIA, Applied Materials, Netflix, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and Amazon.com.

Shares in online video rental service Netflix Inc have gotten too expensive and are poised to drop amid battles with Hollywood studios over licensing fees, Barron's said in its latest issue.

Since, Apple has cleared the first hurdle in gaining enough traction for its product, the iPhone maker needs to generate material revenue from Apple TV to justify its investment.

Apple TV and Roku looking at a million connected TV devices sold; Google TV not looking as promising.

Shares of iPhone maker Apple Inc. (AAPL) reached an all-time high of $325.72 on Wednesday's regular trading session.

By a vote of 3-2, the commission approves net neutrality regulations.

Apple said it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: LaserCard, Martek Biosciences, Adobe Systems, Incyte, Magic Software Enterprises, AudioCodes, Power-One, Netflix, ZST Digital Networks, and SanDisk.

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow to consider whether to enforce net neutrality rules, or to leave the Internet unregulated.

A recent report from Nielsen says gaming consoles are taking over the living room as people use them for a wide range of tasks.

A U.S. Federal Judge in Washington state has put the kibosh on Paul Allen's sue the Internet patent lawsuit, at least for now.

Stocks drifted higher, with the S&P 500 approaching a two-year high, as traders seemed pleased with a narrowing trade deficit and higher consumer confidence, ahead of an expected extension of Bush-era tax cuts by the federal government.

Stock index futures rose on Friday following encouraging data out of China and as a two-year high in the S&P 500 had investors betting on a year-end rally.

Google has released its year-end search report - Zeitgeist 2010. Among the personalities and events that figure on search trends list are Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Oil Spill, World Cup, Haiti Earthquake and more.

Four companies will join the benchmark S&P 500 index after the closing bell on December 17, S&P said in a statement on Thursday.

Speaking to investors this week, Level 3 and Comcast both presented their side of the spat over payments for network traffic.