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Asian stocks rose to a 14-month high and the U.S. dollar steadied on Tuesday, with some investors taking bets that third-quarter U.S. corporate earnings, expected to shrink for the ninth quarter, will be good enough to keep a rally going.

Acer , the world's No.3 PC brand, said on Monday that it expected third quarter revenue to be up about 5 percent due to a rebound in tech demand as the global economy shows more signs of recovery.

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday, extending the rally to a five-day gain, as investors anticipated positive news from next week's key earnings reports, while bullish broker comments boosted tech shares.

Stocks rose slightly on Friday, extending their four-day winning streak as investors anticipated some positive news out of next week's key earnings reports, while bullish broker comments gave a boost to tech shares.

The biggest risk for investors in technology, with stock prices up a whopping 55 percent this year, is they might be just a little too happy.

Stocks advanced modestly on Friday, as investors awaited a wave of key earnings reports scheduled for next week while bullish broker comments lifted tech stocks.

Intel Corp should handily beat forecasts when it kicks off a busy earnings season for the chip sector next week, but investors worry that corporate spending will not rebound until mid-2010.

Supercomputing, once the province of a select few, is fast becoming a key business tool, a trend Dell Inc (DELL.O) hopes to capitalize on.

Clare BaldwinIntel Corp rolled out a software developers' platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost revenue from consumer electronics and other markets beyond its core, maturing personal computer business.

Clare BaldwinIntel Corp rolled out a software developers' platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost revenue from consumer electronics and other markets beyond its core, maturing personal computer business.

Intel unveiled a new software platform to help usher in its vision of an electronic world where devices -- ranging from data servers to mobile handhelds -- will deploy familiar and easy to use interfaces , while expanding its reach to broader markets.

Intel Corp and the European Commission took divergent views on Monday of the Commission's release of the 517-page decision that underpins its 1.06 billion euro fine on the chip maker.

U.S. phone companies may be forced to open their wireless networks to rival Internet services like Skype and Google Voice under a proposal brought out by the top telecom regulator to safeguard so-called Internet neutrality.

Antitrust regulators on Monday detailed evidence from Intel clients that led to the European Commission's record 1.06 billion euro ($1.6 billion) fine on the U.S. chip giant for illegally shutting out rival AMD.

Intel has slashed the power consumption of its new Moorestown chip platforms for mobile devices, a big boost for its efforts to grab a slice of a booming market for chips in cell phones and other consumer electronics.

Apple Inc tapped former Intel Corp executive Bruce Sewell as its new general counsel and senior vice president of legal and government affairs.

Apple over the weekend lopped $100 off the 160-GB model of the Apple TV and discontinued the 40-GB version of the home media player.

Intel Corp, the world's top chipmaker, announced a reorganization of its major product divisions and said an executive who helped run a group that rang up more than half its sales last year had left the company.

Intel Corp, the world's largest chipmaker, said on Monday it was restructuring its business to consolidate all of its major product divisions into a new Intel Architecture Group, and appointed Sean Maloney and Dadi Perlmutter as its leaders.

Chip companies ASML and Texas Instruments raised sales forecasts, in another sign consumers are buying more gadgets, sending technology shares higher on Thursday.

European technology shares rose sharply on Thursday after positive outlook comments from chip maker Texas Instruments and chip equipment firm ASML .