TECHNOLOGY

Bad decisions did Bill Miller in over the past five years.

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.

The shares of Apple (AAPL), maker of the iPhone 4s, have pulled back to about $370. Does the pull-back represent a buying opportunity?

Chris Brown has deleted his Twitter timeline after a profanity-filled rant about Rihanna, the AMAs, and haters and baiters went viral last week. As the singer attempts to downplay the Twitter rant after a successful AMA performance, IBTimes picked up his tweeter feed before he could delete it. Read Brown's Twitter rant, and see his inflammatory comments' aftermath.

Apple and Intel both plan to axe the bulky optical drives, used for playing physical DVDs and CDs, from its future laptops. Is this the beginning of the end for the disc drive?

Traditionally Black Friday deals were revealed through ads released in national and local newspapers on Thanksgiving day, but now with the Internets capacity to make ads go viral the deals are being released earlier and earlier. Here is a roundup of the ads released for Black Friday 2011 so far:

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.

Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and the Sony Tablet S are two similar tablets that could be on many people's Black Friday shopping lists, so we lined them up to get a better idea of what separates them. Besides being a couple inches bigger than the Tab 7.0 Plus, the Sony Tablet S is shaped a bit different than most tablets

Hard drive maker Western Digital Corp said it was asked to pay $525 million in an arbitration brought by competitor Seagate Technology LLC, but analysts said it was still a long way to go before the matter was resolved.

China has more than 300 million registered microbloggers, state media said Monday, one of its fastest growing groups of internet users that the government has vowed to control.

Shares of Blackberry developer Research in Motion fell as much as six percent to $16.93 Monday following yet more downgrades, this time by JMP Securities and RBC Capital Markets.

Droid Razer will be a top seller during the Black Friday rush, but if you're heading out to the doorbuster and bargain sales, the Samsung Focus S is worth checking out. It's $100 less than the Razr, but has a 4.3 Super AMOLED Plus screen for super bright colors and eye-popping contrast. This is classic Samsung tech, and it's the type of display seen on other high-end devices like the Samsung Galaxy S2.

The waiting game is finally over for U.S Galaxy Nexus Prime fans after the release date has been leaked as Dec. 8 for Verizon customers.

Secretive North Korea is expected to register the 1 millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years after people were thrown into prison camps, or possibly even executed, for owning one.

According to the latest reports, Apple Inc.'s third-generation iPad is on track for a March 2012 timeframe release, while the next-generation iPhone - the iPhone 5 - will be introduced next summer.

The demand for the iPhone 4S has been strong, ever since Apple Inc. started shipping the latest iteration of its iPhone series. In fact, market experts are expecting Apple to ship over 70 million units of the iPhone in 2011.

According to McAfee's third quarter security threats report, Android OS solidified its lead as the primary target for new mobile malware. Nearly all new mobile malware in Q3 was targeted at Android devices.

Hot deals are pouring in from every dealer on the Internet and you won't like this opportunity go as there are some great new products launched in the market this year.

India's federal police on Saturday conducted searches at Vodafone's Indian unit and Bharti Airtel's offices seeking details on spectrum allocation by the government to operators between 2001-02.

South Korean Starcraft II professional gamer Lee Leenock Dong Nyung won Major League Gaming's 2011 Championship in Providence on Sunday in a surprising surge, taking out titans from both in and outside South Korea.

The technology community last week mourned the suicide of Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a brilliant young mathematician who co-founded Diaspora, a social network site devoted to privacy.

Best Buy is offering some of the hottest deals for Black Friday 2011 on electronics starting midnight Friday, Nov. 25 following Thanksgiving this week.

When it comes to holiday shopping, more people are phoning it in, forcing retailers to embrace new ways to connect or else lose sales.

World of Warcraft will be celebrating its seventh anniversary on Nov. 23, and players are being rewarded with gifts.

Best $0.00 Black Friday 2011 Deals: BlackBerry and Other Smartphones, Gadgets for a Penny or Free

Samsung and Verizon Wireless are disappointing many eager smartphone fans by not releasing the Galaxy Nexus in the United States by the rumored Nov. 21 deadline. Now, the latest speculation has it that the smartphone will be launched Dec 8, according to a PCMag.com post.

As Black Friday 2011 approaches, savvy bargain shoppers are ditching the ads and using their smartphones to get the best deals, fast. Here, get a rundown of the ten best apps for iPhone, Android and Windows phones to help nab the biggest sales on Black Friday and beyond, with detailed features lists and links to download the apps. Happy shopping!

Wikipedia received a $500,000 donation from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, right after the free online encyclopedia started their eighth annual fundraising drive.

A top tech analyst is predicting that Amazon is likely to release its own smartphone for under $200 next year. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney said in a research note that Amazon may sell the smartphone for as little as $170. Citing supply-chain channel checks in Asia, he said Amazon may release its first-ever smartphone by the fourth quarter of 2012.