TECHNOLOGY

Technology giant Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may report first-quarter shipments below consensus expectations, according to an analyst with Rodman & Renshaw.

Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest Internet company by revenue, reported its slowest profit growth in four years, missing analysts' estimates on softer growth in its casual games and lower margins due to increased investments.

Facebook has finally removed several controversial pages that have been heavily criticized for making jokes about rape.

Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition.

Asus has launched its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the world's first tablet to feature Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor.

Mobile network equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday it was sticking to a forecast for market growth made earlier this year and that it was increasing its market share.

Sina Corp, the operator of China's largest Internet portal, swung to a third-quarter loss due to hefty writedowns on investments in two online businesses, and said it does not expect a significant increase in advertising spending next year.

Mobile network equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday it was sticking to a forecast for market growth made earlier this year and that it was increasing its market share.

Chipmaker Nvidia Corp, rushing to stake out more territory in tablets and smartphones, said its new Tegra 3 processor delivers up to three times the graphics performance of its predecessor and uses 61 percent less power.

What you download from Apple's app store may not be safe; there are chances that some downloaded apps could cause you serious data loss, claimed a cyber security expert on Apple device security, who has been expelled by the company after he publicly revealed the flaw.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc shoppers can now research the trove of product data the world's largest retailer gathers, through a new iPad app and updated app for Apple Inc's iPhone.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc shoppers can now research the trove of product data the world's largest retailer gathers, through a new iPad app and updated app for Apple Inc's iPhone.

Cable companies will offer high-speed Internet service to low-income families at around a fifth of the national average price, the top U.S. communications regulator will announce on Wednesday.

Samsung Electronics plans to invest a record 38 trillion won ($33.9 billion) in facilities and R&D next year, a 27 percent jump from an estimated 30 trillion won this year, local media reported on Wednesday, citing Samsung and industry officials.

Losses on securities investments at the core of a scandal rocking Japan's Olympus Corp may have once exceeded $1 billion, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday, as the firm's share price plunged due to doubts about its future.

Activision Blizzard revealed it has lost almost a million users for its World of Warcraft cash cow, dampening enthusiasm for its blockbuster Call of Duty franchise and wiping 3 percent off its share price.

A black asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zoomed past Earth on Tuesday, delighting astronomers who trained telescopes on the ancient body in hopes of learning more about its composition and origin.

Olympus Corp's losses on securities investments mounted to more than 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) at one point, the Nikkei business daily said on Wednesday, citing sources close to the matter.

LED supplier Universal Display Corp posted a third-quarter profit, gainsaying loss expectations, as revenue more than tripled, and forecast full-year revenue above expectation, sending its shares up 8 percent in extended trade.

A joint venture of Hitachi Ltd and LG Electronics pleaded guilty to 15 criminal counts in connection with a long running probe of price fixing in the sale of optical disk drives.

There's been a seismic shift in web browser usage across the world.

The amount of public Internet hotspots (Wi-Fi) globally will grow more than fourfold to 5.8 million by 2015, boosted by consumers increasing demand for connections on smartphones and tablets, an industry study showed on Wednesday.

Hedge fund managers Paul Singer, Robert Zoellner, Kyle Bass and Israel Englander are among the handful of people millionaires trust with their riches.

Greenlight Capital Inc, the hedge fund run by high-profile investor David Einhorn, said Sprint Nextel management is on the verge of losing the confidence of financial markets, in a letter to investors.

Justice Stephen Breyer likened a scenario of warrantless use of GPS technology to George Orwell's 1984.

Square, the mobile payment startup that counts former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on its board of directors, has a new big-name backer: British billionaire Richard Branson.

Cisco Systems Inc has won cautious endorsement for its months-long overhaul but now must convince Wall Street its troubles are a thing of the past and it can return to steady growth.

Japan's Olympus admitted on Tuesday it hid losses on securities investments dating back two decades, bowing to weeks of pressure to explain a series of baffling transactions that have put the future of the firm in doubt.

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn exited Pfizer , his largest holding, and made new bets on CBS Corp ., General Motors Co and Marvell Technology Group during the third quarter.