TECHNOLOGY

Hopes Hewlett-Packard's $11.7 billion bid for Autonomy will be the first of many in the European software industry could be misplaced because Autonomy has an appeal that others cannot match.

An AT&T vice president is rumored to have confirmed to some of his employees that the iPhone 5 will launch in early October this year, BGR reports.

Stocks were little changed on Friday, but commodity-related shares rose on energy and gold prices, while Hewlett-Packard dragged on the Dow industrials.

The company's stock is in the tank as it deals with the aftermath of its controversial decision.

Technology company Apple is now worth as much as the 32 biggest euro zone banks.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard slid 11 percent premarket on Friday, a day after the world's biggest PC maker said it may spin off the business, and cut its outlook, signaling a massive overhaul in the wake of bleak tech spending across the board.

German video game consumers unfazed by the threat of economic uncertainty look happy to spend their hard-earned euros on the latest new games as a strong economic performance buoys Europe's biggest economy.

Trial production of the iPad 3 has reportedly begun, with an aim to launch Apple's next-generation iPad tablet in early 2012.Sources familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal that Apple has ordered chips, display panels and other key components for the iPad 3. small quantities of components have been shipped for the tablet's sampling.

The upcoming iPad 3 is due to arrive in early 2012 and is expected to go into trial production by October.

AT&T will axe its $10 for 1,000 text messages plan on Sunday, Aug. 21. Engadget first reported the news, which an AT&T spokesperson later confirmed to multiple publications.

Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is facing much competition from Android devices. It is being speculated that the iPhone 5 is scheduled to come out at the end of September or in October. The top iPhone 5 competitors are: Motorola Droid HD, Samsung Celox, HTC Holiday, Samsung GT-i9220, and Samsung GT-i9250.

Intel Corp's PC business will face greater pricing pressure following Hewlett-Packard Co's decision to spin off its personal computers business, Nomura said and added that it expects the top chipmaker to miss its third-quarter guidance.

Apple is prepping for a bigger iPhone market in this second half of the year analysts say, ramping up the orders of its current iPhones and also stepping up production the anticipated iPhone 5.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) announced a series of developments Thursday, including the potential spin-off of its personal computer business.

If the new rumors are to be believed, Samsung is taking the smartphone battle to a different level with the introduction of a 5.3-inch Android-based smartphone.

Honestly, how many of us have done that? To pretend to be using mobile phone to avoid an irritating, boring conversation? According to a study report published on Monday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, 13 percent of cell phone owners in U.S. pretended to be busy with their phones in order to avoid interacting with the people around them

Groupon Inc will track customers’ location, even if users don’t have Groupon app in their phone, the company said in response to Congressional questions about policies.

Hewlett-Packard Co's personal computer business may be too big for Asia's technology companies to swallow whole, but potential suitors are out there should HP decide to break the group into parts, industry sources said on Friday.

Apple fans have reasons aplenty to rejoice. If rumors are to be believed then the images in this article were taken from a factory in China where employees are working on iPhone displays.

Apple's App Store has opened a new realm for ingenious entrepreneurs looking to cash in on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch ubiquity.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) could lose a major chunk of its revenues by exiting its PC business and closing down webOS, a Wall Street analyst said in a note to clients.

T-Mobile recently announced the Aug. 31 release of RIM (Research In Motion) Blackberry Bold 9900, which could become a more expensive device compared to the upcoming Apple iPhone 5.

AT&T is killing its $10-per-month, 1,000-text message plan to replace it with $20-per-month unlimited text message plan, a $30 unlimited family plan, and a pay-per-message plan.

Research In Motion (RIM) is rumored to be in negotiations with major record labels to launch the BlackBerry music service.

Google has launched its new music blog, Magnifier, as it attempts to make music discovery easy and introduce the company’s newest music marketing policy.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is probably following in the footsteps of peer IBM by planning to exit the PC business to focus on software space.

Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company Autonomy Corp for as much as $11.7 billion.

Hewlett-Packard is considering a sale of its personal computer unit and will kill of its Web tablet that was launched a month ago.

Facebook finally has a serious competitor. At least, that's what social-media investor Sergio Monsalve thinks.