TECHNOLOGY

Amazon Canada announced that beginning Dec. 25, customers can take advantage of amazing Boxing Week promotions on everything from electronics and books to home and garden products and men's watches.

Microsoft has retired its Office Genuine Advantage program that required users of the Microsoft Office software to validate their copy of Microsoft Office to download non-critical updates and other downloads such as add ons, samples etc.

More than 1.5 million cellphones carrying Microsoft Corp's Windows Phone 7 operating software have sold in the first six weeks of launch, meeting what the company called realistic expectations.

After Google now Paul Adams is all set to join Facebook in the New Year, said a twitter post by Paul Adams.

The People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, this week officially launched goso.cn, a Chinese search engine as China’s state media seeks greater influence on the Internet.

More than 1.5 million cellphones carrying Microsoft Corp's Windows Phone 7 operating software have sold in the first six weeks of launch, meeting what the company called realistic expectations.

Regulators are looking into the events surrounding Mark Hurd's abrupt exit as chief executive of Hewlett Packard Co, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Internet search engine Google Inc is hiring people to fill over 70 vacant positions in India in different areas to meet its business requirements.

Holiday sales have outpaced expectations so far for U.S. retailers, but stock pickers still see several retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores and Sears Holdings , as laggards days before Christmas.

A new iPhone app called Word Lens has been developed that instantly translates printed words from one language to another with a built-in video camera, in real time!

Internet video service Hulu is ditching plans to go public for now, choosing to focus on other financing options and new subscription models to expand a nascent pay-video business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Japan's Ulvac Inc said on Tuesday that demand for gear used in making small and next-generation OLED display panels for smartphones is strong, making up for a fall in demand for large liquid-crystal display equipment.

Internet search engine Google Inc raced ahead of consulting firm McKinsey as India’s most preferred employer in business schools in 2010, according to a study by The Nielsen Company.

A hospital in Israel has begun using Apple's iPad to enable medical staff to help treat patients, provide consultations and study X-rays and CT scans from afar.

New research from Clemson University says helmet-mounted technology, a key component to virtual reality and a new feature in video games, can cause motion sickness.

The company had previously put into place a 15 percent restocking fee on all returns.

In a teaser video for its own tablet, Motorola took shots at the iPad and Galaxy Tab

A former sales executive at clothing marketer Carter's committed financial fraud by manipulating the amount of discounts granted to one of the company's largest customers, securities regulators alleged in a civil lawsuit on Monday.

Venezuela's parliament approved tighter regulation of the Internet on Monday in the latest of a package of laws to entrench President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution before a new Assembly is sworn-in next month.

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to adopt Internet traffic rules on Tuesday that would ban the blocking of lawful content, but allow high-speed Internet providers to manage their networks, senior agency officials said.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating claims that former Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd shared inside information about the company's then-pending acquisition of EDS Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Genzyme Corp held its second investor meeting in two months to argue that its most promising experimental drug will capture five times the sales that Sanofi-Aventis has assumed in a hostile $18.5 billion takeover bid.

Texas has long been home to Big Oil companies that specialize in extracting petroleum from hard-to-reach places. Now the hip college town of Austin is vying to become the epicenter of a potentially giant market for carbon-free electricity generated by the hot Texas sun.

Medtronic Inc Chief Executive Officer William Hawkins plans to retire in April after a tenure of more than three years in which the medical device maker's stock performance disappointed investors.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of social networking site Facebook on Monday toured the offices of China's top search engine Baidu sparking off speculation that he is looking for opportunities in the world’s most populous country and the largest Internet market.

U.S. online sales are up 12 percent to $27.5 billion so far this holiday shopping season compared with a year ago, according to research firm comScore.

Google Inc., the company known for innovation, has stumbled in what was to be its main offering this holiday season. It has asked several of its partners to delay their rollouts of Google TV so that the company can further refine it.

No. 2 U.S. mobile service AT&T Inc said it agreed to buy mobile television spectrum licenses from Qualcomm Inc for $1.93 billion, to provide advanced 4G mobile broadband.

Genzyme Corp , which is fighting off a hostile $18.5 billion bid from Sanofi-Aventis SA , is taking another stab at persuading investors that its experimental multiple sclerosis drug is worth more than Sanofi's projections.