TECHNOLOGY

Vanguard Group Inc wants to help investors watch their money while they're on the go, even as it wonders how much interest its long-term oriented customers have in minute-by-minute updates.

Internet microblogging service Twitter said it closed a new round of funding on Friday with five investors, including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners.

AT&T Inc said any new net neutrality rules imposed by U.S. regulators need to apply to Web companies like Google Inc as much as to phone companies to ensure a level playing field.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could see its share of the smartphone market eroded by competing devices like Apple's iPhone, analysts warned on Friday as RIM's stock plunged more than 16 percent in the wake of a disappointing profit and outlook report.

Twitter closed a new round of funding on Friday with five investors including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, underscoring growing investor interest in the three-year-old Internet microblogging service.

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The global market for initial public offerings rebounded decisively in the third quarter, on the strength of large deals in Asia and a U.S. market that emerged from its doldrums.

EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe said on Wednesday that recent lawsuits will not derail a $1.9 billion deal to sell a majority interest in Web telephone unit Skype to an investor group.

Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street's expectations.

A judge delayed a hearing on a $125 million deal that would allow Google Inc to create a massive digital library.

Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street's expectations.

A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers was stressing out employees.

A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers was stressing out employees.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Thursday its profit dropped and gave an outlook that fell short of analyst forecasts heading into the holiday shopping season, sending its shares down almost 10 percent.

Companies need to find a way to tackle the stress put on employees caused by nonstop emails in the BlackBerry age, according to a top executive at France Telecom, which is dealing with a spate of employee suicides.

Google Inc's Web-based email service on Thursday suffered its second technical problem in a month as users reported difficulty accessing their contacts.

Sales of the PlayStation 3 video game console jumped in the weeks after a $100 price cut last month, and strong demand could lead to empty shelves at retail, a Sony Corp executive said on Wednesday.

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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported weaker quarterly profit and an outlook that fell short of analyst expectations on Thursday, sending its shares down almost 10 percent in after-hours trading.

Research In Motion Ltd. Reported a drop of 4 percent in its second quarter earnings as a legal settlement charge offset strong sales of the company's popular line of BlackBerry devices.

Research In Motion Ltd. Reported a drop of 4 percent in its second quarter earnings as a legal settlement charge offset strong sales of the company's popular line of BlackBerry devices.

Twitter is close to securing as much as $100 million of new funding from up to seven investors in a deal that values the fast-growing microblogging site at about $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Google Inc's email service, Gmail, suffered its second technical problem in a month on Thursday as users reported difficulty accessing their contacts.

Apple may soon see a to their revenue thanks to revisions of reporting rules made Wednesday finalized by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

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.

Nintendo Co Ltd will cut the price of its popular Wii video game console by 20 percent, responding to similar cuts by rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp aimed at kick-starting demand.

Vodafone launched a Web service meshing social networks, contacts and entertainment in a bid to fend off stiff competition from Apple,, Google and Nokia.

Nintendo Co Ltd, the top maker of the current generation of video game consoles, said on Wednesday it will cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to $199.99, starting Sunday.

U.S. accounting rule makers approved a change in reporting regulations on Wednesday that might benefit technology companies such as Apple Inc , allowing them to recognize more revenue when products are sold.