Small crowds gathered on Saturday for the official launch of Pre, the smartphone seen as Palm Inc's best chance to claw back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd's Blackberry.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc's announced a new $15 billion share repurchase plan on Friday and said market share gains it has made amid the recession are permanent as a new normal emerges in which consumers seek to save money.
Sprint Nextel Corp Chief Executive Dan Hesse is counting on Palm Inc's Pre smartphone to help the company move past criticism about its customer service and network quality.
Apple Inc kicks off its annual developers' extravaganza on Monday under a tight lid of secrecy, with investors expecting the electronics maker to unveil new or cheaper versions of its popular iPhone.
Google issued an early preview release of its Chrome browser for Linux and Mac OS X on Thursday, but Google warned that the browser may crash and is still lacking some features.
Many Internet and media companies that were busy buying start-ups in the boom years could shed assets they no longer deem central to their business, as the recession imposes an age of frugality.
Microsoft's Bing.com search engine surpassed Yahoo to become the number two search on Thursday, one spot behind Google.
Many Internet and media companies that were busy buying start-ups in the boom years could shed assets they no longer deem central to their business, as the recession imposes an age of frugality.
Yahoo is adding a number of third-party apps and widgets to several of its properties, including the popular Yahoo Mail and My Yahoo services in a bid to increase the appeal of its Website by opening it up to other applications.
Steve Jobs is on track to return to the helm of Apple this month after nearly six months of medical leave, according a report in The Wall Street Journal that cited unnamed sources.
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return to the company from his medical leave of absence as planned, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person who had seen Jobs in recent weeks.
Microsoft Corp's chief software architect said on Thursday the profit margins on providing online services -- broadly known as cloud computing -- would likely yield a lower profit margin than the company's existing software business.
Sales of disk storage systems -- which contain much of the world's digital information -- fell 18 percent in the first three months of this year, hit by deep cuts in technology spending, according to industry research firm IDC.
A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.
Nintendo Co Ltd tried and rejected the motion-sensing technology that Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp are counting on to catch up in the video games wars, the company's president told the Financial Times.
Nintendo Co Ltd tried and rejected the motion-sensing technology that Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp are counting on to catch up in the video games wars, the company's president told the Financial Times.
Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent.
Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will join the online music video service being developed by Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group.
President Barack Obama warned Americans on Thursday who have not prepared for the June 12 transition to digital television that their TVs could go dark if they do not get a converter box soon.
Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks Inc said on Thursday they plan to create a joint venture aimed at the carrier Ethernet market, one of the remaining growth pockets in the shrinking telecommunications equipment market.
An Internet service provider with links to Eastern Europe has been unplugged after it was suspected of being behind computer intrusions at NASA and sending massive amounts of malicious spam, the Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.
Hulu could start charging for some of its online video content, News Corp's new digital director said, although research shows consumers are not ready to pay.
Canada's telecoms watchdog will continue to keep Internet and cellphone-based broadcasting services out of its regulatory reach, the agency announced on Thursday.
Canada's telecoms watchdog will continue to keep Internet and cellphone-based broadcasting services out of its regulatory reach, the agency announced on Thursday.
Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc, a startup carrier created after Canada's wireless spectrum auction last year, has signed a roaming agreement with heavyweight T-Mobile USA, it announced on Thursday.
The Pre smartphone from Palm Inc received mostly positive reviews and predictions it will be a tough competitor to Apple Inc's iPhone, sending Palm's shares up more than 10 percent.
Game publishers, in a rare moment of solidarity, joined forces on Wednesday to convey optimism for the future of their $30 billion industry despite spiraling consumer spending and a global economic downturn.
Sony Corp is in no hurry to cut prices on its PlayStation games console, top executives said, even though many industry experts and other executives consider it a foregone conclusion.
Google has launched a new analytics tool called Google Squared, which takes a spreadsheet-like approach to finding information on the Web.
In spite of being number three in terms of console sales, Sony CEO said they have no plans to drop the price of its expensive PS.
