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Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.2 to 0.3 percent.

When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. People who want to access Facebook and other blocked sites must use special VPN software to get around China's firewall to do so.

Shares of Cisco Systems, the No. 1 provider of Internet equipment, could be volatile the next two days before the company reports second-quarter results after Wednesday’s close.

IBM's 900,000 square-foot Bangalore computer center is Asia's largest to date.

Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.

Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus next week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.

Shares of Juniper Networks plunged nearly 11 percent as the Internet equipment maker reported dismal first-quarter results and it lost market share to No. 1 maker Cisco Systems.But they recovered a bit on Friday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a problem, a $98 billion problem. Just 18 months ago, Apple's $46 billion mountain of cash, while huge by most standards, attracted only muted complaints from investors, who did call for a dividend or share buyback, but were mostly happy with the meteoric rise in the stock price.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a problem, a $98 billion problem.

The surge in shares of Apple Wednesday restored its status as the world’s most valuable company.

Bellwether technology companies that are tops in their sector – IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Google – have now reported their final 2011 results. What are some of the key takeaways?

More than a dozen of the biggest technology companies including IBM, Cisco Systems and SAP formally announced a new standards-setting committee for the emerging sector of cloud computing.

A series of top technology professionals involved with Internet TV, including VPs of Yahoo, Cisco Systems and Western Digital, warned consumer acceptance will be impede unless industry standards are adopted.

Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.

IBM said it was honored by the European Commission for 27 data centers that reduce energy consumption “in a cost-effective manner” without lowering mission-critical capabilities

A new decline in the value of the Euro could hit major U.S. technology exporters which dodged the bullet in the fourth quarter. Companies included HP, IBM, Oracl;e and Cisco Systems.

Major U.S. technology companies, which derive the majority of their revenue from abroad, with between 25 percent and 33 percent overall from Europe, have warned about potential fallout from the Eurozone crisis since last July.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Fushi Copperweld, Yahoo, ARM Holdings, Research In Motion, Baidu, Apple, and Cisco Systems. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Amazon.com, Makita, OmniVision Technologies, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and LM Ericsson Telephone.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a $30 billion Chinese telecoms gear maker, has initiated a system this year to allow top executives to take turns acting as chief executive, its founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said in a year-end message

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Pinnacle Financial Partners, ARM Holdings, Randgold Resources, Infosys, Research In Motion, Amazon.com, Google, and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Cavium, Sears Holdings, Windstream, and Cisco Systems.

Investors in Oracle, the No. 1 enterprise software vendor, had their worst day in three years as shares closed down nearly 12 percent, chopping $17 billion from the company’s market value.