Google fired another salvo in its broadening competition with Apple, opening a payment system for digital content that will let publishers keep a bigger share of revenues than a service launched by Apple this week.
IBM's Watson computer handily defeated two former "Jeopardy" champions in a nationally televised competition.
Google's Android operating system has become the star of the mobile industry conference in Barcelona—just a year after wireless carriers gave the company a testy reception.
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Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE are trying to crack into the smartphone business, offering sophisticated yet low-priced devices under their own brands.
House Republicans attacked new "net neutrality" rules for broadband Internet lines in a contentious hearing and criticized Democratic FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski for adopting them, but he and other Democrats defended them.
When chief executives and other well-paid big shots move to the Bay Area, they often settle in Atherton. New H-P chief Leo Apotheker is the latest.
The planned closure of an Amazon.com Inc. distribution center in a suburb here has opened a debate about what's better for Texas's tattered budget: taxes or jobs.
Apple launched a new service that allows for magazine and newspaper subscriptions for its popular devices, but content providers aren't rejoicing.
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Nvidia reported a 31% increase in fourth-quarter earnings and issued better-than-expected first-quarter guidance.
New apps make it possible to scale back voice, texting plans.
Cash-rich technology companies are increasingly scouting start-up acquisition targets, but prices may be climbing too high for some buyers' tastes.
Stephen Baker's new book about an IBM computer designed by to compete against humans on Jeopardy! follows a novel publishing model: he wrote everything but the last chapter, which will be mailed to e-book readers the day after the TV match airs.
Dell's profit surged as the computer maker reported strong demand from corporate customers and lower component costs. Shares jumped 7% in late trading.
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Billionaire Anil Ambani met Indian investigators as a probe intensifies into a telecommunication license scam that has put the government under severe pressure from opposition parties and the judiciary.
Eric Schmidt said Google was "very proud" of employee Wael Ghonim, a leader in the protests that toppled Egypt's Mubarak.
For acquisitions of private companies backed by venture capital, it's becoming increasingly complicated to collect cash after the deal has been signed.
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Google's new One Pass payment system is being described as a competitive blow aimed directly at Apple's online subscription business. But with a name like One Pass, eerily similar to Continental Airlines' frequent flier program, could Google be preparing a foray into the airline business?
Companies like Google help us search the Web. But they can't comb through all the information people have in social-networking accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and online offerings such Google Docs or Calendar. Enter Greplin.
Law professors say Apple's new subscription service could potentially draw antitrust scrutiny, as questions arise about whether Apple is exerting anti-competitive pressures on prices. Plus: Google introduces 'One Pass' for publishers. Nathan Koppel and Peter Kafka discuss on digits.
As AOL and the Huffington Post plan their marriage, they've tapped Booz & Co. for advice on uniting the editorial, product and sales staffs of the two organizations.
Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia Law School, is working to propagate a matchbox-sized device in homes around the world that will serve as a private and independent route to the Internet, free from prying eyes, Internet kill switches, and the whims of private conglomerates like Facebook.
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Katherine Boehret looks at charging pads, devices that make it easy to charge household mobile devices with just a single cord.
Netflix is living a kind of Brobdingnagian existence. But its giant $13 billion valuation is as realistic as the mythical land Gulliver encounters on his travels.
As worshippers welcomed the Year of the Rabbit, Hong Kong's Wong Tai Sin temple ushered in an era of its own: high-tech Taoism, including a $13 million electronic prayer hall.
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With another Internet boom taking off, giddy investors shouldn't lose sight completely of old-fashioned security analysis.
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Mobile-phone buyers have shifted their focus to software-defined features: applications, user interface, Web browsing and email.
From a handy way to store a range of passwords to an application that will help keep track of ongoing alcohol consumption, The Wall Street Journal Europe presents 10 apps you can't live without.
"Augmented reality" is the latest buzz technology to grip the digital world. The commercial opportunities for companies that embrace it are vast, even if not immediately obvious.
It's been likened to the Industrial Revolution in terms of its potential to change lives. But just what is cloud computing and how can companies turn it to their advantage?
IPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. 13th in a series.
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, who recently struck a deal to build a corporate campus in San Francisco, talks about why he decided against moving his company to Silicon Valley.
San Francisco is installing parking meters that will be able to tell drivers where they can find an available parking spot, with the eventual goal of reducing traffic congestion.
Among the winners: computer screens that can bend, adjustable eyeglasses, a low-cost genetic test, an online marketplace for receivables and a new way to battle malware.
The Gold award in The Wall Street Journal's 2010 Technology Innovation Awards goes to Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute for technology that brings the commercial development of high-quality flexible displays closer to reality.
From computing systems to wireless, the most innovative technologies in 17 categories, as chosen by the judges.
An update on past winners of the Journal's Innovation Awards.
Anyone who doubts the power of social-media platforms--or who disputes their ability to turn traditional industries like advertising on their heads--should consider the case of Orabrush Inc., a small company that just closed a new funding round of $2.5 million.
Speakers at the America's Growth Capital conference in San Francisco said start-ups interested in being acquired should get to know a specific corporate business unit--but don't forget the corporate development team.
In this morning's Web roundup, top shareholder ESPN looks to score when Active Network goes public. A company that makes tongue scrapers shows that you can sell almost anything via social media. And Facebook keeps quiet about its role in the Egyptian revolt while Google praises an employee who took action.
Tidbits from the semiconductor world - Analog Devices's (ADI) Q1 conference call last night, for example - have brought encouraging signs that an inventory correction in chips late last year is resolving itself in short order. But watch out, say the folks at research firm iSuppli. Chip analyst Sharon Stiefel notes [...]
Shares of chip design software maker Synopsys (SNPS) are up 33 cents, or 1%, at $29.35, after the company reported fiscal Q1 earnings ahead of estimates and forecast Q2 revenue revenue well ahead of Street expectations. Q1 revenue rose 10.4%, year over year, to $364.6 million, missing the average [...]
Chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) this afternoon reported Q4 revenue below estimates but beat by a wide margin on the bottom line, boosted by its settlement with Intel (INTC). The company forecast the current quarter's revenue well ahead of expectations. Q4 revenue rose 5%, year over year, to $886.4 million, missing the [...]
Shares of storage networking vendor NetApp (NTAP) are down $4.80, or 8%, at $53.74, after the company this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue that missed analysts' estimates and forecast the current quarter's profit below expectations. Q3 revenue for the three months ended in January rose 25%, year over year, to $1.27 [...]