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By The Associated Press In a conference call with reporters to discuss Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fiscal first-quarter earnings, CEO Meg Whitman discussed the need to reduce costs and improve efficiency as...More >>

By The Associated Press MOBILE PRIVACY: California has decided the makers of mobile applications fall under a 7-year-old state law governing online privacy. That means mobile apps seeking to protect...More >>

By The Associated Press Facebook has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.More >>

By The Associated Press What tech manufacturers and suppliers have been saying about the impact from heavy flooding in Thailand:More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:More >>

The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees.More >>

By The Associated Press CHANGES: Norway's Telenor plans to sever ties with its Indian partner, Unitech Ltd., and transfer its Indian telecom operations to a new entity. Telenor says it will seek 74...More >>

A global coalition against censorship is needed to protect online journalists and bloggers who are being targeted by repressive governments, a leading advocacy group said Tuesday.More >>

Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent rights...More >>

By The Associated Press On Wednesday, Microsoft filed a formal complaint to accuse Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and its soon-to-be-owner, Google Inc., of violating competition rules with its aggressive...More >>

The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to...More >>

By The Associated Press THE PARTIES IN COURT: The electronics giant Apple and a struggling company that denies it sold rights to the iPad name in mainland China.More >>

The European Commission, facing steep opposition, is suspending efforts to ratify an international anti-counterfeiting agreement and instead referring it to Europe's highest court to see whether it violates EU rights.More >>

The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge decided Kim Dotcom lacked means to flee because his funds had been seized.More >>

Shares of Alibaba.com rocketed on Wednesday after the Chinese e-commerce site said its parent company made a $2.5 billion privatization bid as part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy back a stake...More >>

A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:More >>

Intuit Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 62 percent as it sold more financial management software programs to consumers and small businesses.More >>

There's a suspicious knock on the wall.More >>

By The Associated Press Facebook has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of recent earnings reports for selected entertainment companies:More >>

By The Associated Press Here's a look at how some companies that had initial public offerings of stock this year are faring. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary...More >>

By The Associated Press A look at results from selected companies in the video games business:More >>

By The Associated Press NEW IN VITA: The PlayStation Vita has a touchpad located behind a touchscreen, giving gamers new ways to engage what's happening on screen.More >>

Sophisticated encryption software has become so readily available and so effective, it's surpassed the federal government's ability to seize computers and gather evidence in criminal cases.More >>

Status update: You're sued.More >>

By The Associated Press COMING TO CABLE: Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs...More >>

By The Associated Press EXPANSION: Google has a deal to carry real-time pricing from leading European stock exchanges - the London Stock Exchange, Frankfurt's Deutsche Boerse, and Milan's Borsa...More >>

By The Associated Press STATUS UPDATE: Legal authorities say that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims.More >>

A federal appeals court in Denver refuses to get involved in a mortgage and real estate fraud case that raises questions about whether turning over a computer password amounts to self-incrimination.More >>

By The Associated Press Netflix has locked up the right to show "The Artist" and other movies from The Weinstein Co. on its Internet video service before the films are released to the leading pay-TV...More >>

Google is to carry real-time pricing from leading European stock exchanges, the company said Tuesday, marking an expansion of the online search giant's financial offerings.More >>

By The Associated Press GETTING BIGGER: Online payments company PayPal is expanding its operations in Ireland. PayPal already employs about 1,500 people near Dublin. The company says its new site in the...More >>

Research In Motion released a free upgraded operating system for its struggling Playbook computer tablet on Tuesday, almost a year later than it first said it would.More >>

Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman will get a chance to persuade investors that she is well on her way to cleaning up the mess left behind by her predecessor when the world's largest personal computer maker reports its...More >>

YouTube has committed $100 million to 96 new video channels and has recruited top Hollywood talent to produce content. But the Google-owned site's talent search is far from complete. Fancy yourself a filmmaker?More >>

Greek police say they have arrested an Athens schoolboy and identified two more suspected of a computer hacking attack on the Justice Ministry website this month.More >>

Young people want their music, TV and movies now - even if it means they get these things illegally.More >>

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes...More >>

Eastern Europe's tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it's not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens freedom on the...More >>

By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer NO-LIN SITUATION: A wave of "Linsanity" over breakout Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin helped end a standoff lingering since Jan. 1 that left 2 million Time Warner Cable...More >>

By The Associated Press THE VISION: A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads.More >>

By The Associated Press THE SPARK: Demand Media Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings and outlook for this year gave investors hope that it is starting to recover from diminished traffic that had stemmed from...More >>

A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use...More >>

Shares of Leap Wireless International Inc., which owns the Cricket cellular service, slipped Friday after it reported fourth-quarter results that fell slightly short of analyst expectations and investor excitement about it...More >>

A British student who hacked into Facebook's computers has been sentenced to eight months in prison.More >>

By The Associated Press Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising:More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of recent earnings reports for selected entertainment companies:More >>

A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:More >>

By The Associated Press A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:More >>

By The Associated Press TOUGH CHOICE: In Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark, Chinese officials can either side with a struggling Chinese company that a court says owns the name or with a global...More >>

By The Associated Press CLEARED: A federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs programmer on charges he stole computer code. The man had been in prison since he was sentenced in...More >>

A digital publisher being sued by HarperCollins over an electronic edition of Jean Craighead George's award-winning "Julie of the Wolves" has filed a statement in federal court saying it had "secured all necessary e-book...More >>

Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network used mainly by Sprint customers, says it may need to raise more money because it doesn't know how much revenue it will be able to pull in from a fourth-generation...More >>

Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Friday its latest quarterly profit rose 77 percent over a year earlier as customer numbers and spending per customer rose.More >>

Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.More >>

A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:More >>

By The Associated Press Here's a look at how some companies that had initial public offerings of stock this year are faring. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary...More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of reports for selected telecommunications companies and what they reveal about their own and the industry's prospects:More >>

By The Associated Press Facebook has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:More >>

By The Associated Press A look at results from selected companies in the video games business:More >>

By The Associated Press STRONGER, PLEASE: Cybersecurity experts are urging senators to close loopholes in legislation to give the government more power to force critical industries to make their computer...More >>

Apple has asked online retailer Amazon.com to stop selling the iPad in China, according to a published report.More >>

Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.More >>

By The Associated Press ARRESTED: Japanese prosecutors arrested three former Olympus Corp. executives including the company's ex-chairman. The arrests were in connection with their alleged roles in...More >>

By LOU KESTEN Associated Press I work in Washington, D.C., which has some of the worst traffic in the United States. So I spend a lot of time in gridlock, wondering how much faster I could get to work if my...More >>

By The Associated Press THE DEVELOPMENT: Microsoft's MSN is hooking up with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet's hottest topics.More >>

A privately built rocket has made its first free-flight in the California desert as part of a NASA program exploring vertical landing systems for solar system exploration.More >>

Fans worldwide who want to bid Whitney Houston farewell will be able to watch her private funeral on the Internet.More >>

Data storage company NetApp Inc. posted a drop in fiscal third-quarter net income as its costs rose. But the results and the company's outlook were not as bad as analysts had feared, and its shares jumped 8 percent in...More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of reports for selected telecommunications companies and what they reveal about their own and the industry's prospects:More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of recent earnings reports for selected entertainment companies:More >>

By The Associated Press THE RESULTS: CBS Corp. says earnings rose 31 percent in the fourth quarter. Adjusted earnings beat analyst estimates. But revenue fell 3 percent to $3.78 billion, slightly below...More >>

Federal officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.More >>

Kara and Israel Lorenzana got an unwelcome response a few months after filing their 2009 tax returns: The Internal Revenue Service flagged the couple for improperly claiming an Earned Income Tax Credit and forced them to...More >>

The federal government is cracking down on "robocalls," those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers.More >>

Media conglomerate News Corp. said Wednesday that it has appointed Hamish McLennan, the former CEO of advertising agency Y&R, to a new position with responsibility for developing the company's "global brand...More >>

By The Associated Press Here is a summary of earnings reports for selected cable and satellite TV companies and what they reveal about the industry's prospects:More >>

By The Associated Press A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:More >>

By The Associated Press CLEANING UP: Swiss scientists plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of orbiting debris known as space junk.More >>

By The Associated Press REACHING OUT: Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank will go directly to Yahoo's chief executive and bypass negotiators from the U.S. Internet company after talks over the sale...More >>

Bulgaria's government is halting the ratification of an international copyright treaty that some Internet users say could lead to online censorship.More >>

Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank will go directly to Yahoo's chief executive, bypassing negotiators from the U.S. Internet company, after talks over the sale of Yahoo's Asian holdings broke down, a person...More >>

As Yahoo tries to head in a new direction, the fate of the struggling Internet company's Asian holdings remains in limbo.More >>

Online game maker Zynga Inc. reported a net loss for the last three months of 2011, weighed down by hefty stock-compensation expenses and other costs in its first quarter as a public company.More >>

By The Associated Press Here's a look at how some companies that had initial public offerings of stock this year are faring. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary...More >>