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SK Hynix posts profit as chip demand improves
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. reported a second straight quarterly profit as its debt load eased and sales benefited from increased demand for ...
Apple unveils iPad with more memory
Apple says it will sell an iPad with more memory than the current models available. Apple Inc. said Tuesday that the new, full-size model comes with ...
Apple updates iPhone, iPad software
Apple has released a software update for iPhones and iPads that speeds up data downloads on some major overseas telecom networks and a handful of ...
Analysts to Apple: Bend your knee to Wall Street
Apple needs to start making nice with Wall Street, analysts said Thursday as investors hammered the company's stock. The sell-off put Apple a ...
Dell's stock soars on report of possible buyout
Dell's stock soared 13 percent Monday on a report that the struggling personal computer maker is in talks to take the company private.
Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely
Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early. After 13 straight years in the spotlight, ...
Lenovo to release giant 27-inch 'coffee table PC'
Dismayed that family members are spread out over the house, each with a separate PC or tablet? Lenovo has something it believes will get them back ...
Analysts predicting slow start for 'ultra-HD' TVs
"Ultra-HD" TVs are set to be the talk of International CES, the gadget show kicking off this week in Las Vegas. But the televisions aren't likely to ...
New search engine tailors its results for tablets
The makers of Blekko believe they've built a great alternative to Google, but they're also realistic. They know their two-year-old Internet search ...
Huge gadget show gears up in Vegas
Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff — as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, ...
Ahead of the Bell: Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Co. says that the Department of Justice is investigating HP's business software unit Autonomy, which the computer maker has accused ...
Tablet as teacher: Poor Ethiopian kids learn ABCs
The kids in this volcano-rim village wear filthy, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They don't go to ...
NPD: PC sales got no boost from Windows 8
Sales of personal computers in the U.S. didn't get any boost from the launch of Windows 8, confounding the hopes of Microsoft and PC makers, research ...
Apple to start selling new iMacs on Friday
Apple says the smaller version of its new, slimmed-down iMac desktop computers will go on sale Friday. It will also start taking orders for the larger ...
Review: Gift guide to smaller tablets
The tablet computer is without a doubt the gift of the season — just like it was last year. But if you resisted the urge in 2011, now is the time to ...
Dell shares hit 3½-year low on weak 3Q, outlook
Dell shares hit their lowest point in more than three and a half years Friday on concerns about its ability to quickly transition away from the ...
Amazon's larger Kindle Fire HD ships early
Amazon has started shipping the larger version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet computer on Thursday, five days ahead of schedule. Amazon is short on ...
Microsoft releases IE 10 browser for Windows 7
The latest version of Microsoft's Web browser is now available to the vast audience connecting to the Internet on personal computers running on the ...
New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy
New York City's fast-paced technology scene, known as Silicon Alley, tried not to lose a step after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power lines, ...
Holiday gadgets: Microsoft phones, Google gadgets
Microsoft launched its new Windows phone system and Google unveiled new devices under its Nexus brand. Both part of an effort to grab more of ...
Google unveils another phone, larger Nexus tablet
Google is cramming a few more gadgets on to already crowded holiday shopping lists. The devices announced Monday include the latest in Google's line ...
Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft's Windows 8
Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to ...
Where do I click, again? A guide to Windows 8
With the launch of Windows 8, people are about to discover a computing experience unlike anything they've seen before. Here's a guide to getting past ...
Holiday gadgets: Microsoft phone, Google events
It's been a big week for tech gadgets. Microsoft started selling its Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet computer. Apple announced new iPads ...
Windows 8 inspires computer makers to creativity
Can't decide if you want a PC or tablet? Now you won't have to. With the release of Windows 8, computer makers are doing their best to blur the ...