
Highlights: music, maps, photo, other Google tools
Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online ...
Update to address Windows 8 confusion will be free
A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the ...

Dell board committee seeks more info on Icahn plan
Dell board members say they need more details from investor Carl Icahn if he wants them to seriously consider his latest challenge to Michael Dell's ...

Icahn, Southeastern challenge Dell takeover plan
One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and ...

Common Windows 8 gripes and possible solutions
Microsoft is preparing an update to Windows 8 for release later this year. It says the changes are designed to address complaints and confusion with ...

Google invades Siri's turf with iPhone, iPad app
Siri may be feeling a little job insecurity. The sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple's ...
Suitors back away from Dell bids amid PC slump
Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow ...
Yahoo adds 2 more applications to mobile arsenal
Yahoo is taking the next step in its effort to make some of its most popular services more appealing and accessible to the growing audience connecting ...
Chipmaker TSMC gets tablet, smartphone boost in 1Q
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, reported an 18 percent jump in first quarter profit as ...
Apple stock falls to one-year low on supplier news
Shares of Apple Inc. fell below $400 for the first time in a year and half on Wednesday, after a supplier hinted at a slowdown in iPhone and iPad ...
Intel meets 1Q expectations despite PC slowdown
Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips for PCs, is remaining steadfast amid a drastic slowdown in computer sales. Intel on Tuesday said it's ...
HP will integrate Leap Motion controllers with PCs
Leap Motion's 3-D motion controllers will be included in some personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. this year, a move that the San Francisco ...
Facebook brings 'chat heads' feature to iPhone app
Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading ...

PC outlook darkens as sales slump deepens in 1Q
The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile ...
Former Rutgers AD Pernetti getting $1.2M, iPad
Former Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti is getting $1.2 million in salary, plus an iPad, car allowance and more than two years of health ...

Facebook tweaks Android phones to build new 'Home'
With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how ...

Dell drama takes new twist with 2 new buyout bids
The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker's expansion into ...

The cash register rings its last sale
Ka-ching! The cash register may be on its final sale. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky machines and having salespeople ...

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama heckler shouted down
President Barack Obama was interrupted by a heckler while giving a speech to an audience of Israeli university students, but he didn't lose his cool.
HP rebuffs attempt to oust 2 directors from board
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at ousting the two longest-serving directors from personal computer ...
Maine school laptop contract to be open to others
The only state to provide laptops to public school students statewide said Thursday the contract it's negotiating for new devices can be used by other ...

Facebook tries to stay hip with jazzier News Feed
Facebook doesn't want to be dismissed as an Internet has-been before its social network even enters its adolescence. In an effort to remain hip, it ...
Dell committee defends $24.4B sale as best choice
The Dell Inc. committee that negotiated the slumping PC maker's $24.4 billion buyout is standing behind the deal despite the misgivings of major ...
Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M
The two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors ...

Apple CEO promises investors 'great stuff' to come
Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to reassure shareholders worried about the company's sagging stock price that the iPhone and iPad maker is on the verge of ...