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Zynga chief marketing, revenue officer resigns
Jeff Karp, the chief marketing and chief revenue officer at Zynga, has become the latest executive to leave the struggling online company behind ...
Studies: Wind potentially could power the world
Earth has more than enough wind to power the entire world, at least technically, two new studies find. But the research looks only at physics, not ...
HP's cost-cutting drive to dump 2,000 more workers
Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to cut about 2,000 more jobs than it had previously announced as CEO Meg Whitman tries to turn the company around.
Silicon Valley isn't sharing Facebook's misery
Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga. By most indications, tech companies ...
Florida firm is source of Apple data in breach
A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file ...
Attention on iPhone as holiday lineups unveiled
Attention is turning to Apple this week amid expectations that it's announcing a new iPhone. Amazon, Nokia and Motorola all tried to generate interest ...
Dustin Moskovitz sells more Facebook stock
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has sold 5.7 million shares of the company's stock, a small fraction of his total holdings. He sold the shares ...
Amazon to let Kindle Fire HD buyers turn off ads
Amazon says buyers of its new Kindle Fire HD tablet will get the option to turn off the advertisements that appear on its standby screen for $15.
AP IMPACT: Surprising methods heal wounded troops
Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the ...
Al Jazeera says hackers sent false mobile texts
Al-Jazeera says hackers have targeted the Qatar-based TV satellite channel for the second time in a week, sending out false news reports on its mobile ...
India launches satellites in 100th space mission
India's national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites. The Indian Space Research Organization ...
APEC vows to fend off euro woes, boost finances
Pacific Rim leaders pledged Sunday to fend off the deepening damage from the European crisis and revive flagging growth in the region by supporting ...
'Darksiders II' tops video game titles in August
U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell for the ninth straight month in August, according to research firm NPD ...
Big week for gadgets ahead of new Apple iPhone
It was a big week for gadget announcements as Amazon, Nokia and Motorola all tried to generate interest in their products before Apple's expected ...
Roth posts letter to get Wikipedia error fixed
Philip Roth vs. Wikipedia? No contest. The prize-winning author says he's furious with the online encyclopedia over its entry about his novel "The ...
Intel warns 3Q revenue will drop on PC weakness
Intel's sales are falling at a rate that blindsided the chip-maker's management, amplifying Wall Street's worries about the slumping personal computer ...
Review: Kindle Fire HD screen is a big improvement
Buying movies and TV shows to watch on the Kindle Fire will be a lot more appealing now that Amazon's tablet computer sports a much more vibrant ...
10 Things to Know Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HIS RE-ELECTION IN DOUBT, OBAMA PROMISES ...
GM to hire up to 500 for Texas computer center
General Motors, which is shifting computer technology functions into the company from outside firms, plans to open four new information technology ...
YouTube's WIGS channel finds the drama in women
Not to play favorites, but if you'd like to sample the tasty new WIGS channel, just take 9 minutes and try "Denise." This nifty little set piece was ...
Voter registration drives adopting new methods
Some organizations are turning to sophisticated data mining, direct mail, the Internet and other strategies to register voters typically ...
LG front-runs Sony with ultra-definition 84-in TV
LG says an 84-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard HDTVs is going to be in stores in October for $20,000. That means LG Electronics ...
Judge approves DOJ settlement in e-book case
A federal judge has approved the U.S. Justice Department's settlement with a trio of electronic book publishers accused of conspiring in a ...
'X-Ray' and other features for new Amazon gadgets
Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a slew of new Kindle Fire devices and an e-reader called Paperwhite on Thursday at an event in Santa Monica, Calif. The new ...