
But wait, there's more: A domestic spying Q&A
Wait, there's more? Yes, this was the week that America's intelligence secrets spilled out: Classified court orders. Top secret Power Point slides.

Paper: UK government getting US spy agency's data
The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security ...

Monumental phone-records monitoring is laid bare
A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — ...

Long-awaited keyboard BlackBerrys hit US stores
Modern BlackBerrys with physical keyboards are now available in the U.S., months after the touch-screen versions went on sale. T-Mobile USA began ...
Microsoft unveils operating system update
Software giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world's second largest computer show ...

ITC bans iPhone 4 imports
A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held ...
IBM buying cloud computing company SoftLayer
IBM is buying cloud computing company SoftLayer Technologies Inc. to expand its online software business. Financial terms were not disclosed Tuesday.
Salesforce.com buying ExactTarget for $2.34B
Salesforce.com will spend more than $2.3 billion to buy marketing software company ExactTarget. More than 6,000 companies use ExactTarget, which like ...
Dell trimmed CEO's pay by 14 percent amid PC slump
Dell Inc. trimmed CEO Michael Dell's pay by 14 percent to $13.9 million last year amid a slump that culminated in a proposed $24.4 billion deal that ...

US blames Apple for 2010 run-up in e-book prices
A U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial Monday by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books ...
Online advertising in US rises 16 pct in 1Q
New figures show Internet advertising in the U.S. is still growing at a robust clip as marketers pursue the growing online audience and data analysis ...

Taiwan makers showcase computers at Computex
Taiwan's struggling PC makers are unveiling a new generation of ultra-thin laptops at the world's second-biggest computer show this week, even as they ...
Dell board recommends Michael Dell buyout offer
The Dell board is standing behind a buyout offer from the company's CEO and founder, and it has asked shareholders of the slumping PC maker to approve ...
Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1
Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling ...
Texas plant to make first US-assembled smartphones
Cellphone pioneer Motorola announced Wednesday that it's opening a Texas manufacturing facility that will create 2,000 jobs and produce its new ...
Companies pull Facebook ads over violent content
Facebook Inc. lost more than a dozen advertisers, some just temporarily, after a campaign drew attention to pages on the social network that promoted ...
Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers — a functioning 1976 model — has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000). German auction ...
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded

HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal ...
Ahead of the Bell: HP's 2Q results likely to sag
Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the ...

Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on ...

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for ...

The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the ...

Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss for its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that ...