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H-P Shows Age With Layoffs
H-P plans to lay off 27,000 employees. The tech giant also said its quarterly profit slumped 31% amid relatively flat revenue in its PC business and lower printing sales.

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Fate of BlackBerry's Messaging Tool in Doubt
Doubt surrounds RIM's instant-messaging service as world-wide sales of BlackBerrys falter and RIM softens efforts to leverage the messaging tool.
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Another Top Executive Exits RIM
Research In Motion said its London-based executive vice president for sales, Patrick Spence, is stepping down—the latest departure in a string of high-level exits at the BlackBerry maker.
- Timeline: RIM's History
Zynga Defends Acquisition
Zynga is trying to provide some answers for its controversial acquisition of "Draw Something," a mobile game that was released only six weeks earlier and has since lost popularity.
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Dell Shares Tumble
Dell tumbled 18% after its quarterly report raised questions about the strength of computer sales and tech spending. H-P and Microsoft slumped.
- Quote: DELL
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Motorola Is Now the Apple of Google's Eye
Those who thought Google was buying Motorola Mobility just for its treasure trove of patents can think again.
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Hospital Medical Devices to Go Wireless
The FCC is expected to vote to open up spectrum, easing patient monitoring and making corporate product development less risky.
- Video: Cutting the Cord
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Google Wins Patent Verdict
A federal jury ruled that Google didn't infringe Oracle patents for Java technology in the second phase of the companies' trial.
- Google Lawyer Touts Victory
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France Seeks Answers From Google
The French government's digital-privacy watchdog is renewing questioning of Google, amplifying a pan-European probe into the search giant's privacy policies.
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Monsanto Diversifies in Agribusiness
Monsanto is paying $210 million for a maker of crop-planting technology as the agribusiness company steps up efforts to diversify beyond seed production.
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SAP Seeks Welcome Cloud Cover
SAP's planned acquisition of Ariba, the most recent in a scramble by tech giants to buy "cloud" software specialists, looks an expensive way to get airborne. But cloud-based services are growing too fast for SAP to drag its feet.
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Smartphones Turn China's Internet Revenue Mobile
Smartphones are making the giants of China's telecom and Internet sectors look a little slow.
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Satyam Lifts Profit At Tech Mahindra
Indian technology-outsourcing company Tech Mahindra reported a leap in earnings, in good part because of results from associate Satyam Computer Service.
AOL's Bet on Local News Draws Trouble
Patch.com, a network of small-town news sites owned by AOL, has emerged at the center of a tug of war over the Internet company's future.

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You Call That Innovation?
Companies from Apple to Campbell Soup love to say they innovate, but the term has begun to lose meaning.
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Lenovo Makes Solid Gain
Lenovo bucked the tough times in the personal-computer business with a 59% rise in fiscal fourth-quarter net profit.
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SAP to Buy Ariba for $4.3 Billion
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Kleiner Perkins Sued for Gender Discrimination
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Renesas Electronics Considers Overhaul
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Google's Mobile Balancing Act Begins
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Dell Slumps Amid Reinvention
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Vodafone India IPO Is Unlikely This Year
Plan for U.S. 'Entrepreneur's Visa' Moves Forward
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EU Presses Google
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Japan's Facebook Has Ugly Profile
Quant Pioneer's New Tool: Humans
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Vodafone Slumps on Grim Demand
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Ex-Employee at Yahoo Pleads Guilty in Insider Case
Google Makes Space for City Tech School
Japan's Tech Rivals Learn to Cooperate
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Cable Firms to Share Wi-Fi
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Rivals Strike $11.8 Billion Merger
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U.K. Bookseller Welcomes Kindle
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Alibaba Regains Control
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Kodak Patent Tossed by Judge
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Sequoia Head Reduces Role Over Health
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Alibaba Opens Door to Its Own Treasure
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A Facebook Buy Order That Wasn't
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Nasdaq's Facebook Problem
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Thompson Resigns From Splunk's Board
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Yahoo in Deal on Alibaba Stake
SpaceX Acts Fast for New Launch
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Samsung, Apple to Sit at the Table
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Facebook's Zuckerberg Weds on Day After IPO
Facebook's IPO Sputters

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Some Big Firms Got Facebook Warning
The Facebook offering illustrates one of Wall Street's best-kept secrets: Securities firms are allowed to selectively confer with favored large investing clients about crucial information as they prepare IPOs, while small investors are left out.

Yahoo Gets Into The Browser Game
Yahoo Inc. has a few things going on lately: A new CEO is in place after a scandal felled his predecessor, the company's share of the display ad market has been shrinking, and gaining ground on Google Inc. in search is still proving elusive. Despite it all, Yahoo has had the time and energy to develop its own Internet browser, which it's dubbed “Axis.”
High School Freshman Develops Cancer Tech
Inspired by his uncle who passed away from pancreatic cancer, high school freshman Jack Andraka developed a patent-pending noninvasive and inexpensive cancer-screening method.
Video-Chat App ooVoo Talks About Facebook Integration
Facebook users can now chat on video with multiple people on the social networking site thanks to the ooVoo app. Digits talked with the executive chairman of ooVoo to talk about the Facebook integration.
For Cellphone Makers, Signs of Pain in Spain
For cellphone makers betting on booming global growth, the Spanish market has emerged as a key test case. But data suggest early signs aren't good.
Activision Says Sales Of 'Diablo III' Game Top 3.5M Copies
Activision Blizzard said Wednesday that "Diablo III," a new online, PC-based game, sold more than 3.5 million copies in its first 24 hours after launching.
Facebook Settles Suit Over Ad Product
SEC's Schapiro: We'll Review 'Issues' With Facebook's IPO
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Texting a Path to Success
How did Jared Hecht come up with the idea for a breakthrough cellphone start-up? His wife needed a way for them to keep in touch with friends at a big concert.
If a Business Owner Dies, Who Can Access the Web?
As small businesses move more operations online, there's an unpleasant question they need to ask: What happens if the one person who has access to the online accounts dies?

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Inside Fumbled Facebook Offering
When Toddlers Zone Out With an iPad
Missing Out on Facebook Jackpot
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Give Facebook Credit for Cash
Stroke Victims Move Robot Arm With Thoughts
The Facebook-Free Baby
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Carriers Chip Away at Phone Subsidies
Facebook Targets $96 Billion Value
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RIM Offers Peek at Its Next Phone

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A New Home for Screens: The Face
The rise of Internet-connected smartphones and advances in display-projection technology are accelerating the development of devices that overlay digital images atop a person's view of the physical world.
- Video: Device Makers Hope to Augment Reality
- Graphic: Explaining the Device
When Toddlers Zone Out With an iPad
Touchscreen devices like iPads are much loved by little tykes. But parents worry about how it may affect their development. Is it better or worse than television?
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Gestures Control Computers
The race is on to liberate computer users from the mouse. Some technology innovators are developing ways in which hand gestures can be used to control computers.
- Video: Controlling Computers With Hand Motions
A Sound Fit
Want ultimate aural bliss? It's time to invest in custom headphones.

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Secret Orders Target Email
The U.S. government obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google and a small Internet provider to turn over data from the email of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum.
- Digits: The ISP That Stood Up to the Government
Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash
Technologies used by law enforcement to track people's locations, often without a search warrant, are driving a constitutional debate about whether the Fourth Amendment is keeping with the times.
Latest in Web Tracking: Stealthy 'Supercookies'
Major websites such as MSN.com and Hulu.com have been tracking people's online activities using powerful new methods that are almost impossible for computer users to detect, new research shows.
- Digits: Questions About Self-Regulation