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With the new LHC@home 2.0 project, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are using citizen volunteer computers to help prove the existence of the God particle.

After a week of gyrations that's seen the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise or fall 400 points for four straight days, it's understandable if U.S. investors are bewildered. Given the tumult, what stance should investors adopt now?

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) still faces tough challenges with tight public spending and fears of a new economic downturn, analysts warned, after the giant Silicon Valley company ended a year's worth of disappointing sales forecasts.

IBM executive Mark Dean talks about life after the PC on the 30th birthday of the 5150 Personal Computer.

Tech stocks didn't fall as sharply as the overall market.

Tech stocks fell only moderately Wednesday.

Apple Inc on Tuesday surpassed Exxon Mobile Corp, if only briefly, to become the most valuable company in the United States. With a market cap of almost $342 billion, Apple's sales have been increasing 80 percent a year, coupled with even faster profit.

Tech stocks gained nearly 5 percent in Tuesday's market rally

Ironically, Exxon still generates about four times the annual revenue that Apple does.

Tech stocks recovered slightly from Monday's beating

International Business Machines (IBM) has terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to build a supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), citing technical and financial constraints.

Tech stocks took a hit, but not as bad as the overall market in Monday's rout.

A stock market decline won't hurt tech companies but could stall IPOs because tech is vital to the economy.

A recap of the battle of words between Google and Microsoft over patents.

Tech stocks fell with the market but not as badly as other sectors

A recap of the feud that has developed between Google and Microsoft/Apple over patents.

Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its biggest rivals on Wednesday and accused them of banding together to block the Internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena.

Investors worried about Shady RAT cyber intrusions might benefit from security stocks

The fierce patent war unfolding in the technology sector just got muddier as Google finally fired a salvo in a missive posted on its blog, calling patent lapping efforts by companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Apple as an attempt to sabotage Android's march.

Google said the reason Apple and Microsoft teamed up to buy patents is because they want to take out Android.

Competition is brewing in the small but booming market for flash memory used in corporate data centers, and analysts foresee a wave of consolidation as larger players move in.

Competition is brewing in the small but booming market for flash memory used in corporate data centers, and analysts foresee a wave of consolidation as larger players move in.

Three small rivals have dropped their antitrust complaints against International Business Machines Corp that had triggered one of two investigations by EU regulators into IBM's business practices.

Down month for chips doesn't indicate down year. History shows June has always been poor.

On Monday HSBC announced intentions to lay off 30,000 employees by 2013, a move that Goldman Sachs indirectly caused, says one professor.

Google says the patent war is one that can be won, but the company bolstered its positioning by acquiring more than 1,000 patents from IBM.

Google announced on Thursday that it had acquired more than 1,000 patents from International Business Machines Corp. to defend itself against lawsuits while increased interest in intellectual property suggests a legal showdown between Apple and Google.

Google is trying to navigate a "mess" in the technology industry's patent infringement lawsuit game by bolstering its own patent holdings. The company has purchased more than 1,000 patents from IBM.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) appears to be shrugging off its image of a victim of vicious tech patent warfare and making up its mind on engaging the senseless situation from a pedestal of power.