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Stocks edged lower on Tuesday, ending a five-day rally for the S&P 500, as talks to resolve Greece's debt crisis hit a snag and earnings from a number of blue chips disappointed investors.

DuPont's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street expectations as a sharp drop in demand, especially for solar and electronic materials, offset higher prices.

Shares of wireless developer InterDigital plunged more than 20 percent Tuesday after the company announced an end to a six-month auction. Has the gold rush in IP ended?

The tech giant Apple has reportedly burned $100 million against HTC in the first round of the legal battle between them, Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons wrote, Monday, on his blog.

Sun flares that Tuesday will bombard the Earth with solar radiation will be the strongest storm since May 2005 and has apocalyptic enthusiasts buzzing for signs of the end of the world.

While New York technology jobs increase in 2012, America's middle class will be shrinking.

With the searing success of Apple's iPhone line helping to spur sales of nearly 580 million smartphones in 2011, consumers are lining up to buy them. Meanwhile, the mobile industry is dying to serve them, lured by prospects of subscriber growth and terabytes of new revenue.

Sony and Panasonic had their debt ratings downgraded by Moody's on Friday, citing weak television sales.

China is closing in on the 1 billion mobile connections mark, which it will likely surpass before the end of March, according to the latest report.

Japan's Nikkei share average hit a two-month high on Friday, boosted by encouraging results from U.S. banks Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N), while near-term concerns over Europe eased after successful Spanish debt auctions.

Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, reported fourth quarter results that blew past estimates despite warnings of slower sales due to floods in Thailand.

Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations between the United States and China, U.S. officials said.

Four key technology giants are to report earnings Thursday. Intel, IBM, Google and Microsoft results may provide keys to 2012 progress, while Apple comes next week.

Chipmaker stocks rose on Wednesday, helped by upbeat earnings forecasts by Linear Technology Corp and Xilinx Inc.

Chipmaker Xilinx Inc expects fourth quarter results at the mid-point of analysts' expectations, allaying investor concerns that the slowdown in the semiconductor market would continue into the new year.

Google Inc's strong holiday-quarter results may take a backseat to growing concerns about long-term margins after it dives into a fiercely competitive smartphone market through its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings.

Research In Motion is not on Samsung Electronics Co's immediate shopping list, but the ailing Blackberry maker may still be attractive to Asian smartphone makers looking to compete against Google's Android, the world's fastest growing mobile platform.

Research In Motion is not on Samsung Electronics Co's immediate shopping list, but the ailing Blackberry maker may still be attractive to Asian smartphone makers.

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it was not interested in buying ailing Blackberry maker Research In Motion or licensing its operating system, refuting a tech blog report that RIM was seeking to sell itself to the South Korean technology giant.

A handful of technology leaders – IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Google and Apple – are all scheduled to report quarterly earnings over the next week. Here are five things to watch when the numbers come out because they may indicate prospects for 2012.

Samsung's third generation Galaxy S3 may be completely shrouded in mystery, but for its brief appearance in the company's official video at last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, GSM Arena reported.