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EU Moves Early on Google Antitrust Probe

European regulators will decide around the end of March whether to file a formal complaint against Google for misuse of its market position, potentially bringing the internet company's squabble with competitors to a head much sooner than expected.

Jerry Yang, Yahoo Co-Founder, Resigns

File photo of former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang arrives at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York
Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo alongside David Filo in 1995, announced his resignation from the board of directors and all other company positions Tuesday, effective immediately.
File photo of former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang arrives at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York

Jerry Yang May Bid for Yahoo after Quitting Board

Yahoo, Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has announced the resignation of Jerry Yang from its board of directors and all other positions he held at Yahoo. Additionally, Yang also resigned from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group.
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HP names new strategy chief

Hewlett-Packard Co on Tuesday named software veteran Bill Veghte as chief strategy officer as it overhauls its top ranks following a series of missteps over the past year.
Samsung Galaxy Note Smartphone

HTC Titan II vs Samsung Galaxy Note: Features Compared

Two new smartphones with the largest screen sizes available are coming soon to AT&T, and the HTC Titan II and Samsung Galaxy Note will stand out for more than just their size. Both will join AT&T's growing corps of 4G LTE-enabled devices, Titan II runs the Microsoft system and the Note includes a stylus.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt speaks at The Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge

Technology Earnings Preview: 5 Things to Watch

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.
50 Cent

Best of CES 2012: Bieber, Samsung OLED (PHOTOS)

It was an incredibly entertaining week in Las Vegas for the 2012 International CES last week. There was the unveiling of OLED televisions; the last Microsoft keynote for the foreseeable future; celebrities like Justin Bieber and 50 Cent; and of course a steady amount of weird, quirky gadgets.
Nortel Headquarters

Trial Against Former Nortel Executives Begins in Ontario

Former Chief Executive Officer Frank Dunn, former Chief Financial Officer Douglas Beatty and former Controller Michael Gollogly are accused of altering financial results for the telecommunications company in order to reap millions of dollars in bonuses.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaves the stage after the last opening Microsoft keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas

Plodding PC sales weigh down Microsoft profit

Microsoft Corp is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended - grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while it gropes its way slowly into the faster-growing mobile phone and tablet markets.
Arfa Karim Randhawa

Arfa Karim Randhawa: Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional Dead at 16

Arfa Karim Randhawa, who at 9 years old became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, has died on Saturday at the age of 16, according to reports from Pakistan's The Express Tribune. She suffered an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest and was hospitalized for nearly a month before dying.
Workers prepare the booth for Samsung at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas.

CES 2012 -- Danger Signals for U.S. Competitiveness

Now that 153,000 people have exhausted themselves at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, an American visitor can't help thinking that the future of electronics is in Asia, not California's Silicon Valley or Texas.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 13, 2012.

Wall Street Week Ahead: It's Earnings Vs. Europe for Stock Investors

U.S. stock investors will return to a tug-of-war between signs of domestic strength and overseas concerns next week as a batch of critical earnings reports look to add credence to the idea the economy is improving, while credit-rating downgrades in Europe will keep that region's difficulties in view.
Verizon president McAdam talks on stage with Verizon CEO Seidenberg and Consumer Electronics Association President Shapiro on the opening day of the CES in Las Vegas

Verizon FiOS: to Beat 'em, First Join 'em

Verizon Communications Inc is pushing hard to move its FiOS TV service beyond the set-top box and onto the latest gadgets - from TVs and tablets to gaming consoles - to fend off competition from online video services such as Netflix Inc, Amazon Inc and Apple's Inc iTunes.

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